Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event is a 18-book series with 18 released primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Mark Millar, John Rhett Thomas, Christos Gage, Daniel Knauf, Charles Knauf, Brian Michael Bendis, Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, J. Michael Straczynski, Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, Marc Guggenheim, Zeb Wells, Ron Garney, Stan Lee, Brian Reed, Christios Gage, Warren Ellis, Reginald Hudlin, and Dan Slott.