Iron Man

1. Iron Man was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, and Jack Kirby and appeared for the first time in Tales of Suspense #39 on March 1963
2. Iron Man was one of the founding members of the Avengers
3. The man under the Iron Man mask is Anthony “Tony” Edward Stark
4. Some of Iron Man’s most notorious villains include: A.I.M. (Advanced Ideas Mechanics), Iron Monger, Mandarin, and Ultron to name a few
5. In, almost, every storyline Tony Stark builds the first Iron Man suit with the help of fellow captor Ho Yinsen to escape and save his wounded heart
6. The Tony Stark character has always had an issue with alcohol; for years he was alcoholic and has relapsed in the past
7. At one point Forbes listed Iron Man/Tony Stark and the fourth richest comic book character
8. Tony Stark and Hal Jordan were combined in a rare Marvel/DC team up in which Howard “Hal” Stark emerged in the Amalgam Universe as the Iron Lantern
9. One of the biggest moments in the Iron Man story came in Civil War where he fought against Captain America believing all superheros should reveal their identity to the government
10. Iron Man has become very popular recently thanks to his portrayal by Robert Downey Jr in the Marvel Cinematic Universe