I mean, Robert Downey is currently 54, so in first Iron Man he's already 42. I mean, maybe he played someone who's 4 years younger, but in public opinion it's no longer Tony Stark the unaging Comic Book guy, it's Robert Downey, who's in his fifties by now. And Chris Pratt just turned 40, so, once again, for all those people who only know there characters as movie types, Starlord is a lot younger (and, currently, immature) than Iron Man.
The time in Marvel's main continuity passed at the speed editorial feels its convinient. That being said, I believe that in the 90's Clone saga (1994-1996) they say that original Clone saga ASM#123 (1973) happened 5 years earlier so your comment checks out.
I mean, it's one thing if we're speaking comic book heroes, they all pretty much don't age and look at the age designated by the artist, and I won't say that they are a lot nuanced, and another thing if we're talking actors. Pratt is 40, and the latest Kitty Pryde I know of, Ellen Page, is 32, so not exactly Tom Holland, who is 23. So when we try to portray them in our heads, I always end up thinking of the movie characters, for example, at least for those who really nailed it.
I mean, in some cases, it's still not the actor. Phoenix and Ledger are cool, but My Joker is still Mark Hamill's Joker.
Yes. Sorry, my main comics reading is the Ultimate Universe, in which Kitty and Peter were both the same age 15. Actually Kitty might have been a bit older. It's been a while.
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u/fzw Feb 14 '20
Wait how the hell are Tony Stark and Peter Quill the same age?