The final issue of “Civil War II” - which was scheduled to have ended by now – won’t be available unto December 28th.

Source: BleedingCool

Civil War II, Marvel's 2016 eleven part (2 zero issues, announced 7 issue core book, expanded to 8 issues, and 2 aftermath issues) summer, fall, and winter event book has not gone as expected. Hurt by low sales, constant delays, high prices, constant delays, poorly conceived spoilers, and constant delays, Civil War II is facing a completely predictable problem as comic books that were set to be published once Civil War II had ended – by now if not for the already mentioned constant delays – are spoiling plot points to the as of yet unfinished summer event whose final issue won't be available until the end of December.

I don't mean spoilers like Marvel soliciting a Spider-Man book for February thus spoiling the fact that Spider-Man survives. I mean major spoilers like finding out that a major character is dead. Really dead. Dead as dead can be. Dude even died on television.

SPOILERS for Infamous Iron Man #1 and Civil War II are below:

That's right, today's Infamous Iron Man #1 by Bendis and Maleev spoils a major death from Bendis, Marquez, and Ponsor's Civil War II's 6,7, or 8. Now, one could wonder how a new book spoils a book that was announced two years ago and should have been completed by now, but those types of questions are only asked by people who hate comic books.

Turns out that the reason we haven't seen much of Tony Stark in post-Civil War II Marvel solicitations and why Doom has taken the mantel of Iron Man is that Stark would have already died if Civil War II had been anywhere near to on time:

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BOOM! The Thing is a member of SHIELD! Guess we know his plans post Guardians of the Galaxy. I bet he's going to love Doom as Iron Man.

I'm not sure what's worse, the delays from the first Civil War forcing Marvel to just not publish comics for a whole month or the delays from the second Civil War forcing Marvel to spoil plot points months ahead of time for a book most readers have forgotten about.

In short:

Bendis' Civil War II had a two year build up and will end up being roughly 5 months late.

Bendis' Infamous Iron Man spoils Bendis' Civil War II.

Bendis' Infamous Iron Man spoils Bendis' Guardians of The Galaxy.

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