This is going to keep me up all night

[conuly]

What is the plural of Spider-Man (and likewise Batman and Superman)?

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[ysobel]

There can be only one!

(Names wouldn't be subject to irregular plural of their component parts, so *Men rubs me wrong, but I can't decide between *Mans -- like how Mr. Tom Wolf and his two sons would be Wolfs and not Wolves -- or *Man -- like how one deer plus one deer equals two deer.)

[adrian_turtle]

In some of the older comics, he was referred to as "the Bat-Man." The plural of that is "Batmen," whether the article and hyphen are expressed or implied. But in recent decades, his name has been "Batman." In that case, it would be "Batmans." But I agree that there can be only one...arguably several Robins, but only one Batman.

[conuly]

What about in Batman Beyond?