Marvel’s big summer event this year is Civil
War. For once, I plan to pick up the whole
bloody cross-over event, and review the pieces right
here, starting later this week. A detailed list of
exactly which issues those are can be found below.
It’s basically Marvel’s
checklist, with the removal of Civil War:
Opening Shot (a sketchbook summarizing other
entries) and Marvel Spotlight:
Millar/McNiven, which is a behind-the-scenes item
instead of a part of the story proper.

• New Avengers: Illuminati Special – This will be
  the first review, as it’s already out.
• Amazing Spider-Man #529-531 – Issue 531 should
  ship this week.
• Fantastic Four #536-537 – Issue 537 should also
  ship this week.
• Civil War #1-7 – The main series. I may review
  issue 1 on its own, but the rest will be reviewed as a
  collection.
• Civil War: Frontline #1-10 – A spin-off about
  embedded reporters, including Ben Urich and a
  character from X-Factor that I’m not familiar
  with. Again, I may review #1 alone, but I’ll probably
  just review the complete package when it’s
  finished.
• Amazing Spider-Man #532-537 – To be reviewed as a
  complete package.
• Black Panther #18 – The only issue involved in the
  Civil War is also tied into the Storm / Black Panther
  wedding. To be reviewed individually.
• Cable/Deadpool #30-32 – My first issues of this
  title, which is getting good reviews elsewhere. I’ll
  review these as a set.
• Captain America #22-24 – Wizard’s pick for the
  best title of 2005. I’ll start with these, and
  possibly stick around if I like what I see.
• Civil War: Young Avengers and Runaways #1-4 – A
  four issue miniseries combining the teenage teams.
  I’ll try to get the Runaways reviews caught
  up by then, and hopefully read some Young
  Avengers so I know who they actually are. To be
  reviewed as a set.
• Civil War: X-Men #1-4 – Another related
  miniseries. To be reviewed as a set.
• Daily Bugle: Civil War Edition – This may be hard
  to review. It’s like the Pulse: House of M
  edition from last year, with a mock-up of what
  the newspaper looks like in this world.
• Fantastic Four #538-543 – To be reviewed as a
  set.
• Heroes for Hire #1-3 – A new
  ongoing without Iron Fist or Power Man. I’ll
  review the first three as a set, but they’ll need to
  be great to keep me around for number 4. As it’s a
  new ongoing, I may also review #1 on its own.
• Iron Man #13-14 – I’ll review the pair
  together.
• Ms. Marvel #6-8 – Again, the three will be
  reviewed together.
• New Avengers #21-25 – To be reviewed as a
  set.
• Punisher: War Journal #1-3 – A new ongoing, so
  there’s a possible review for just #1, and then a
  review of the set. That character hasn’t had a lot of
  appeal for me, so fans of him may like the series more
  than I likely will.
• She-Hulk #8 – A one-shot in a very well reviewed
  series. I’ll review it as a single issue.
• Thunderbolts #103-105 – Again, to be reviewed as a
  set.
• Wolverine #42-47 – To be reviewed as a set.
• X-Factor #8-9 – To be reviewed as a pair.

This is what you can watch for in the coming weeks and
months. The event runs right into November, and most
reviews will be in the latter half of the year, given
that that’s when most of the series complete. I’ll
try to use that time to catch up on reviews of the
titles involved. I’m now caught up on Amazing
Spider-Man, but not New Avengers,
Young Avengers, Fantastic Four, or
Runaways.