What's your favorite version of Iron Man?

[QBall]

Micheline/Layton - definitive Iron Man

[Jameszahra]

Really like superior and MCU versions

[tg1982]

If I were to pick a comic era then I'd have to say Kurt Busiek and Sean Chen.

[Dayle88]

If I were to pick a comic era then I'd have to say Kurt Busiek and Sean Chen.

Absolutely! 1. Busiek/Chen 2. Michelanie/Layton/JRJR 3. Knauf's

I do love RDJ's portrayal, that first film was a childhood dream come to life and a feeling from a film I'll never have again. The MCU character continued to be great through IM2 and Avengers. I worry now that it might all start to come crashing down with Ultron and especially Civil War coming up.

[MyriVerse]

Rhodey was my favourite Iron Man, when Tony fell down the bottle that time.

[NewMutant]

The only good Iron Man run was Fractions.

[graffiX]

Rhodey was my favourite Iron Man, when Tony fell down the bottle that time.

Mine too.

I remember picking up my first Iron Man comic as a kid, and at the time Rhodey was Iron Man. When he took off his helmet, I was shocked he was a black guy. I thought it was the coolest thing. There weren't (still aren't, IMO) many black superheroes so I was proud of Marvel of making one of their A-listers a minority. I was disappointed to find out later that he was just filling in until the main white guy 'got better'.

I'm not trying to make this a race thing (as I'm a white guy), I am just giving my opinion.

[THANOSRULES]

This was the first issue of Iron man I ever saw..it was old when I saw it but this was always my tony.

[Dayle88]

The only good Iron Man run was Fractions.

Have you read much else? The first part of his run is good but it became a laughable mess. He only had a very slight grip on who the character is as well.

A lot of people seem to dislike Tony the business man because of the general perception. I see it as a reason for people to dismiss him as the character he should be without even noticing why they are doing it. Tony's original appeal to me as a kid (other than the coolest armour ever created) was watching him be this highly responsible, powerful and concerned CEO who also had a sense of humour and loved pushing himself to have fun. It was the same when I watched the West Wing many years later. Not many would say the president is a particularly sympathetic role but I loved watching Jed Bartlett trying to do what was right in that position where it's expected for someone not to. Many people, including a lot of Marvel talent and management, think this is a negative aspect. I say a lot of knowledgeable Iron Man fans like me miss it like crazy.

[krazijoe]

Red and White!!!

[MykeHavoc]

I wasn't really big on making him adopted.

Are you referring to Secret Origin? That isn't what happened.

[Dayle88]

I'm pretty sure he was? What happened then?

[DebkoX]

MCU. Then the older one, like 80s.