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So, erm, a city in Turkey called Batman is taking legal action against Christopher Nolan for his use of the comic character’s name:

http://io9.com/5079815/batman-sues-christopher-nol…

The populations of Ironman, Sweden and Xmen in the Czech Republic could not be reached for comment. The rights to Hulk, meanwhile, have already gone to the similarly-named town in India, with Marvel reasoning that they couldn’t possibly do any worse with the licence than has already been done.

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Even if the character were named after the city—which we obviously know was not the case, but sake of argument here…—since when is it a crime to name a character after a town/city/state/country/continent/planet?

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By Phil Reed
November 10, 2008 @ 9:53 pm

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> The rights to Hulk, meanwhile, have already gone to the similarly-named town in India, with Marvel reasoning that they couldn’t possibly do any worse with the licence than has already been done

CONTROVERSIAL.

The Marvel Studios Hulk was great.

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By Jonathan Capps
November 10, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

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Ang Lee’s Hulk was great.

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By Andrew
November 11, 2008 @ 12:10 am

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Yes, Ang Lee’s Hulk was great, Spider-man 3 was exceptional and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver surfer was exponentially awesome.

Now if Marvel would like to pay me now I accept cheques, hard cash or hookers.

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By Karrakunga
November 11, 2008 @ 3:20 am

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Actually, it’s a little known fact that Mike Mignola did indeed come up with the name for the original Hellboy comic after passing through a town in South America (I forget where) called Helboya. He saw the name, and liked it so much he had to create a comic around it.

Anyway, what a fucking ludicrous story. Have they just chosen to completely ignore the seventy years of comics, multiple TV series, six previous movies and all the other associated stuff? Apparently so. Apparently Christopher Nolan created Batman. WELL DONE.

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By Seb Patrick
November 11, 2008 @ 10:15 am

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Wait…..does that mean we can get out of the current economic crisis by suing the creators of Captain Britain?

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By Karrakunga
November 11, 2008 @ 5:52 pm

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They should shut up and build a theme park instead.

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By Marleen
November 12, 2008 @ 10:39 am

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Not to mention that “batman” has been a name to refer to an officer’s dogsbody in the army for centuries.

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By Somebody
November 12, 2008 @ 11:36 am

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Not to mention that it is actually many a Turkish person’s last name.

Ah heck. Sue them ALL. At least then the town will have the money to build the theme park.

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By Marleen
November 12, 2008 @ 4:34 pm

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