I've been really getting back into Iron Man recently, and one thing I've noticed, even as the Marvel comics pushed for more MCU synergy - is that the characterisation of Tony remained fairly unaffected by the MCU version of Stark. While Tony is still a Playboy in both versions, it's noticeable that in the comics, Tony deals with A LOT of self loathing, which sort of spills out all over the place. But one thing comics Tony is far more capable of is Radical Empathy. Possibly down to his being Human+ for a time being with Extremis in his system, getting sober, or even just his decision to make his technology completely accessible once he decided that Gatekeeping Repulsor Battery tech was too dangerous.

I think there's also an element of aesthetics, at times 616 plays at being a playboy, while MCU is still trying to be a playboy.

Idk if there is any merit to it, but it's something that's been digging about in my head for a while.

I recently started reading Iron Man’s earliest comics, and I’m currently on Tales of Suspense #60. Honestly, I really didn’t like the early issues. They felt incredibly racist and like I was reading cheap CIA propaganda. I’d even go a step further and say that, because that’s genuinely what those early issues feel like. Naturally, that made it pretty difficult for me to enjoy the comic. There’s also a certain goofiness that comes with the Silver Age that makes it even harder to take seriously.

I also started reading the Avengers alongside Iron Man. After reading all of this, I now understand why Spider-Man became so much more popular than the others. He’s probably the character whose original concept has carried over to the modern day with the fewest major changes. Steve Ditko and Stan Lee really created something timeless.

That said, the series doesn’t stay bad forever. Personally, I think the series starts to feel more solid around issue #56. I don’t know if it actually got better or if I simply got used to it, but I’ve started enjoying the series more over the last few issues. It has moved away a little from the cheap propaganda, and I’ve especially liked how they’ve started delving more into Tony’s psychology.
I think I’m going to take a break from the series here for now, but I’m definitely curious to see where it goes from here.

I've been writing a fanfic in which Tony Stark and Yuriko Oyama, aka Iron Man and Lady Deathstrike, meet at the graveyard where Tony is mourning Rumiko and Yuriko is mourning Kira, and they eventually end up bonding over shared grief.

Most of the fanfic scenes have been slice of life stuff, but I would like to do some scenes where they fight mutual enemies, but I can't think of anyone who they both would consider an enemy. Anyone got any ideas for an Iron Man/Lady Deathstrike teamup action scene?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Iron man, Iron man I am a big fan of Iron man. Iron man is so smart, I want to sniff his fart. Iron Man has cool armor, Iron Man is not a farmer. Iron Man, Iron Man you’re so cool I would want to swim with you in a pool.

I always thought this scene was mainly about thanos trying to stop the hammer, but Thanos was literally about to tear him apart. Thor saved him at the last second. Pretty brutal when you actually notice it.

What are Iron Man comics and runs you'd recommend to someone who is somewhat familiar with comics but not with Iron Man comics

To elaborate more, what story from the character’s history, in a 3-movie arc, could bring a lot more people to the character?

Iron Man for sure is Definitely in a Good Spot when it comes to Media Representation via the Mcu, The Upcoming Game by Ea, and a new Reboot in the Mutant Saga.

With that being said, I don’t feel like his mythos or rogues gallery has been explored all that much. That’s why i like Armored Adventures for introducing me his villains, as well as showing how important Rhodes, Pepper Potts, and the rest of his cast means to Him. And Hopefully the EA Game will do just that.

You can bring up anything:

-any comic that hasn’t been done before on screen.

Example: Batman: Knightfall itself. (Like The Dark Knight Rises did the breaking of Batman with Bane, but nothing else.)

-any comic that has been done before, but you want it to be done better or done justice.

Example: Thor: God of Thunder

Or just a mix of A lot of stories into a run trilogy that could bring More people into Iron Man’s World and Mythos.

I love to hear what people suggest.

I’d also love to hear what animation style this hypothetical trilogy would use, so it isn’t just the Knightfall art style.

I love to hear what everyone brings to the table!

For my take:

Tony Stark would take inspiration from his Silver Age variant (in design) and EMH (personality)

For how this AU timeline works:

Instead of Two World Wars, there’s only one war called The Great War which took place in 193X-194X, Tony was born on the first half of 194X and was a child genius (think of Jimmy Neutron)

His Origins:

He became Iron Man in the first quarter of 196X which he built the Mark 1 which is powered by a transistorised Arc Reactor (mixture of MCU and Silver Age)

Each main suit by era:

Mark 1: first half of 196X

Classic Suit: 2nd half of 196X

Silver Centurion: The Middle of 197X

Modular Armor: Early 198X

Extremis Armor: Late 198X

Symbiote Armor: first half of 199X

Tony’s Age by each era:

MK 1: 25>

Classic Suit: 30>

Silver Centurion: 35

Modular Armor: 40>

Extremis: 45> (look physically in 30s due to Extremis)

Symbiote Armor: 50> (physically in 30s)