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Sheesh, I hardly ever post on here, do I?
Well, since I'm here, I might as well archive my fabulous essay on the Marvel Civil War. Might post some writing a friend did for me.

The conflict I chose to cover is the Marvel Civil War, a comic book event that was published July 2006-January 2007. It detailed a conflict between two groups of superheroes who were split by the passing of a Superhuman Registration Act, similar to literary devices that have been used in other comics, such as the Mutant Registration Acts of the X-Men comics. The SHRA, as it will henceforth be called, required people with superhuman powers to register with the government as a human WMD (weapon of mass destruction), reveal their secret identity and go through training. Additionally, superhumans could chose to sign up with S.H.I.E.L.D, a secret government agency, and receive a salary and benefits similar to other civil servants. The two opposing sides (those for and against the SHRA) were led by Iron Man and Captain America respectively.

The split happens after Iron Man, who was originally against the SHRA, becomes one of its supporters and the government O.K.s what becomes known as “cape killers,” superhumans who hunt down others of their kind and capture or take them down. Many superhumans are captured and confined to the Negative Zone prison “42”, where they eventually escape due to the efforts of a shapeshifter and Captain America's Secret Avengers, as the press calls the Anti-SHRA heroes.

The critical and final battle of the war involves both sides of the war fighting in the middle of New York City. One of Captain America's men disrupts Iron Man's armor, allowing Captain America to take him down. Several atrocities are committed in this battle, including the release and subsequent destruction of a cloned Thor (a superhero who is presumed dead at this moment in time), and the near murder of Iron Man at Cap's hands. Captain America, realizing how out of hand the fighting has gotten, surrenders, ending the war. Many of the Secret Avengers are granted amnesty from the government, but Captain America is arrested and killed on his way to trial.

After the war, Iron Man becomes leader of S.H.I.E.L.D and a broken and hated man due to Captain America's death. Other supeheroes, belonging to both sides of the conflict, begin to suffer in the aftermath. A group of “cape killers” known as the Thunderbolts becomes a government agency under the leadership of a supervillain formerly known as the Green Goblin. Spider-Man, an originally Pro-reg Secret Avenger who’s family was targeted after he revealed his secret identity, makes a deal with the Marvel Universe's devil to trade his marriage for the life of his aunt. Many of the affected superheroes move to Canada, while others, such as former Secret Avengers Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Spider Woman, Doctor Strange, and Ronin, go underground to form another team, the New Avengers.

In conclusion, the Marvel Civil War began with the SHRA and caused many more issues than it fought to solve. For many of the people involved, it drastically changed their lives, and for one, it ended in death.