Read the Full StoryCaptain America: Civil War is not about unmasking and secret identities.
In the original comic book crossover that was the crux of the issue, with the government wanting superpowered individuals to register as part of the Superhero Registration Act, and they wanted everybody on file with their full identities revealed and all that. In the course of the story Spider-Man revealed his true ID (an idea so bad the fucking devil had to get involved to erase it) and Captain America and Iron Man came to blows over it all. With the next Captain America movie having that title – and pitting Cap against Iron Man – it’s easy to see why some people think that’s the plot of the film. But it isn’t, and when io9 ran a lengthy article today about how unmasking is a stupid idea for a movie, I knew I had to say something. And that something is:
Captain America: Civil War is not about unmasking and secret identities.
