There are a bunch of reasons why, too. Iron Man 2 is really the first time we, as an audience, are introduced to the MCU. It was the first time we saw two Avengers in the same place, at the same time.

There are a bunch of reasons why, too. Iron Man 2 is really the first time we, as an audience, are introduced to the MCU. It was the first time we saw two Avengers in the same place, at the same time.

This flies in the face of an unfortunate line in Iron Man 2, where Tony Stark's rival, Justin Hammer, asserts " In the last six months, Anthony Stark has created a sword with untold possibilities ...

In Iron Man 2, when Stark is creating a new element, he emits a particle beam from a particle accelerator. It’s shown slicing through steel like butter and, yet it’s also apparently something ...

"Just when TONY STARK thought he had found a successful strategy in his war on Emperor Doom, a beast from below crawls back from the brink!" reads Marvel's official description of Iron Man #10.

When we think of the villains in the Iron Man movies, names like Obadiah Stane, Ivan Vanko, and Aldrich Killian naturally come to mind. Each of them represents a direct threat to Tony Stark.