Marvel Confirms Iron Man is a Total Failure, And Always Will Be
Warning: Contains spoilers for Iron Man #18
Marvel Comics seems to have a big issue with Iron Man. Despite the decades spent being a successful superhero, apparently, Tony Stark will never get rid of his personal issues and he will always perceive himself as a failure, as proved by Iron Man #18, by Christopher Cantwell, Lan Medina, and Frank D'Armata.
It is hard for superheroes to have actual character development. The continuous, serialized nature of superhero comics means that publishers, editors, and authors are always wary of changing a character too much. After all, the formula for the most successful characters remained the same for decades, and it worked for the most part. However, there is also another side of the coin. A big problem with superhero comics is that they evolved more and more towards a «realistic» depiction of characters, seeing them frozen actually makes them more unrealistic. This is especially the case for characters with a troubled past or a story of issues that they should have overcome in the many decades they have been around. Iron Man is a perfect example.
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Tony Stark was originally an atypical Marvel character. A millionaire playboy who sells weapons, he was the polar opposite of the humble, struggling «superheroes with super problems» that Marvel was presenting in its other books. Iron Man's creator Stan Lee even admitted that he did not want Tony to be likable, as he was a weapons dealer at a time (the Cold War) when readers hated war and conflict. For these reasons, it was very hard to make Tony relatable, an issue that Iron Man writers have struggled with ever since. What made Tony Stark look more «human» was
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