9. Every Character Relationship Is Wrong

I like Mark Millar’s writing, but Civil War is not a shinning example. And a lot of this is because all of the characters are written as if they’ve been separated from the greater marvel universe, existing only in a vacuum. The characters’ relationships to each other are poorly conceived at best. Cap’s Secret Avengers are Daredevil, Goliath, Falcon, and Hercules? I don’t think Goliath and Cap have even met more than twice. And that ISN’T EVEN DAREDEVIL!! Seriously, the guy in the suit in this story is actually Iron Fist, since Matt Murdock was in prison in his own series.

But it was like Millar didn’t look into the wider universe at all. Goliath is treated like everyone’s friend (we’ll get into why in a bit), Characters who should know each other don’t and those that shouldn’t are all too chummy. The failed clone of Thor knows who Dagger is. I bet YOU don’t even know who Dagger is, and you weren’t cobbled together out of metal and god dandruff. Speaking of which…