In the summer of 2008, just when the world was bracing itself for the advent of the Dark Knight himself, along came this surprisingly exhilarating comic book adap. The light-hearted ying to Christopher Nolan’s heavyweight yang, Jon Favreau’s Iron Man was a character few were familiar with yet managed in the space of a few weeks to seal his position as the mainstream’s new favourite Marvel superhero, second only to Spiderman. This is entirely thanks to Robert Downey Jr, whose Tony Stark is a protagonist like no other: witty, sardonic, charming and who always does the right thing, just not the right way. A brilliant first instalment to a new superhero franchise.
4/5
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