You see a character who is never verbose, who is a Clint Eastwood archetype, suddenly going, ‘Oh yeah, man? Well, I can talk too.' It’s certainly true that Wolverine is usually a man of few words.

The caption on the image, which looks Clint Eastwood in his prime and features precisely zero sideburns and what looks like blond hair, reads: “In case The Wolverine should ever decide to take ...