Questions tagged [iron-man]
For questions about Iron Man, a Marvel superhero who relies on technology rather than inherent powers. Always use in conjunction with the [marvel] tag and add the relevant media tag where appropriate such as [marvel-cinematic-universe] and [comics]. For questions about the first film in the MCU see [iron-man-2008].
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Why does Tony Stark always call Captain America by his last name?
In the entire MCU, Tony Stark always calls Captain America by his last name, whether their conversation is friendly or aggressive.
But the two characters have always been close friends, and Cap always ...
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To what extent is Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" accurate to the comics storyline of the time?
While listening to "Iron Man" from Black Sabbath, I noticed the lines:
He was turned to steel
In the great magnetic field
When he traveled time
For the future of mankind
"Iron Man"...
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Story with Iron Man jumping into a time portal to escape the Phoenix, before she destroyed the Earth
The Phoenix is brought back by a dying man wanting to destroy the Earth, while Tony Stark watches. Tony jumps into a time portal to escape at the last minute. He goes through different time frames of ...
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Has Eternal's Phastos given the Starks some of his technopathy ideas for Iron Man's hand gesture interface?
In the Eternals movie, we see Phastos performing hand gestures to actual technology-creation. While this is not the same hand gesture technology-creation of Tony Stark, since Stark relies on a machine,...
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How did Tony Stark know about Life-Model Decoys?
In Marvel's The Avengers (2012), Tony Stark is on the phone with Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D., but is trying to ignore him and says "You have reached the Life-Model Decoy of Tony Stark"...
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What song is Obadiah playing on the piano?
At 57:50 in Iron Man (2008), Obadiah comes to visit Tony and is playing something on a piano. It sounds slightly classical. What piece is he playing?
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Why is the code to open Tony's workroom a three-digit number and does it have any meaning in or out of universe?
In Iron Man (2008), Stark calls Pepper down to his workroom to help him with his ARC reactor. When she comes down, she types in the code "106" into a keypad, seen at 49:13. Why is the code ...
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How did Rhodey survive?
Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes was present during Stark's kidnapping in Marvel Studios' Iron Man (2008) - in fact, he was in the Humvee behind him (dubbed the "Hum-drumvee" by Stark ...
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Iron Man comic from the 1970s that featured a blue, "security guard" version of his armor?
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I remember the basic plot of this one. There's a huge protest going outside of Stark Industries because of their military contracts. Stark/Iron Man is concerned that things may ...
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Iron Man villain - a being made of "living gold"
In this story, smugglers are stealing gold needed for circuitry made by Stark's company and as Iron Man, Stark sets out to track them down.
It turns out the smugglers aren't stealing the gold for ...
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Trying to find an old Iron Man comic where he's attacked by energy-draining "polka dots"
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Whichever supervillain Iron Man was fighting in this particular issue (it may have been Midas and/or Madame Masque, but I'm not certain of that), at one point he is attacked by a ...
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Is Iron Man: Armored Adventures a purely stand alone series, or does this version of Tony exist in some other universe outside of 616?
In 2009, Marvel created a CGI series. *Iron Man: Armored Adventures. While this was likely done to capitalize on the MCU film Iron Man that came out around the same time, it took an entirely ...
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Comic issue where Iron Man is compared to Robert Downey Jr
I remember seeing somewhere, a snapshot from a comic book where a lady (presumably a fan; might have been a reporter as well) addresses Tony Stark and says something like (paraphrased):
You are ...
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Why did Tony Stark have to do the snap?
In the movie scene, it seems to me that at the point when Tony snatches the stones off of Thanos' gauntlet, the situation was pretty much in control already. With Captain Marvel having destroyed ...
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Was Iron Man worthy of Mjolnir at the end of Endgame? [closed]
So I rewatched Avengers: Endgame earlier on and I was just wondering: Could Iron Man have lifted Thor's hammer in his final moments, considering
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