User blog comment:Spidermanfan1945/confused by Civl War?/@comment-4750091-20120306110258

Civil War is a great jumping on point- it's was the first thing i read when i started getting into comics- i'd always had an awareness of marvel heroes but nothing really in depth. Now as a build up my collection, i make all civil war tie-ins my general starting point with different titles.

I don't think you really need to know too much about the specific characters to enjoy this story- it's much more ideological/ethically oriented than typical arcs.

i'm a high school English teacher, and i've taught units of work on this graphic novel for kids who have never read comics in their lives as a means of encouraging debate about the themes, etc, as well as introducing them to the importance of graphic novels as literary texts. The kids really seemed to enjoy it and the only things they were confused about were superficial things like "what's this guy's name" or "what are her powers"- things they can and did look up in a second.