With The Batman reboot just around the corner, fanboys and fangirls are reviving their DC/Marvel rivalry, with a new Batman-themed street mural seemingly outing the caped crusader as being inferior to Iron Man.
An image of the street mural – which, at first glance, seems to be promotional material for The Batman – was uploaded to the Marvel Studios subreddit by user, knivesxonly.
However, upon closer inspection, the mural is actually championing Tony Stark, aka Iron Man.
“The worlds [sic] #1 smartest, multi-billionaire superhero orphan who fights crime without superpowers,” it reads, before dropping a Hulk-sized curveball.
“… is Tony Stark”
Given how guerrilla-style film promotional efforts have become, and considering how professionally illustrated and designed the mural is, it’s no surprise it caught many off-guard, especially when you notice the fictional, ‘Stark Industries’ logo at the bottom.
However, the original poster’s username, knivesxonly, is also visible, outing the mural as less a cheeky guerrilla campaign by Marvel Studios, and more a one-off hi-jinx committed by someone with a disconcerting amount of time on their hands.
Still, that didn’t stop superhero Twitter from delighting/lamenting over the artwork. Hopefully they can work it out among themselves.
God fucking dammit lmfao 💀 pic.twitter.com/xR4sGlsfM6
— dcuverse (@dcuverse) January 30, 2022
https://twitter.com/cheezyvIRL/status/1487763513385058304
Afternoon y’all. God is Good.
This was spotted on the side of a theater 😂😂.
This is also why Lego Batman password to The Batcave is ‘Iron Man Sucks’ LMFAO pic.twitter.com/WriTZj6mx4
— Jimmy Folino #WhoDey 🐅- BLM, StopAsianHate 🏳️🌈 (@MrNiceGuy513) January 30, 2022
Iron man is leagues below Batman LMAO
— Ashwing (@LaziAsh) January 30, 2022
https://twitter.com/menziesparker/status/1487951615894368256
the batman is the movie I've been most excited for my whole life but I'm not lying when I say iron man clears pic.twitter.com/O8YIggeIYC
— nicky (@Nicky1612Ishida) January 30, 2022
https://twitter.com/FettHasReturned/status/1487792939724120065
The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson as the dark knight, will premiere on… Yeah, I don’t really care. Why are they still making these?
