# an Iron... Man!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 8, 2008, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540 "2008-05-08T07:13:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/21 "2008-05-08T20:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque]
It’s not actually “Iron Man”, it’s _lron man_. That’s a lower-case “L”, not an upper-case “I”. lron Man exists to spread Scientology and the good teachings of L. Ron Hubbard to all the world.
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Way to read all the way to post 4, there, **Max**. 😃
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/22 "2008-05-08T22:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck]
Hell, you want obscure:
J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter
Atom
The Elongated Man
Black Lightning
Steel
Black Panther
The Vision
Sun Boy
Mon-El
Nightwing and Flamebird
The Doll
Doctor Fate
Hour-Man
The Spectre
Johnny Thunder and his Thundebolt (Say, you)
Red Tornado
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Congorilla.
Hoppy the Marvel Bunny.
The Legion Of Super Pets.
😃
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/23 "2008-05-08T23:17:47Z")
Challengers of the Unknown.
The Doom Patrol
Blackhawk
Metal Men
Airboy
The Eternal Brain
Daredevils
Human Top
Tarantula
Liberty Belle
The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy
Robotman
Manhunter
The Boy Commandos
Fighting Yank
Seven Soldiers of Victory
The Boy Explorers
Ka-Zar
Rockman
Flexo the Rubber Man
Red Raven
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### Author:  [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/24 "2008-05-09T00:33:21Z")
The Fat Fury.
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### Author:  [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/25 "2008-05-09T01:27:31Z")
Living Lightning-now there would be an interesting film. Cross a few wires.
Hell, do a Section Eight movie.
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### Author:  [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/26 "2008-05-09T07:11:55Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman]
I look forward to seeing the eventual [Matter-Eater Lad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter-Eater_Lad) movie.
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Now that is a hero in my taste!
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### Author:  [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/27 "2008-05-09T07:24:10Z")
Steel has had a movie, which I’m not sorry to have missed according to its reputation - I rather like John Henry Irons, and I hear the movie sucks donkey cock.
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### Author:  [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/28 "2008-05-09T07:58:49Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck]
Metal Men
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One of whom, Iron, is a literal Iron Man.
Infectious Lass ( “Use your feminine wiles !” “I . . . don’t think I have any !” )
Rocket Racoon
Cipher
MPH
Adept
Pyro Lad
Color Kid
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### Author:  [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/29 "2008-05-09T08:04:12Z")
[QUOTE=cactus waltz]
So, I have a (what I suppose to Americans is unique) complete lack of knowledge regarding this Iron Man person.
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Nah, it’s not unique. I managed to make it 29 years without hearing of him and I’ve never left the U.S. my entire life. Then again, I never liked comic books, even when I was a kid (and not for lack of trying!), so maybe I’m an anomally.
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### Author:  [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/30 "2008-05-09T14:05:35Z")
[QUOTE=cactus waltz]
Now that is a hero in my taste!
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Cactus Waltz becomes…Groaningly Awful Pun Lad.
the Defenders (Dr. Strange/Sub-Mariner/Hulk/Silver Surfer/ Valkyrie - I actually would like to see this become a film.)
the Gaurdians of the Galaxy
the New Mutants
the Inferior Five
Forbush Man
Ambush Bug
Adam Strange
Captain Comet
Black Orchid
Man Thing
Devil Dinosaur (Again, I would actually pay money to see this - IF it was animated, in a style reminiscent of Jack Kirby.)
the Eternals
Kamandi
Son of Satan
Satana
Morbius the Living Vampire
Brother Voodoo
Dial “H” for Hero
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/31 "2008-05-09T14:20:21Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman]
Dial “H” for Hero
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The 80s version of that comic let kids send in submissions. Around the same time, there was a stupid little toy that let you swap heads, torsos, and legs to create little heroes or villains that you could then trace over with crayons or pencil and color in. Unbelievably, one of these toy-generated submissions was accepted by DC. I still shake my head in disbelief.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/32 "2008-05-09T21:48:56Z")
I think Phil Foglio’s _Angel & The Ape_ series was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in mainstream comics.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/33 "2008-05-09T23:12:37Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman]
Man Thing
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Not to mention “Giant Sized Man Thing.” I keep getting e-mail about that one.
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### Author:  [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/34 "2008-05-09T23:55:16Z")
Giant Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man! (and he’s in a movie too)
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/35 "2008-05-10T00:35:33Z")
The 'Mazing Man-Spider!
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### Author:  [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-iron-man/448540/36 "2008-05-10T01:45:03Z")
“Iron Man” is acutally a nickname for Tony Feman, a jock at his local highschool, the star quaterback saved several chemistry nerds from a fire, causing them to look at his last name( **Fe** man geddit?) and because of his physique and daring exploits give him the name “Iron Man.”
This comic was considered the greatest commercial comic flop in history and everyone is wondering why they made it a movie.
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