Fantastic Four's Alternate Civil War Ending Was a Stark/Rogers Romance
WhenCaptain America andIron Man fought on opposite sides of Marvel's Civil War event, they tore the comics universe apart in such a way that the repercussions are still felt even after fifteen years. The fighting was long and brutal (and even ultimately ended with Captain America's untimely death, though he eventually recovered from death as superheroes are wont to do). But in Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #2, theFantastic Four discover that Steve Rogers and Tony Stark could have patched things up in a slightly more romantic fashion.
The Civil War event began with an otherwise-unremarkable fight between the New Warriors and a group of villains that ended in disaster when the supervillain Nitro exploded, destroying a school and killing over 600 people. The incident spurs intense debate about masked superheroes in America operating without any oversight or training, and the Superhuman Registration Act is proposed: a law that would require all superheroes to reveal their identities to the government. Additionally, mandatory training would be required for some, and any superhero or superpowered individual who did not comply would be arrested (and in some instances, sent to the Phantom Zone).
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Iron Man strongly supported the SRA while Captain America was staunchly against it; he went underground along with his superhero supporters and the Civil War proper began. The event culminated in a massive battle in which Captain America realized the prolonged fight between him and Iron Man served no purpose, and willingly turned himself in (he would later be assassinated by a sniper after the event). But Reed Richards, looking for other outcomes via the Bridge — a
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