Civil War II’s “First Death Will Merely Serve As The Series Marketing Hook”

This time around it’s once again Iron Man vs Cap…tain Marvel?!? And Captain America is on Iron Man’s side!?! This really is All-New and All Different!

At least Marvel is being upfront and honest.  In translation, we know superhero deaths have become mostly meaningless and pretty much everyone makes a return within a year or so.

Civil War II will be released this June, a month after the loose adaptation of the original series hits the big screen in Captain America: Civil War.  The premise to me sounds like a super hero version of Minority Report:

A mysterious new Marvel character comes to the attention of the world, one who has the power to calculate the outcome of future events with a high degree of accuracy. This predictive power divides the Marvel heroes on how best to capitalize on this aggregated information, with Captain Marvel leading the charge to profile future crimes and attacks before they occur, and Iron Man adopting the position that the punishment cannot come before the crime.

So who do you think that death will be?  Marvel has already confirmed it won’t be the Human Torch or Spider-Man.  Vote in our poll after the break.

Corporate Synergy: Civil War II To Hit Comic Store Shelves In The Spring?

There are interesting  images of a postcard supposedly from Marvel making the rounds on the interwebs.  Featured on the front are Iron Man and current Captain America Sam Wilson trading punches.  On the back there is a large roman numeral “II” and the text “Spring 2016”.

Marvel at this point has declined comment, but if real, this sure looks like Marvel is preparing a sequel to the 2006-2007 mega event Civil War.  Which makes perfect sense as they gear up for the release of the film Captain America: Civil War, which is based in some way on that original series.

See the full postcard after the cut.