Warning: This article contains potential spoilers for a number of upcoming Marvel Phase 3 movies.

Its difficult to qualify any comic book related announcement as a bombshell these days.

They all stoke a virtually identical amount of outrage and/or excitement.

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Captain America: Civil Wararrives on May 6th, 2016.

More importantly, this one will truly set Marvel Phase 3 in motion.

It is exactly what that title indicates: a civil war between the heroes of the Marvel Universe.

Now, on with the show…

In terms of timing, both of those storylines were nicely intertwined.

Theres little chance of an immediate resolution or happy ending inCaptain America: Civil War.

In the comics, Spidey found himself torn between two of his heroes.

Despite its lofty ambitions and political pretensions, the comic book version ofCivil Warquickly collapsed under its own weight.

That doesnt even take the villains into account.

You dont really expect Tony Stark to be a villain, do you?

This article originally ran on October 29th, 2014.

It has been updated to reflect new details about the film.