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Iron Man: Civil War by Brian Michael Bendis, Christos Gage, Daniel Knauf
3.0

This was a nice surprise, pretty good and lets you see Tony's side of things in a better light than the main event.

The first portion is Cap and iron man talking man to man. Just trying to understand where they came from, there times as friends, and then why they are doing this fight and if it's for the right reasons. The middle part is the regular iron man issues, which probably fit better if reading the entire run. Last but not least is the capture of Captain America and also Tony's final farewell as he says goodbye to the body of Captain America.

Good: The final speech is a big highlight. Written extremely well and tugs on the heartstrings. The start is also really strong, giving us nice insight to the best friends who used to be and the pride that morals that broke them up. The art stays pretty good throughout.

Bad: THe middle isn't bad, it's well written, but lacks the content of the run to give the emotional moments some strong feelings.

Overall, a nice little side companion book. A 3 out of 5, maybe even a 3.5.