Iron Man: Busta

Here's the thing about Marvel's Tin Man, who just made his big screen debut strapped to Robert Downey's coke joke revoked body: he has all the disadvantages of Batman's lack of super powers, but hardly any of the awesomeness with which the caped crusader compensates.

Does this sound familiar? Rich playboy moonlights as a rapper and fights crime on the side, using his unexplained genius in physics, hot rods and primary colors. The difference? Iron Man is a crap detective who picks his battles and only fights communists. Like a busta.

He also has some of the lamest enemies (the linked list puts "alcoholism" at the top) I've ever heard of, including but not limited to Mandroids, Controller (a mind controlling scientist) and Iron Monger.

Iron Monger.

Iron Monger is actually featured in the movie, according to Wikipedia (I always accord to Wikipedia), because director Jon Favreau wanted a villain who would "dwarf Iron Man à la RoboCop 2." Favreau does have some taste though, as evidenced by his decision to omit the name Iron Monger from the film.

But that reminds me that villains attempting to create suits like Iron Man's and play his own tricks on him is a running theme in the storyline. Which is old after the first time.



Did I mention Iron Man's an alcoholic? Perhaps his only saving grace. An alcoholic robot. They should have just called him that.