what began slow then grew like fire behind a door just didn't deliver in the end like when you open the door and there is no back-draft.
first things firsts although the whole civil war sequel/continuation is not as well reunited as civil war(world's most wanted etc) it's kind of getting more action both in belief clashes and fights(osborn is for something in that thought.
Now, what i don't like is how everything ended up. i was prepared to see it go that way but... it seems that there is no conclusion.
imagine smallville the tv series getting canceled without the big conclusion on doomsday. then you can follow what happens next on superman is back!(tv series) jla(tv series) batman is gotham on fire?(tv series) and aquaman animated series etc....
the fact that the whole story is scattered everywhere AND that the ....first volume(?) of it is not like the majority of tv series/movies/books, i mean: finishing by a BIG conclusion. not just 'what were we doing? we're killing the ones we are supposed to protect.
i wanted to see superheroes going bad. but BAD to protect their loved ones. it didn't deliver on that
see the consequences of using super villains as cannon fodder.
see them trying to find a way to go around the problem(leave the matter of real identity alone and train every superhero they capture). it didn't even happen.
see conclusions for EVERY SIDE. it goes in a LOT of directions in a LOT of teams from F4 to spiderman. i feel like the smaller teams were not covered enough toward the end and maybe even forgotten.
now that the big civil war has ended with the capt america decision......it's a hassle to follow. way too scattered and bothersome. marvel sucks that way.
it' civil war. you could think it would blow up as far as murders, attempted rapes (supervillains on the loose around good superheroes)-but i know i 'm dreaming for that one. in that way comics suck-, mass killing(they got rid of hulk first hand i should have seen that coming), is thor a clone or a droid? isn't it easier to make it both huh? if he's a clone he should not be a problem to kill him senseless.....
after civil war i thought 'again. another fantastic idea messed up by the stupidities of comics obstacles'.
i wonder if i'll see something like the execution of the mage in the authority in mainstream comics.
not limb lost, no mind lost (franklin get killed in the blast of iron man tech f4 go mad and kill some superheroes. iron man gets scared for his life for once). -replace f4 by some other superzero -
i'm all sour now. i don't hate comics but i hate to see a story that should go all the way, just not deliver in the end as usual.
makes me remember the scene in [eden], where a cop followed for chapters and chapters as a helper of the mainchar, dying SCATTERED by mobile tank bullets(20-30cm holes in her chest and head one arm left, the guy she was protecting scattered too). in one second. one drawing. make it big make it emotional. make it quick. not like thor firing a thunder thingy in the chest of some big guy W/O LEAVING ANY HOLE.
i usually read small comics like the small number of issues jim lee does by story. or the 2 x23 arcs witch were good but not great.
the authority was really good but it's kind of the only one out there. what about an adult only spidey story arc? a big threesome one with toxine? i've seen his birth now where is he? do i have to research him too?
i got the comics munchers once or twice a year because of this. once i get into one i begin searching for another 2 and afterwards i end up going back to manga.

my list of manga you should read before saying comics are better:




art(story and visuals)
......
]Venus Wars(the anime or manga)
]20th Century Boys
]monster
]eden
]homonculus

mindless action(only good stuff here no naruto or bleach although i like those too but not at the same lvl)
...............................
]berserk
]gunm last order
]jiraishin
]ghost in the shell(do not forget to go online to look for the censored pages of volume 1 3 or 4
]3x3 eyes
]ichi the killer/koroshiya ichi(do NOT watch the movie!)

feelings(not only love)
..............
]makamaka
]ah megami sama
]Yokohama_Kaidashi_Kikou
]Beauty_is_the_Beast
]hana kimi
]karekano
]katsu
]family campo
]city hunter(drama toward the end)
]Eureka Seven the anime
]kimagure orange road(if you can't read the manga, watch the anime. and movies. and oavs.)
]sundome

my problem with comics is about art. feelings. and mindless action.
a LOT of them (mainstream too) do not deliver in those.

comics i LIKED.

mindless action
..............................
the authority
conan
kick ass


feelings
...............
strangers in paradise
(how about some ms marvel/spideywoman love action?)

art
......
x23 1rst and 2nd arc
excalibur v1
toxine's birth(w/e the name of the comic)
loki
wichblade 100-104~ (the part with her kid.and estacado. and magdalena. viewtiful)


of course everything isn't here.
both in comics and manga. but the numbers are representative of my feelings on the matter.