With the appearance that Marvel Studios is going to (again) go against Marvel Comics and reboot the universe DC Comics style to reset the actors, Billy Oduory at Bounding Into Comics lists 10 plot threads Disney Marvel forgot, partly because there are MCU productions they want to bury from the dwindling fanbase’s memories. Will we learn the answers before the supposedly sacred timeline goes away?
I wouldn’t do another Many Intros article this soon after the last one but the fewer distractions I have this week and next the better, and I can’t believe it took me this long to do an Iron Man intro-spective. Iron Man is my favorite Marvel superhero, so seeing him ruined with everyone else thanks to activists and “better idea” people makes me sad. Still, this is the world I live in.
The movie that started the Marvel Cinematic Universe may be the first live-action Iron Man, depending on your point of view with parade floats and Toys R Us appearances, but it wasn’t even the first Iron Man movie. Animation gave us that as well as a number of TV shows. For the purposes of this two-parter I’m not talking about the Avengers or their various duplications. Like the Superfriends/Justice League intros that deserves its own article. Just Iron Man alone has had a number of solo titled series, giving old Shellhead a new audience outside of the comics. In each of them Tony Stark was Iron Man, though Rhodey would be War Machine in another.
I have enough to split them into two parts, including the upcoming series, and I decided splitting them up into adult Tony and kid/teen Tony was the best way to go. That will make the next one kind of short, but a number of these intros are short, so it fits. Let’s start with the very first Iron Man cartoon. You might know this one.
I wonder if that’s what all those pouches were for in the 1990s?
Blue Ribbon Comics #3
M.L.J. Magazines, Inc (January, 1940)
Okay, Blue Ribbon Comics, you’ve got two strikes and the next ball is coming down the field. The last two issues have not had any really interesting stories, so this is kind of your last chance. If you don’t impress me with this issue’s stories I’m done with the comic. There’s a lot of Golden Age anthologies to go through and you’re really going to have to bring at least a B game to hold my attention. Will it? Let’s read and find out.
A recent Forbes article made the case that Michael Eisner, former Chairman of The Walt Disney Company, did a better job at running Disney than Iger after him or whomever before him. Admittedly the article is, for some reason, clearly kissing Eisner’s rear, as it has nothing but praise for Eisner, but there’s a reason Eisner took shots from the fans. It’s just that Eisner didn’t make the mistakes that Bob Iger has, and even when he did make mistakes it wasn’t as bad as Iger’s nonsense.
I went to see when Eisner left Disney and Google AI (question the source) gave me this: “Michael Eisner stepped down as CEO of Disney in 2005, following a period of declining shareholder confidence and public criticism. Key factors included a perceived decline in Disney’s creative output, strained relationships with Pixar and key executives, and a sense of micromanagement that alienated employees and partners.” I highlighted that one part for a reason. Near the end of his time as CEO, Eisner made moves that got Disney fans as upset with him as they are Iger today. However, while I do believe that Eisner was better at some point in his time than Iger has been at any point, let’s not forget that he’s gone for a reason. If he were still making Disney money they would have kept him on. Meanwhile, Iger loyalists on the board may be the only thing keeping him in charge given the string of failures hurting not only the Disney brand, but his acquired brands of Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm.
So how did Eisner succeed in his failures better than Iger has in his? Let’s examine.
Nice logos all around. Nothing on the cover I can make a joke about, though.
Legacy Of The Falcon #1
Amaru Studios (April, 2012)
CREATOR/WRITER: George Amaru
“In Dreams”
ARTIST: George Amaru
TONES: Jason Wojtowicz
LETTERERS: Daniel Chan
“Preludes Preview”
ARTISTS: George Amaru & Randy Silverman
LETTERERS: Franzisca Guedel & George Amaru
This should be quick for me. Most of what appears in this preview already showed up in Havoc 21 Presents #3. Instead of the third story we get character profiles and concept art. So since it’s a separate comic and time is not my friend this week, most of this is copy/paste from the older review, minus the story not appearing here.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on August 8, 2025 in Movie Spotlight and tagged commentary, Leslie Nielsen, Liam Neeson, movie review, Pamela Anderson, Police Squad, The Critical Drinker, The Naked Gun.
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