10 Worst Superhero Movie Posters

10. Iron Man 2

Ever since the first Iron Man film was released, Marvel Studios has had an infatuation with making their posters resemble the classic Star Wars aesthetic. In other words, like the classic posters for Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi, Marvel likes to structure its posters with several characters overlapping one another to create a tapestry out of their ensemble cast.

As time has gone on, Marvel has gotten better at this. Recent examples, such as the posters for Black Panther or Infinity War are genuinely excellent pieces. But when looking back at the early stages of the MCU, some of the posters can be flat-out painful to look at. And chief among them is the poster for Iron Man 2.

Attempting to go for the Star Wars-look, it fails in almost every regard. First off, the editing and photoshop is exceedingly rough around the edges, with the characters all bleeding into each other in very awkward ways that do nothing to compliment their individual lighting or the poster's overall appearance. Then there's the screensaver backdrop of the generic cloudy sky that looks like something pulled from an online generator.

Plus, this entire approach just doesn't suit Iron Man 2 very well. It isn't an ensemble film, if anything, it narrows its view and tends to focus solely on Tony alone for huge stretches of the runtime. From planning to execution, everything about this poster is a misguided mess. Much like Iron Man 2 itself.