Comic book fans love to have all manners of debates, whether it's about one-on-one battles between characters or limitations of super powers... but while there is plenty of conflict, what must not be forgotten in all of it is that there is a shared appreciation for the medium and storytelling. Marvel and DC fans will always fight about which one is better, but what's more important is the recognition that superheroes are awesome – and it's within that spirit that I love the name that has been created by a fan to celebrate the fact that both James Gunn's Superman and Matt Shakman's The Fantastic Four: First Steps are being released this month.
First there was Barbenheimer, the dubbed phenomenon when Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer arrived in theaters simultaneously. Then there was Glicked, which highlighted Ridley Scott's Gladiator II and Jon M. Chu's Wicked sharing marquee space last November. Now, in July 2025, Instagram user illustraluis has dubbed this summer as the season of SuperFantastic:
