Story #2What If Captain America Led All The Heroes Against Registration?
Writer:
Kevin Grevioux.Penciler:
Gustavo. Inker:
Sandu Florea, Scott Koblish, Victor Olazaba. Colorist:
Guru-eFX.
Synopsis
What if
Iron Man had been killed by the
Extremis injection?
Steve (Captain America) Rogers would have led the campaign against the
Superhero Registration Act. When the Act passes,
Maria Hill becomes
Presidential Liaison and
Henry Peter Gyrich is the new Director of
SHIELD. As the heroes gather to debate their response to the Act, their meeting place is attacked by Gyrich’s
Sentinels, and in the first assault,
Spider-Man,
Invisible Woman, and
Daredevil are killed. After a public outcry against the carnage, Gyrich announces a new plan: the
Sentinel O.N.E. Strikeforce, a team of armored agents led by
Jim Rhodes. Meanwhile, the outlawed heroes must decide on the next step; a brooding Cap, wishing Iron Man was with him, dons the armor Tony made for him years ago, ready to lead the fight to the enemy. But after an encounter with the Strikeforce, Cap realizes that there can be no good end: what if they win, do they take over the government? Then they would be villains. So the decision is made to go underground, emerging from hiding when needed to save the world from the emboldened supervillains, which the Strikeforce cannot handle. Gyrich moves on to a third plan: creating an army of ruthless Thor clones to destroy villain and hero alike. A shocked Jim Rhodes meets secretly with Captain America to arrange a peaceful resolution but Gyrich discovers the rendezvous and Maria Hill murders Rhodey, framing Captain America. This leads to the success of the government’s campaign against the heroes, propelling Henry Peter Gyrich to the Presidency.
Story #3What If Iron Man Lost The Civil War?
Writer:
Christos N. Gage. Penciler/Inker:
Harvey Tolibao. Colorist:
Edgar Tadeo, Jay David Ramos.
Synopsis
Back at the cemetery, Tony wonders why Steve couldn’t see the advantages of cooperation with the government; the stranger points out that Cap was never one to abide by the lesser of two evils, though in another reality he would have…
During the confrontation at the petrochemical plant, when Iron Man appeals to Captain America to listen to him, Cap chooses not to use the electron-scrambler to disable Iron Man’s armor. The Thor clone arrives on the scene…but Iron Man is able to leap in front of Goliath, saving his life by taking the brunt of the clone’s attack, and together he and Cap defeat the clone. Later, Steve and Tony talk over their differences: since it’s clear that Cap’s primary objection to the Superhero Registration Act is the government’s planned administration, Tony suggests Steve be the one to oversee the project. With the Avengers, led by Captain America, training and supervising new heroes, the world becomes a much safer place, and Steve and Tony are able to sit back, relax, and be glad that they could work things out.
Back in the cemetery, Tony Stark is devastated by this vision of a better outcome and demands to know why the stranger is showing him all this. The stranger is here to pay tribute to Captain America and he envies humanity’s ability to cause ripples in the timestream. Tony says, "But you can’t control a ripple." "No, and that is what life is, Tony Stark. Cherish it. Because some of us only wait…and watch."