Career criminal Jackie Dio is fresh out of the Cage and looking for trouble. When he tracks down some of his old crime contacts, he discovers a lot has changed in the New York underworld, and finds more trouble than he bargained for. If he’s going to have a shot at surviving, he may have to get acquainted with the shadowy figure known only as “The Consultant”. That is, if “The Consultant” exists.

If you enjoy breathing, you don’t do it around Mr. Pain. But Jackie Dio just can’t help himself. He’s had an ugly history with the Owl’s newest enforcer for more than twenty years and it just happens to involve the Amazing Spider-Man! Plus, the name on every gangster’s tongue is the mysterious Consultant, but who is he and what does he want with Jackie?

Ex-con and old school gangster Jackie Dio just can’t adjust to life outside the joint. He’s been beaten up, gassed, and now jacked-up versions of Boomerang and The Grizzly are ready to use Jackie’s face as messy evidence of just how formidable the Consultant’s upgrades have made them. As if that weren’t bad enough, The Punisher has been waiting a long time to confront Jackie Dio, and he’s got a bullet all picked out and ready for him.

Ex-con Jackie Dio is on the run from the cops, super-goons Boomerang and Grizzly, and even the Punisher himself. Lucky for him, gadget guru the Mechanic has all the cool toys, and he’s willing to share. But can anything save Jackie when he confronts the Punisher in a knock-down, drag-out, knuckle-busting brawl?

Ex-con Jackie Dio is tired of running. Ever since getting out of the coop, he’s been beaten up, chased, gassed, and shot; now, he’s aiming for revenge against the man responsible for his predicament. But in between him and closure is a gang of souped-up super-villains and the mysterious Consultant himself, whose nefarious conspiracy is finally revealed! Hold on for a twist so shocking it will have you reeling!

Wilson Fisk, the incarcerated ex-Kingpin of Crime, has a deal to propose to Iron Man: He'll use his underworld connections to help track down Captain America and his anti-Registration underground in exchange for consideration on his sentence. But can the Kingpin be trusted, or is he playing a deeper game? And how are the criminals of the Marvel Universe being forced to change the way they do business as a result of Civil War? Plus: Delve deeper in the Marvel Universe underworld in writer Frank Tieri's gritty prequel to Civil War: War Crimes Career criminal Jackie Dio is fresh out of the Cage and looking for trouble. When he tracks down some of his old crime contacts, he discovers a lot has changed in the New York underworld - and finds more trouble than he bargained for. If he's going to have a shot at surviving, he may have to get acquainted with the shadowy figure known only as "The Consultant" - that is, if he even exists. Collects Civil War: War Crimes and Underworld #1-5