The EnforcersIn the comic, it’s SHIELD that enforces the Superhero Registration Act, but in the MCU, SHIELD was disbanded after the Hydra takeover in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In the comic, there was also SHIELD’s intention to hunt down all unregistered superheroes, but seeing how there aren’t that many heroes in the MCU, the movie made it more about capturing the Winter Soldier. No one's worried about covering their face? Okay. ![]() The ConflictBoth the comic and the movie feature a fight over superhero registration, but in the Marvel Cinematic Universe there are no real secret identities on the Avengers team, so that pivotal element from the comic played no part. In the movie, it’s more of a snowball effect of several superhero incidents that claimed civilian lives - the Battle of New York in The Avengers, the Hydra takeover in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the destruction of Sokovia in Avengers: Age of Ultron, and the explosion in Lagos at the beginning of the movie - and now the Avengers are being held accountable. ![]() Warning: this article contains full spoilers for both the Civil War comic and the Captain America: Civil War movie! The Inciting IncidentIn the Civil War comic book, a group of young superheroes called the New Warriors tried to get famous by taking on a group of nasty villains, only for the villain Nitro to explode, instantly killing the team and 600 civilians, triggering a political reaction that brought about the Superhero Registration Act.
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