When a stranger appears in front of Iron Man, visiting Captain America's symbolic grave at Arlington, he is told of two diverse ways CIVIL WAR could've concluded. The first: What If CAPTAIN AMERICA led all the heroes against the Registration Act? The second: What if IRON MAN lost the Civil War?
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"It's not enough to be against something. You have to be for something better."
"I've always found it both beautiful and terrible how one decision .. one small difference ... can change so much. I suppose nothing is truly insignificant. The laws of cause and effect. Every action with its cascading ripples through the world."
1. Bagaimana kalau Tony Stark tewas saat diinjeksi Extremis, di mana hasil Civil War jauh lebih brutal. "So then... I did the right thing. The wind was turning against us. The only choice was to get in front of it... or let it crush us. One of us had to be the inside. Running the show. Why couldn't Steve see that?" My point of all kind of Marvel Civil War, either comic or movie version. Seperti diakui Steve Rogers dunia alternatif ini, bahwa dia cuma prajurit, bukan politisi. Dia membutuhkan Tony Stark (yang sayangnya sudah tewas).
2. Bagaimana kalau the Watcher nge-troll, bukan sekadar menonton doang, tapi perlu memberi tahu Tony Stark yang sedang berduka atas kematian Captain America: kalau saja di satu titik ia bisa berkata jujur pada Steve Rogers kalau ia membutuhkannya dalam 'running the show', di mana kalau mereka berdua menjalankan SHRA bersama-sama maka hasilnya akan sesuai harapan Tony. "How one decision... one small difference... can change so much."
Ugh. Mereka berdua memang harus selalu bersama, seia sekata...
Bu sefer iki farklı What If? hikayesi mevcut. İlkinde Captain America tüm kahramanları yasaya karşı örgütleseydi neler olurdu sorusuna yanıt buluyoruz. Hükümet önce Sentinel sonra da Ragnarok birlikleri yollayarak kahramanları telef ediyor. Hikaye pek bir dandik yazılmış ama. İkinci hikayede ise Tony bu yasayı denetleyici güç olarak Captain America'yı teklif ediyor. Cap kabul edince mutlu mesut yaşıyorlar.
Marvel's Civil War is regarded as one of the best marvel crossover story lines; and I certainly loved it. It was specially good, because the characters' actions, thinking etc. is very much like people do in various situations in real life. This What If? Civil War #1 book highlights how the right(also better) thing to do, although difficult to figure out and even when it is known, is often disregarded. Actions taken are based on small, narrow-minded, hind-sighted thinking. I may be reading too much into it, but that is how I feel.