Civil War : Front Line #4 - Marvel

This book is a view of the Civil War from a street level. Kinda' neat idea. Stories are well written, but art leaves something to be desired. But overall, a decent book. This one starts out with 2 reporters and their different takes on how to get the story. Sally Floyd is ready to jump right in with the underground movement, and report on what their doing, how their coping, what their planning, etc. Ben Urich, wants a story too, but he prefers to stay at arms length. He may not get the choice though. Sally goes to the secret meeting place. But, that means shes there when the "Cape-Killers" come crash in to round up all the insurgents. She gets away, but now she's on the run too. Ben on the other hand, trys to play it safe, but through some notes and cryptic messages ends up in an alley face to face with Hobgoblin, who's very mad at him for things he wrote about him. Next we have the continuing story of Robbie, aka Speedball, who is in prison for not registering. He's been goaded into a boxing match with Toomey, who's been doing all the goading. Everything actually is going well, until someone reaches in from the side and shanks his leg. But through this act, some of Speedball's powers manifest. It doesn't last long, and it creates some damage, but it's still there. He then has a little heart to heart with his mother. "Sleeper Cell" is about what appears to be an old man who blew up his corner store for no apparent reason. We, on the other hand, know that it was an agent of Atlantic that had been hiding. We haven't found out yet why he "woke", or what his plans are, but we are getting some more pieces of the puzzle. Finally the last couple of pages compare the "Civil War" to the Vietnam War, or any war really, to show the injustices that are being done to people in the name of the Govt. , kind of preachy, but ok. I wasn't sure about this book at first, but I like that it's giving us a different view of the Marvel Universe. It's still the same place, but like I said, you're seeing it from the street level.