Latest Spider-Man Comic Attacks Bush Policy: Superheroes Forced To Register Identity, Held Without Civil Rights In “Negative Zone”…

The Examiner Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin January 3, 2007 10:12 AM

It's hard not to think of the Bush administration when thumbing through the latest "The Amazing Spider-Man" comic (#536).

First, some background (and you probably don't need to be a rocket scientist to see the parallels): In Marvel Comics' -- ahem -- "Civil War" story arc, the U.S. government passes the "Superhuman Registration Act" after hundreds of innocent American men, women and children become collateral damage in a superhero-related tragedy (the president of the United States even swings by the disaster site to assess the damage). The act mandates registration of all superheroes with the government. Spider-Man initially supports the act but then grows suspicious after discovering that unregistered captives are being held without civil rights at an off-shore prison called "the Negative Zone" (oh, and the prison was built with a no-bid contract).
Detainees will remain there for life if they don't register.

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