Has Iron Man reached Batman, Superman, Spidey level of popularity?

[Teeqoz]

Barkley said:

Teeqoz said:

Worldwide, Spiderman has grossed 4 billion in 5 movies, Batman has grossed 4.5 billion in.... 8.

In merchandise, Spiderman outsell Batman by a factor of 3 (!!). In TV, should we include the Spiderman animated series?

I guess so, it depends what people mean by Popularity. I'll stick by the statement that Batman is more famous than Spiderman.

More famous, sure, but not more popular. Superman is more famous than both, but lags far behind in popularity.