Monday, April 11, 2016

Remedial Creator Credits: Iron Man (2008)

All this week I'm going to be filling in gaps in my lists of creator credits for films based on Marvel Comics. This week, I'll add the five theatrical Marvel Cinematic Universe pictures which I hadn't profiled before. Please do enjoy and alert me to any omissions!

Stan Lee: co-creator of Tony Stark, a wealthy industrialist and designer of weapons for the US Army who goes on a field tour with the army in which he is near-fatally wounded, receiving shrapnel in his heart; Stark captured by rebels and forced to design weapons for them alongside Ho Yinsen, but instead designing a gray suit of Iron Man armor to save Tony's life and enable him to escape; Yinsen dying to give Iron Man time to power up, Iron Man fighting his way out of the rebels' clutches (Tales of Suspense #39, 1963); of Iron Man posing as Tony Stark's employee; of Iron Man wearing gold armor; unibeam in the center of Iron Man's armor (Tales of Suspense #40, 1963); of adventurer Nick Fury (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1, 1963); of S.H.I.E.L.D., an international espionage agency; Nick Fury wearing an eye-patch; Nick Fury as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strange Tales #135, 1965); of Pepper Potts, a romantic interest to Tony Stark; Happy Hogan, Tony Stark's chauffeur and bodyguard (Tales of Suspense #45, 1963); Jarvis, an entity who serves Tony Stark (Tales of Suspense #59, 1964); the Avengers, a team of heroes whose ranks include Iron Man (Avengers #1, 1963); Iron Man wearing red & gold armor (Tales of Suspense #48, 1963); of Iron Man's chief weapon repulsor rays (Tales of Suspense #57, 1964)

Jack Kirby: co-creator of Tony Stark, a wealthy industrialist and designer of weapons for the US Army who goes on a field tour with the army in which he is near-fatally wounded, receiving shrapnel in his heart; Stark captured by rebels and forced to design weapons for them alongside Ho Yinsen, but instead designing a gray suit of Iron Man armor to save Tony's life and enable him to escape; Yinsen dying to give Iron Man time to power up, Iron Man fighting his way out of the rebels' clutches (Tales of Suspense #39, 1963); of Iron Man posing as Tony Stark's employee; of Iron Man wearing gold armor; unibeam in the center of Iron Man's armor (Tales of Suspense #40, 1963); of adventurer Nick Fury (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1, 1963); of S.H.I.E.L.D., an international espionage agency; Nick Fury wearing an eye-patch; Nick Fury as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strange Tales #135, 1965); Jarvis, an entity who serves Tony Stark (Tales of Suspense #59, 1964); the Avengers, a team of heroes whose ranks include Iron Man (Avengers #1, 1963)

Don Heck: co-creator of Tony Stark, a wealthy industrialist and designer of weapons for the US Army who goes on a field tour with the army in which he is near-fatally wounded, receiving shrapnel in his heart; Stark captured by rebels and forced to design weapons for them alongside Ho Yinsen, but instead designing a gray suit of Iron Man armor to save Tony's life and enable him to escape; Yinsen dying to give Iron Man time to power up, Iron Man fighting his way out of the rebels' clutches (Tales of Suspense #39, 1963); of Pepper Potts, a romantic interest to Tony Stark; Happy Hogan, Tony Stark's chauffeur and bodyguard (Tales of Suspense #45, 1963); of Iron Man's chief weapon repulsor rays (Tales of Suspense #57, 1964); of Howard Stark, Tony's father (Iron Man #28, 1970)

Larry Lieber: co-creator of Tony Stark, a wealthy industrialist and designer of weapons for the US Army who goes on a field tour with the army in which he is near-fatally wounded, receiving shrapnel in his heart; Stark captured by rebels and forced to design weapons for them alongside Ho Yinsen, but instead designing a gray suit of Iron Man armor to save Tony's life and enable him to escape; Yinsen dying to give Iron Man time to power up, Iron Man fighting his way out of the rebels' clutches (Tales of Suspense #39, 1963)

Dennis O'Neil: co-creator of James Rhodes learning Tony Stark is Iron Man (Iron Man #169, 1983); of Iron Monger, a suit of armor based on Iron Man's which Obadiah Stane wears to fight Stark, leading to Stane's death (Iron Man #200, 1985); of Obadiah Stane, a criminal businessman determined to seize control of Tony Stark's company so he can revert it to designing weapons (Iron Man #166, 1983)

David Michelinie: co-creator of James Rhodes as a military operative helping return Tony Stark to the USA after his first adventure as Iron Man (Iron Man #144, 1981); of the Mandarin's agents wearing a ring (Iron Man #241, 1989); of James "Rhodey" Rhodes, close friend of Tony Stark (Iron Man #118, 1979); of Tony Stark's cliffside manor overlooking the ocean (Iron Man #222, 1987)

