Some of Marvel Comics’ longest running series are surprisingly unsophisticated. When Iron Man’s creators designed the character thirty nine years ago, I doubt for one moment that they ever considered he would remain as popular as he has. A founding member of The Avengers, Iron Man has been a core member of the Marvel Universe for longer than Spiderman. THE COMIC Iron Man’s first appearance was in the Silver Age title Tales of Suspense #39 in 1963. Such was his popularity that not long after this, the core title Iron Man was published, and has continued to run ever since ...
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