I'd like to fly but I can't even swim

In case you missed the boingboing story:

Marvel's new series has your favourite superheroes fighting George Bush and the Patriot Act

It does seem strange that the most widely circulated link is Canadian

The story, though, focuses on the central issue of public security versus personal freedoms with two factions of superheroes battling among themselves on the question (with comic fanboys living vicariously through them).

But what does it say about us if Captain America and Iron Man start to occupy some readers' attention more than the latest real news?

"One of the best ways to broach these conversations and bring up this discussion is through entertainment and through characters that people are familiar with. And again, for us, it's communicating both sides of the argument," Quesada said.

In the end, one of the cleverest touches in Civil War may be a few panels, a momentary breather in the story, in which the giant figure of The Watcher stands silently in the corner of Doctor Strange's sanctum. As the Strange explains: "He only appears to record moments of great change and enormous upheaval. His presence now does not bode well."