Spencer Pratt's Marvel Takedown: A.I. Ads Turn L.A. Mayor Race Into Superhero Spectacle

Spencer Pratt’s campaign for Los Angeles mayor just went full comic book. In a series of A.I.-generated political ads created by X user Charlie Curran, Pratt positions himself as the hero L.A. desperately needs—complete with a Batmobile, armor, and an actual army of everyday people rising to join his fight against the forces of darkness. Except those forces of darkness are Karen Bass, Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, and fellow mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, reimagined as Marvel villains in a showdown borrowed straight from the playbook of Avengers: Endgame.

The ads are nothing if not ambitious in scope. Bass becomes Thanos. Newsom transforms into Doctor Doom. And Pratt? He gets the Batman treatment, crashing his armored Batmobile and pausing mid-battle to deliver the line,“I’m just one man”—before portals open to reveal street vendors, dog walkers, moms, firefighters, cops, doctors, and nurses joining the charge. It’s a populist fantasy wrapped in superhero spectacle, and it’s precisely the kind of over-the-top political theater that only 2026 A.I. technology and a former reality TV personality could produce.

This isn’t Curran’s first rodeo with the Pratt campaign. He’s previously crafted ads depicting Spencer as Batman battling Democrats in an L.A. hellscape and another riff on Charli XCX’s“brat”era. But Bass herself has called these ads“hateful”and accused them of“taking a violent turn”with messaging that can“demonize people.”That tension—between creative provocation and genuine concern about the tone of political discourse—sits at the heart of what these ads represent. They’re funny, they’re absurd, and they raise a legitimate question about where the line between satire and demonization actually lives in an election year.

The mayoral primary hits June 2, and Angelenos will decide whether they want their next leader wrapped in a cape or grounded in reality. Either way, one thing’s clear: this race just got a whole lot weirder.