Captain America: Civil War - 11 Things From The Original Story They Can't Show You
4. Recruitment Of Villains
It will be a lot less curt in the movie but the comic book story-line of Civil War painted Tony Stark as the primary antagonist. He does a number of shady things that disgust his fellow heroes and peers, most notably the creation of the Thor clone and his willingness to fight against those he calls his friends. One of the more deplorable actions that Tony takes is to recruit supervillains to help capture Anti Registration humans. As the war progresses, Tony notes that he can't spend his time trying to capture Cap and the rebels whilst also maintaining his duties as an Avenger. He needs the heroes on the Pro Registration side to live up to their moniker and so he has the bright idea of enlisting incarcerated villains to hunt down the Anti Registration rebels. It's made clear that Stark has had them chipped, tagged and pumped full of microscopic nanobots but that doesnt excuse the fact that characters such as Venom, Bullseye, Taskmaster and Lady Deathstrike are being used to capture good guys. Most notably, two villains were tasked with hunting down the turncoat Spider-Man and very nearly killed him. They even join in on the final, climactic fight, standing side-by-side with reputable do-gooders as if they actually belong there. It would be a cool twist if this were to happen in the film but no one would want to back Iron Man if he started fist-bumping Red Skull. Coupled with the lack of enigmatic Marvel villains that arent dead (and even when they were alive, they were few and far between), you wont see Tony Stark be this much of an idiot.
