Hungry Heroes Get Cranky

Bang! Kapow! Superheroes Battle It Out Over Burgers

from AFP

LONDON - Their fictional counterparts might be tireless battlers for truth and justice, but when three British men dressed as Spiderman, Superman, and Batman came to blows the reason was far more prosaic - a shortage of burgers.

Police were called to the superhero bust-up after the three men in fancy dress traded punches at a fast food van located on a main road in a suburb of Canterbury, southern England, local police said.

It was believed that the fight in the early hours of Christmas Day started due to a shortage of food at the van. A 23-year-old man suffered facial injuries but declined to press charges, Kent Police said.

"Spiderman, Superman, and Batman were involved in a minor altercation at 12:32 am at Wincheap on Christmas Day. The injured party declined to take it any further," a spokesman said.