Mexican Standoff

A Mexican Standoff is a confrontation between multiple people in which no strategy exists to allow anyone to achieve a clear victory. The only courses of action are to act causing injury to all parties, maintain tension without action, or mutually agree to stand down.

History
The Cold War between the United States of America and Soviet Union is said to be a planet-wide standoff. It was resolved with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Knights of Wundagore and Human Resistance engaged in a standoff after disabling the bomb in a container of Mutagen Z-99. It was resolved when Spider-Man, a neutral party, took the container before Git Hoskins gave the container to Sir Ram for proper disposing.