So it seemed obvious that they would clash when it came to where to take the team next, which would probably be in very different directions.” “If you think about it, Tony Stark’s entire business model is based on anticipating future trends, as to where America and the world is going, while Steve Rogers was born when your grandfather was born. “One represents the past and one represents the future, but they both represent America,” reasons Millar. “But I still wanted him to draw it, so I said ‘why don’t we leave the X-Men out of this and do Civil War as a big summer event?’ Jeph Loeb then came up with this really great catchphrase, which was ‘Whose side are you on?’ and Civil War ended up becoming a more Avengers-centred event, although I never ended up doing that X-Men crossover, as I then went off and did Kick-Ass.”īoth founding members of the Avengers but polar opposites as characters, Iron Man and Captain America made for natural figureheads to head up the rival factions. “Bryan was taking longer on Ultimates than expected and he wasn’t going to be ready until around 2007,” continues Millar. However, Hitch’s unavailability prompted a rethink. Covering similar territory to 2011’s similarly divisive Schism storyline, X-Men: Civil War would have seen Wolverine and Cyclops falling out over the future direction of mutantkind.
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