For years, many have wondered who Superman's equivalent in the Marvel Cinematic Universeis - I may have the answer figured out, but it is more complicated than you might think. With James Gunn's Superman movie on the horizon in July 2025, the character is back involved in the online discourse in a bigger way than ever before. This coincides with several major Marvel movie releases of 2025, be it Thunderbolts* a few months before, or The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which will be released theatrically only two weeks after Superman.