MCU’s Stamford Incident

In the comics, where the Civil War takes place in the US, the battle between the heroes begins when some wannabe superheroes provoke the deaths of several hundred civilians. Obviously, this won’t happen in the MCU version of the storylines.

MCU’s Civil War will be bigger – it will go global, as we’ve seen in the trailers, taking place all over the world, from Africa to Europe to America and maybe even Asia. Global, as said. So the entity requiring the heroes to register won’t be the US government; it will be the UN.

And here is what happens: Someone (working for HYDRA, of course) blows up the UN building, leaving countless dead, including someone close to T’Challa. If the trailers are any indication, that someone is Crossbones – but the blame falls on the Winter Soldier. And, obviously, the heroes have all the more reason to hunt him down.

But this explosion is just the last straw. Apparently, the UN has watched over all of the superheroes’ exploits so far, starting with the first Avengers events. And, apparently, just 177 civilians died in Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Age of Ultron. But the biggest problem may be the total cost of all these adventures, which is around $500 billion dollars.

So, naturally, the Accords are written, and everybody must oblige.

We can say that it feels a bit weird to have the superheroes held responsible for all of these occurrences. In the first Avengers, they prevented an alien invasion. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, an evil organization was stopped from taking over the world. Lastly, Age of Ultron would have brought the end of humankind, if it weren’t for the superheroes.

So, ultimately, 177 deaths and $500 billion isn’t such a big price to pay. But, hey!