'The Spider-Man: Homecoming' poster was very bad, but consider the other options

Marvel really should've saved some budget for this.
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Tyler Schmall
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The other day, we finally got our first look at the new Spider-Man: Homecoming movie poster. And it was pretty bad.

Nothing really makes sense here. The colors are all over the place and Iron Man is on there twice. All the trailers have been electric, and all the previous posters have looked really good, so what happened on this one?

That's right, budget issues. They blew their entire budget on the first few posters and had little to nothing left to spend on this poster. They commissioned six very inexpensive, novice graphic designers and the one they went with was the best one by a mile.

Just check out the other five right here and you'll see what we mean.

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Yikes...

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Uh oh! Looks like they only gave this designer the subtitle and forgot to tell them it was a Spider-Man movie. They did the best they could.

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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: Robert Downey Jr and host Jimmy Fallon during a segement on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" at Rockefeller Center on May 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for NBC) Credit: mashasble composite; jamie mccarthy/Getty Images for NBC

This one is just way off. Jimmy Fallon isn't in the movie and there's no mention of our lead actor Tom Holland anywhere.

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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Spiderman attends "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" Be Amazing Day Volunteer Day at I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer on April 25, 2014 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Pont/Getty Images) Credit: mashable composite; mike pont/Getty Images

Kind of confusing.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 23: Actor Robert Downey Jr. poses during Paramount Pictures & Marvel Entertainment's "Iron Man 2" photo call held at the Four Seasons Hotel on April 23, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Credit: mashable composite; Jason merritt/Getty Images

Not even close. Marvel, next time make sure you save some budget for the posters.

Topics Comics Marvel

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Tyler Schmall

Tyler Schmall is a humor writer based in NYC and a friend of yours. You can follow him on Twitter @tylerschmall where he has been known to post "tweets."

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