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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 3395497" data-attributes="member: 871">I don't think Cap will stay dead.  However, I wonder if he'll be "on hold" for a year or so, much like Thor was after his death.Honestly, I think Pro-Reg will wind up being a failure, because something will happen to prove it wrong.  Perhaps it'll be Silent War, or maybe World War Hulk.  Something that will show that even will all of the heroes banding together to fight a common menace, they still can't win.  Or, the inapplicability of Registration for beings not from Earth at all (and whose powers could easily trump those of any Registration heroes).Plus, I'm really disappointed no major villains have taken advantage of all of this (other than Kingpin, but his stuff's not that big scale-wise in comparison).  Why isn't Magento stirring up descent, esp. amongst the mutant community?  Why isn't Ultron taking advantage of the chaos to wipe out humanity?  Why isn't Dr. Doom (of ALL villains) not taking advantage of this?I mean, c'mon!  I'm waiting to see Doom really mess with Reed, perhaps tormenting Reed on how his actions drove away Sue, Johnny, and Ben.  Or Doom gaining control over the Extremis tech in Tony, making Iron Man his unwitting pawn (and maybe even taking control over the nanotech in the Thunderbolts).I can't help but think of other issues that may come about from this, too.  The bit with Black Panther & Storm during Civil War brought up the issue of international relations with the whole Pro-Reg stuff regarding supers.  I have to wonder if they'll expand on that--maybe other nations may forbid U.S. supers from entering their countries, & vice-versa.I just can't help but think that the Superhero Registration stuff will ultimately be shown to be a big waste of taxpayer money, & it'll go down the drain.  Maybe most of the 50 State Initiative heroes will be wiped out thanks to World War Hulk, Silent War, or the war with Atlantis.  Maybe there'll be more Stamford-like incidents despite the effort to put measures in place to avoid them.Overall, I'm not happy with Marvel.  If it was just the storylines, I might be able to deal with it.  Throw in the bad continuity, as well as delays...  Well, don't make mine Marvel.  It's a shame, too--I used to like Iron Man.  I despise the character now w/ Civil War (or, at least, how he's been written).  I expect the whole Extremis thing will be the scapegoat for his behavior, but honestly, I won't buy it.I'm glad Thor's coming back, but I hope it isn't a flub.  Don't have my hopes too high, though.</blockquote>

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