Here is an archive of all the past top five lists I've done over the years.

A major issue that happened with Marvel's smash hit 2006 crossover is that the main series, written by Mark Millar and drawn by Steve McNiven and Dexter Vines, told one story while the tie-in books would often tell their own stories, which would often conflict with what the main series did. Here, then, are the top five most notable examples of continuity conflicts within Marvel's Civil War crossover...

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When Spider-Man breaks from Iron Man, he naturally stops wearing the special armored costume that Iron Man made for him, as seen here in Civil War #6...



However, in Civil War: Frontline #9 (by Paul Jenkins, Ramon Bachs and John Lucas), Spider-Man is still wearing the Iron Spider costume...



That's probably just an artistic mistake, really.

5. How Spider-Man Teamed Up With Captain America's Secret Avengers

In Civil War #5, Spider-Man is on the run from Iron Man and SHIELD before the Punisher rescues him and brings him to Captain America's Secret Avengers...





While in Amazing Spider-Man #537 (by J. Michael Straczynski and Ron Garney), Spider-Man escapes from Iron Man and eventually Cap's team looks him up...







4. What does Registration mean?

In Civil War #2, Iron Man explains the general position for how Iron Man views the Superhuman Registration Act, which is that it is basically just training superheroes, but nothing beyond that...



But in Civil War: Frontline #5 (by Paul Jenkins and Lee Weeks), we see that SHIELD can use the Act to basically enlist heroes against their will...





3. What's the deal with the Negative Zone prison for superhumans?

In Civil War #5, Iron Man explains to Spider-Man what the deal is with the Negative Zone prison they have for superhuman violators of the Superhuman Registration Act...



While in Amazing Spider-Man #535 (by J. Michael Straczynski and Ron Garney), Iron Man tells Spider-Man to exact opposite...







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2. Mister Fantastic's reasons for supporting the Superhuman Registration Act

In Civil War #2, it is pretty clear that Reed Richards is driven to support Superhuman Registration due to scientific models...





While in Amazing Spider-Man #535 (by J. Michael Straczynski and Ron Garney), he tells a whole other story...







Dwayne McDuffie later retconned the whole uncle story.

1. The Invisible Woman leaving Mister Fantastic

This one gets the top spot because it is SO dramatically different from each other in fact and in intent.

In Civil War #5, we see Sue leave Reed...





But in Fantastic Four #540 (by J. Michael Stracsynski, Mike McKone, Andy Lanning and Cam Smith), her departure is handled MUCH differently...













That's the top five!

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