One of these stances, as Sean Fennessey noted when we were talking about Avengers: Age of Ultron last week, sounds much more taxing than the other. On the other is Captain America, who still thinks it’s best and safest for the Avengers to remain accountable solely to themselves. On one side is Iron Man, who’s unwittingly created several supervillains by this point and would really like someone else to be responsible for the decisions for a change. But the question of how long their leash should be, or if they should have one at all, draws battle lines all the way down the roster. coalition sternly suggests some oversight, and half the team goes along because at the very least it’s good PR.

And, after not saving the world cautiously enough so many times over, this is the final goddamn straw.

They succeed, but the gang causes some political fallout by blowing up a Wakandan embassy in the process. 2016’s Civil War begins with an Avengers drop team kicking ass in Lagos, on a generic “stop X from falling into the wrong hands” mission.

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