The Comic: A crossover epic involving a stack of top Marvel characters, Civil War was a seven issue saga charting the fallout of the Superhuman Registration Act, a law requiring those with superpowers to give up their secret identities and offer their services to the US government. Two factions quickly form, one pro and one con, with Iron Man and Captain America on opposite sides of the divide. Naturally, it all kicks off.

The Movie Version: This could well be the outline for an Avengers sequel, with the first film outlining the existing tensions within the super-team, and the Registration Act taking them past breaking point in the second.

Dream Director: If Joss Whedon manages to make The Avengers work, then he should definitely have first dibs on Civil War. However, if that goes tits up, Kenneth Branagh can have it. Unless of course Thor sucks, in which case we’ll pass it to Joe Johnston, so long as Captain America isn’t a flop. Got that?

Dream Cast: It has to have the same cast as The Avengers really. If Bruce Banner gets a fourth reincarnation, our heads will explode.