Table of Contents
Introduction Joseph J. Darowski 1
"The Iron-Clad American": Iron Man in the 1960s Brian Patton 5
Tony Stark: Disabled Vietnam Veteran? Craig This 17
"Gorgeous new menace": Black Widow, Gender Roles and the Subversion of Cold War Expectations of Domesticity Natalie R. Sheppard 29
Fu Manchu Meets Maklu-4: The Mandarin and Racial Stereotypes Richard A. Iadonisi 39
Does Khrushchev Tell Kennedy? Superpowered Rivalry and Silver Age Iron Man José Alaniz 51
Ike's Nightmare: Iron Man and the Military-Industrial Complex Will Cooley Mark C. Rogers 77
Socking It to Shell-Head: How Fan Mail Saved a Hero from the Military-Industrial Complex Charles Henebry 95
Countdown to #100: Escapist Heroism and the Challenges of Modernity in the Late 1970s John M. Vohlidka 119
Demon in a Bottle and Feet of Clay: David Michelinie and Bob Layton on Iron Man Jason Sacks 136
War Machine: Blackness, Power and Identity in Iron Man Julian C. Chambliss 148
From Armor Wars to Iron Man 2.0: The Superhero Entrepreneur Jean-Philipe Zanco 164
Cold Warrior at the End of the Cold War: John Byrne's "War Games" in an Era of Transition Joseph J. Darowski 171
"I would be the bad guy": Tony Stark as Villain of Marvel's Civil War John Darowski 181
Feminizing the Iron: Tony Stark's Rescue Jason Michálek 192
Iron Icarus: Comics Futurism and the Man-Machine System Rikk Mulligan 205 205
About the Contributors 221
Index 225
