Oh, the comedians are going to have a field day with this. In a just-strange-enough-to-work, headline-grabbing lawsuit, Batman will face off against the minds behind The Dark Knight. But will the case ever see the inside of a courtroom?

Batman isn’t just a comic book character who first appeared on the scene in 1939 (then called the Bat-man), it’s also an oil-producing town in Turkey. Batman has been refining the fuel since 1955 and boasts Turkey’s oldest refinery. But now, the issue of name infringement has been raised.

Huseyin Kalkan, mayor of Batman, has legally filed suit against Christopher Nolan (who directed The Dark Knight) and Warner Bros. in hopes of gaining a cut of royalties from the film (sure, aren’t there enough to go around?).

This begs the questions, what the f are the grounds for the suit? Apparently, Kalkan’s suit says the film used the name of his city without permission. “There is only one Batman in the world.” Stated Mayor Kalkan. “The American producers used the name of our city without informing us.”

Take it up with Bob Kane, buddy. In collaboration with Bill Finger, Kane invented the Caped Crusader for DC Comics the same year Gone With the Wind made it into movie theaters. Kalkan further complains in the suit that his town suffers from a high suicide and crime rate because of the character Batman. What’s good for Gotham may not be so great for the world, it would seem.

In other news, Iron Man, Idaho is seeking reparations from Robert Downey, Jr. for trauma suffered during his extremely long movie marketing campaign, and Hancock, Washington is launching a letter-writing campaign against Will Smith in hopes of collecting a portion of DVD proceeds.

Okay…so I made up that last part, but don’t be surprised if all these things soon come to pass.