Why No Heroes Died in Civil War
One of the things that made Civil War so memorable in the comics was that death was evident throughout the story. It was the death of civilians (caused unintentionally by heroes) that started the Superhero Registration Act. Then, it was the death of the hero Goliath (by a clone of Thor) that proved that one side had gone too far. Finally, Captain America himself was assassinated in the story, Fallen Son, which followed the end of Civil War and after he turned himself in to face justice. In the movie Captain America: Civil War, that didn’t happen. In fact, the only key death was the death of King T’Chaka, which obviously pushed T’Challa into being Black Panther and going after Bucky/Winter Soldier. So why didn’t they kill any Avengers? Well, Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige and director Anthony Russo did a Q&A (via IGN) for the movie, as it just came out on Blu-ray and DVD, and noted their thought process: “We actually talked about lots of potential characters dying,
