Civil War - Front Line #3 - Marvel

Ok, I have to admit that I like this series. It's gives us a behind the scene look at what's going on to the "common folk" during the "Civil War". The first story is about Miss Floyd, the columnist who has been writing about the depowered mutants, and what they were going through. Well now she's writing about the "heroes" that have decided not to register and what they are going through. It's and inspiring couple of pages, the conversation that she has with these second stringers, who have decided to stand up for their rights. Some of whom's identities are public knowledge, but they still refuse to register because of the govt's insistance on stomping on their rights to privacy. We then see Ben Urich having an interesting conversation with Mr. Fantastic. Ben really is on his side, but in speaking his mind, and asking the hard questions, he really puts Reed on the spot. As she heads towards home, Miss Floyd runs across a confrontation between 2 more second stringers, Thunderclap and Bantam. Thunderclap gets a little over zealous and claps Bantam into a fuel truck ingiting it and Bantam. He is devastated, as this is not what he meant to do. The second story is about Robbie Baldwin again, Speedball, who has been incarcerated because he refuses to register. Of course he was unconscious in the hospital when the deadline came and went. But that, to the govt., is besides the point. So now not only is he in prison, but he has no powers, the other inmates know who he is, they are all calling him "baby killer" for all the people who died and the guards have no sympathy for him either because they know who he is and what he's done. And even through all this, he still refuses to register. The next story is about one of the bad guys, who through the use of drugs, has been masquerading as a normal human being. When the violence starts to hit close to his home, he decides it's time for him to do something about it and he changes into his powered form. Finally we have a poem that shows how what is going on in this "Civil War" is mirrored by our past Civil war. Or any wars for that matter. These are all meant to be moving stories that show the human condition during these trying times. It is very successful. Very well written stories. Check it out.