Civil War II, Issue #2 starts with a dramatis personae, featuring the Ultimates, the Avengers, and the Inhumans. The Ultimates and the Avengers are random gangs of superheroes, but the Inhumans are a specific breed of meta-human. They all got their powers through exposure to the tetrigen mist. Karmela Khan, Ms. Marvel, was initially identified as an Inhuman because she got her powers through exposure to the tetrigen mist, but there's a genetic component involved that I haven't followed closely enough, so she's an Avenger. Ulysses is the kid causing all the trouble, and he's an Inhuman. Tony Stark wants him in his custody so that the Inhumans don't use his powers to prevent crimes.
I'm definitely hooked after two issues, and I'll buy Issue #3 and Issue #4 in two days, when I buy comics. I don't think I'll go too deeply into the crossover event, however. I do like the way Marvel handles crossover events, unlike DC, which simply pushes an event through all the titles affected, whether they make sense or not (see my review of Superman-Wonder Woman, Volume 2, which was ruined by a crossover event that made no sense unless you read the entire event). Marvel, instead, just adds comic titles relating to the event. There is one aspect of the crossover event that I'm not a big fan of. Marvel has put "Civil War II" covers on comics that have nothing to do with Civil War II, like International Iron Man, Issue #3 which only has one line relating to the event. I bought the "Medusa" variant cover.
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