[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. 
[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.
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
The Fat Fury.
Living Lightning-now there would be an interesting film. Cross a few wires.
Hell, do a Section Eight movie.
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman]
I look forward to seeing the eventual Matter-Eater Lad movie.
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Now that is a hero in my taste!
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.
[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
[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.
[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
[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.
I think Phil Foglio’s Angel & The Ape series was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in mainstream comics.
[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.
Giant Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man! (and he’s in a movie too)
The 'Mazing Man-Spider!
“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(Feman 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.