Notes on the Civil War so far...

Yes, I'm a DC fanboy reading Civil War. Maybe you think I'm a curiosity that needs attention, but more than likely you'll just turn away with a snort of your nose. Massive world changing events hold my interest, and Civil War has so far proven to be a few shades more gripping than Infinite Crisis.

Two things really stuck out in my mind as I read.

1) Reed Richards is working on some super secret project, that he passes off as too complex for anyone else to understand as a cover up. The disk that all the digital records of this project is labeled '42.' I'm not really sure what this means, but given my vast amount of useless information I have to bring this to light: 42 is the answer to life, the Universe, and everything. This is an important plot point, becuase this is obviously what he is working on since in Civil War #1 we saw that wierd guy that looked like a giant Guardian watching over the super hero rave in the Baxter Building.

2) Aunt May patched up the old Spider-Man outfit for Parker to wear at the press conference. This is one way to make it easier to take his mask off for the public to see, rather than trying to will only part of his outfit invisable. Of course the public will recognize the old outfit, and not so much the new one due to how recently it was given to him. This is helpful in two ways, first it gives furthor heavy support to the registration act, and second it allows a convenient back step for Parker.

See, everyone knows the original Spier-Man - the one that revealed himself to the world. No one really knows who the new Spider-Man is. Parker can simply deny it's him, and boom. Secret identity restored. Afterall, the way the suit works is way different than the original (mainly becuase the original suit didn't do anything if I remember right).

Well, thats about it for now. Oh yeah, Wolverine 42 had an obvious analogy for United Flight 93, but it was a good issue that aside.