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11 unusual facts about Iron Man


Ben Darwin

Whilst he France, Darwin was also in training for his first Iron Man triathlon, which he completed in Port Macquarie in April 2008.

Centereach, New York

Don Heck, comic-book artist, co-creator of Iron Man (born New York City, lived in Centereach as adult)

Clarence Ross

After this success, he started to appear on the covers of popular physique magazines such as Your Physique, Iron Man, Muscle Power, and Health and Strength.

Cristina Schultz

Cristina Warthen, née Cristina Schultz, is a 2001 graduate of Stanford Law School and a fitness model who has been pictured in Iron Man, Muscular Development, Maxim (magazine), and Playboy Magazine (Feb 2006 pg 45) and Playboy Book of Lingerie.

Frank Colman

The only other Londoner to experience the World Series was the outstanding Iron Man catcher George Gibson in 1909 when Gibson's Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Detroit Tigers starring Ty Cobb in the best-of-nine final series, five games to two.

Frisky Dingo

The Xtacles are the private army of Iron Man-esque superhero Awesome-X (Xander Crews), who like their leader are outfitted with flight-capable, self-contained powered armor and an arsenal of high-tech weaponry.

Graphic Imaging Technology

For a time, GIT held the license to release collections of scanned Marvel comic books, which included some of their classic characters such as Spider-Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Iron Man, and the Fantastic Four.

Howard Stark

In Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, Stark named a satellite after his father called the Howard satellite.

Nathan Stark

The character Tony Stark of Iron Man is the head of his own company also named "Stark Industries".

In an interview, Ed Quinn said Nathan Stark is inspired by Marvel Comics' Iron Man, Tony Stark, observing that Andrew Cosby, the creator of Eureka, is also the co-founder of independent comic book publisher Boom! Studios and an Iron Man fan.

World War Hulk: X-Men

Professor X finally arrives and the Hulk asks him how he would've voted had he been present when Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, Doctor Strange and Black Bolt decided to shoot him into space...


Bawley Point, New South Wales

The Bawley Point Iron Man is a popular annual event which takes place in early January at Gannet Beach, local to Bawley Point.

Chemistro

Calvin's alchemy gun was turned into wrist blasters by the Wizard who sent him and the Wrecker to attack Iron Man and Jim Rhodes during the "Acts of Vengeance."

Closing credits

On other occasions additional scenes to advance the storyline (as in Wild Things, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), influence or guide the viewers to a possible outcome of the film's conclusion (as in WALL-E) or set up sequels (as in Transformers and Iron Man) may occur after the credits roll.

Contemplator

With her new position, she allowed the Avengers to disband and be replaced by her 'Americommandos', who arrested the X-Men and other mutants, captured 'illegal' superhumans like Luke Cage and Spider-Man, and arranged for the Fantastic Four to be lost in the Negative Zone, forcing Henry Pym, the Invisible Woman, and the Wasp into retirement, and 'killing' Tony Stark while he was undergoing heart surgery while keeping his brain alive to use his intellect.

Darryl Anka

Darryl Anka (born on October 12, 1951) started his Hollywood career as a special effects designer working on such films as Star Trek: The Motion Picture, I Robot, Pirates of the Caribbean, Live Free or Die Hard and Iron Man.

Hauptmann Deutschland

Although they captured the Skull and subsequently his Skeleton Crew, they later surrendered the Skull to a false Thor, Iron Man and Captain America, who were actually shapeshifting "bioplastoid" androids created by the Skull's lackey Arnim Zola.

Ho Yinsen

Actor Shaun Toub portrayed the character in 2008 superhero film Iron Man and the 2013 sequel Iron Man 3.

Maggott

In the Age of X alternate reality, Maggott was depicted as alive, his earlier death not part of the altered history, but he was nonetheless killed by that reality's Iron Man.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds

Iron Man now sports his Extremis Armor as opposed to the Modular Armor he wore in the previous titles, Thor is seen in his Reborn attire, and Wolverine now wears his John Cassaday-designed costume from the more recent Astonishing X-Men rather than his 1990s era costume.

MIT class ring

Iron Man: Lieutenant Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes (played by Terrence Howard) and Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey, Jr.) both wear the Brass Rat, visible on their fingers.

Model figure

Horizon focused primarily on classic horror film characters (like Bride of Frankenstein, Invisible Man, The Phantom of the Opera) and comic book characters (like Captain America and Iron Man).

Powered exoskeleton

Appearances include Dominant Species by Michael Marks; the Fallout series of video games powered armor is portrayed as a bulking armor-plated mechanism, offering nearly complete protection against ballistic weapons and advanced resistance to energetic projectiles; is an example of this approach, as well as the Marvel comics franchise Iron Man.

Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe

It is later revealed that he has exterminated nearly all of the Marvel Universe such as Iron Man, Ghost Rider, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, Black Panther, and Nick Fury among others.

Seth Fisher

Fisher provided the art for the Marvel mini-series Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan (scripted by Zeb Wells) that also appeared in 2005.

Simulation

Examples of movies that use computer-generated imagery include Finding Nemo, 300 and Iron Man.

The Embassy Visual Effects

The studio completed a number of visual effects shots for Marvel Studios, Iron Man and more recently contributed effects to the climactic sequence of the Peter Jackson produced film, District 9.

Titan Books

Titan Books’ range of fiction includes novelisations of such films as Terminator Salvation, Iron Man, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, and The Dark Knight Rises.

Tony Hawk's Underground

Skaters include Tony Hawk, Chad Muska, Bam Margera, Mike Vallely, Eric Koston, and many others, including secret characters such as Gene Simmons and the other members of KISS, Iron Man, T.H.U.D. (the monster in the Neversoft logo), and Eric Sparrow.

X-O Manowar

X-O Manowar was featured along with Marvel Comics' armored superhero Iron Man in the Acclaim Entertainment-developed video game Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal, produced for PC, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega Game Gear, and Game Boy.