(cnn)marvel is going back to war the massively popular superhero entertainment factory has the third 'captain america' movie on the way, 'civil war,' which will include iron man and quite possibly, the new spider man it's based on a story arc from almost a decade ago, which tackled issues of freedom versus security, with the two heroes going toe to toe against one another this summer, marvel plans to revisit that storyline as part of the much larger return of 'secret wars,' its biggest crossover event of the 1980s the effects of this will be huge to the comics, ending 33 of the company's titles cnn spoke to writer charles soule, who has gained acclaim for his work on 'superman/wonder woman,' 'swamp thing,' the death of wolverine,' 'she hulk' and more he gave us the scoop on the return of 'civil war,' one year before it hits the big screen cnn: what can fans expect from your 'civil war' storyline? soule: 'secret wars' is an opportunity to revisit some of the great marvel stories of the past one of those is 'civil war,' and i got the call to work on that 'civil war' happened in 2006 and 2007, and in that story captain america and iron man went after each other based on an ideological difference on superheroes in the world what i'm doing is taking that story in a different direction cnn: will this be a way for those who are interested in the upcoming movie to dive into that story? soule: absolutely if you look at the ideas that that story had, iron man thought superheroes should have to register with the government, and become something of a police force captain america thought that that was restricting the central freedoms of this country it was a debate of security versus freedom we're taking that basic idea and expanding it to a larger canvas the registration act is all in the past at this point it's more of a world drastically changed based on a superhero war, and it's a huge story and it's fun to be able to involve every marvel character there is cnn: is this one of the biggest stories you've worked on? soule: i've been on big books but this one feels huge it affects every character in one way or another, and it deals with some central issues to the modern world that's not always something you get to do in a marvel story cnn: so this will have many twists and turns away from the original story? soule: the idea is to take some of the events in the original storyline and spin them off into entirely new stories without spoiling, this deals with a world that has been ravaged for quite some time when we pick up the story i felt the original 'civil war' explored those questions very well if i was going to play in this sandbox, i wanted to ask my own questions
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this summer, the popular 1980s 'secret war' comic book storyline will return . story will affect every marvel comic, ending 33 titles . 2000s 'civil war' story will also be revisiting, pitting characters against each other 