In Marvel’s Civil War limited series, a major catastrophe split the hero community in half. One side, led by industrialist Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) fell in line with a government-sponsored superhuman registration act. The other side, led by WWII-veteran and super-patriot Steve Rogers (aka Captain America), resisted the movement on principle. In the end, Stark almost falls to Cap’s shield, but not before Cap realizes that his well-meant resistance has put citizens he’s always pledged to defend in harm’s way. Cap is led away in handcuffs.

The following panels are from Civil War #3 (out of 7). The words, however, are not.

There’s a guy on Livejournal, goes by the handle of MightyGodKing. Funny fellow. He’s gained a bit of notoriety lately for taking pages from published comics and Photoshopping the word balloons with dialogue from his own fevered imagination. It is one simple thing to make your favorite superheroes spout obscenities for no purpose, but quite a complicated other to know those characters better than writers collecting a company paycheck. The end result is far more entertaining and satisfying than the original material, particularly where Marvel’s entirely disappointing Civil War series is concerned.

And based on today’s news about one particular Marvel superhero (if you don’t want to know, don’t click), I’m starting to think that Marvel would be better served by inviting MGK into the bullpen, not just because of the quality of his work, but because … well … there are some icons that you just do not touch.

Ever.

[tags]Captain America, Civil War, Marvel, MightyGodKing[/tags]