Post by balok on Feb 27, 2007 23:16:31 GMT -5
I hold in my hand a free booklet called "Marvel Previews - Special Initiative Edition." This free marketing pamphet found its way into my books last week and I've just now got around to reading it. Page 1 contains an illustration of Iron Man holding a replica of Cap's shield like he has some right to carry that symbol of what he opposes. We know it's a replica because it's holed in a number of places and chipped on the edge. It's a Silvestri illustration, presumably for the cover of "Civil War: The Initiative" - Slott's new book.
On page 4, in the blurb for Avengers: The Initiative, the promo copy says this: "Well, if you were pro-registrationm then there's one hell of a price to pay. You're in the army now. Every last one of you."
Because this is ad copy and not the book itself, it gets assigned a slightly lower reliability. Still, it seems like a straightforward comment and is consistent with Slott's comments in an interview. Evidently SHIELD is either a United States agency (someone, I think Doctor Doom, said on another thread that it was part of the UN), or it is de facto under control of the United States.
If you register, you will be drafted. The statement leaves open the question of what happens if you don't register and never use your powers. If you don't register and do use your powers, presumably it's prison. Presumably a condition of accepting the amnesty is registration, although we don't know this. Usually one must agree not to repeat an offense in order to receive an amnesty, but not always.
None of the ads in this book make me want to buy the issues involved. I believe that I have made the right choice in cutting Marvel loose. Even the last issue of Amazing Spider-Man, a book I normally like, disappointed me. And I'm a big JMS fan.
On page 4, in the blurb for Avengers: The Initiative, the promo copy says this: "Well, if you were pro-registrationm then there's one hell of a price to pay. You're in the army now. Every last one of you."
Because this is ad copy and not the book itself, it gets assigned a slightly lower reliability. Still, it seems like a straightforward comment and is consistent with Slott's comments in an interview. Evidently SHIELD is either a United States agency (someone, I think Doctor Doom, said on another thread that it was part of the UN), or it is de facto under control of the United States.
If you register, you will be drafted. The statement leaves open the question of what happens if you don't register and never use your powers. If you don't register and do use your powers, presumably it's prison. Presumably a condition of accepting the amnesty is registration, although we don't know this. Usually one must agree not to repeat an offense in order to receive an amnesty, but not always.
None of the ads in this book make me want to buy the issues involved. I believe that I have made the right choice in cutting Marvel loose. Even the last issue of Amazing Spider-Man, a book I normally like, disappointed me. And I'm a big JMS fan.