Written by Tieri and Johnson
Review by Brian C. Williams
Another Civil War tie-in book from Marvel. This collection collects Underworld #1-5 as well as War Crimes #1 and it all left me shaking my head. Ok, what did the Underworld series really have to do iwth The Civil War? And am the only one who keep thinking Hitman when reading this and hoping it would turn into that series that I hope one day DC will bring back but only with its original creative team?
The potential for War Crimes themed stories during Civil War was huge but this collection dropped the ball where Frontline ran with it. Frontline wasn't perfect but it at least went ran with its concept better than War Crimes. Good try Marvel but you had the talent in house to make this work. Too bad is seemed like you just throw something together and stuck a topical title onto it.
The Kingpin story in the collection worked up until they tried to go big dramatic at the end and it just did not connect. It would have connected more and the whole Civil War story itself in my eyes would have connected more if it would have just seemed even romotely like war instead of just another super human battle with this one just so happening to be about heroes versus heroes.
(C)brian c. williams
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