Bob Layton: co-creator of James Rhodes as a military operative helping return Tony Stark to the USA after his first adventure as Iron Man (Iron Man #144, 1981); of the Mandarin's agents wearing a ring (Iron Man #241, 1989); of James "Rhodey" Rhodes, close friend of Tony Stark (Iron Man #118, 1979); of Tony Stark's cliffside manor overlooking the ocean (Iron Man #222, 1987)

Mark Millar: co-creator of Nick Fury based physically on Samuel L. Jackson with visible scars around his left eye; Iron Man's armor glowing light blue in eye slits and repulsor beams; the Avengers being created by S.H.I.E.L.D. (Ultimates #2, 2002); of the Initiative, a S.H.I.E.L.D.-sponsored effort to police super heroes associated with the Avengers (Civil War #7, 2007)

George Tuska: co-creator of Pepper Potts learning Tony Stark is Iron Man (Iron Man #65, 1973); of Tony Stark becoming horrified by the carnage done with his company's weapons and eliminating his weapons production (Iron Man #78, 1975); of Maria Stark, wife of Howard, mother of Tony (Iron Man #104, 1977)

Adi Granov: co-creator of Tony Stark being injured by one of his own weapons while on tour in Afghanistan; of Stark being publicly shamed by journalists for his weapons production (Iron Man #1, 2005); creator of Iron Man armor design (Iron Man #75, 2004)

Luke McDonnell: co-creator of James Rhodes learning Tony Stark is Iron Man (Iron Man #169, 1983); of Obadiah Stane, a criminal businessman determined to seize control of Tony Stark's company so he can revert it to designing weapons (Iron Man #166, 1983)

Bryan Hitch: co-creator of Nick Fury based physically on Samuel L. Jackson with visible scars around his left eye; Iron Man's armor glowing light blue in eye slits and repulsor beams; the Avengers being created by S.H.I.E.L.D. (Ultimates #2, 2002)

Mark Bright: co-creator of Iron Monger, a suit of armor based on Iron Man's which Obadiah Stane wears to fight Stark, leading to Stane's death (Iron Man #200, 1985); of Tony Stark's cliffside manor overlooking the ocean (Iron Man #222, 1987)

Bill Mantlo: co-creator of Tony Stark becoming horrified by the carnage done with his company's weapons and eliminating his weapons production (Iron Man #78, 1975); of Maria Stark, wife of Howard, mother of Tony (Iron Man #104, 1977)

Warren Ellis: co-creator of Tony Stark being injured by one of his own weapons while on tour in Afghanistan; of Stark being publicly shamed by journalists for his weapons production (Iron Man #1, 2005)

John Byrne: co-creator of the Mandarin being the master of the rebels who captured Tony Stark (Iron Man #269, 1991); of James "Rhodey" Rhodes, close friend of Tony Stark (Iron Man #118, 1979)

Len Kaminski: co-creator of Iron Man using an artificial intelligence to design his armors (Iron Man #298, 1993); of Howard and Maria Stark dying in a car accident (Iron Man #288, 1993); of Tony Stark as a child prodigy (Iron Man #286, 1992)

Robert Bernstein: co-creator of Iron Man posing as Tony Stark's employee; of Iron Man wearing gold armor; of unibeam in the center of Iron Man's armor (Tales of Suspense #40, 1963)

Stefano Caselli: co-creator of the Initiative, a S.H.I.E.L.D.-sponsored effort to police super heroes associated with the Avengers (Avengers: The Initiative #1, 2007)

John Romita, Jr.: co-creator of James Rhodes as a military operative helping return Tony Stark to the USA after his first adventure as Iron Man (Iron Man #144, 1981)

Dan Slott: co-creator of the Initiative, a S.H.I.E.L.D.-sponsored effort to police super heroes associated with the Avengers (Avengers: The Initiative #1, 2007)

John Jackson Miller: co-creator of Christine Everhart, a journalist who is romantically interested in Tony Stark, but also critical of him (Iron Man #75, 2004)

Kevin Hopgood: co-creator of Howard and Maria Stark dying in a car accident (Iron Man #288, 1993); of Tony Stark as a child prodigy (Iron Man #286, 1992)

Jorge Lucas: co-creator of Christine Everhart, a journalist who is romantically interested in Tony Stark, but also critical of him (Iron Man #75, 2004)

Steve McNiven: co-creator of the Initiative, a S.H.I.E.L.D.-sponsored effort to police super heroes associated with the Avengers (Civil War #7, 2007)

Paul Ryan: co-creator of the Mandarin being the master of the rebels who captured Tony Stark (Iron Man #269, 1991)

Tom Tenney: co-creator of Iron Man using an artificial intelligence to design his armors (Iron Man #298, 1993)

Brian Michael Bendis: co-creator of Nick Fury as an African-American man (Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #5, 2001)

Mike Grell: creator of Tony Stark making his identity as Iron Man public knowledge (Iron Man #55, 2002)

Mike Allred: co-creator of Nick Fury as an African-American man (Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #5, 2001)

Mike Friedrich: co-creator of Pepper Potts learning Tony Stark is Iron Man (Iron Man #65, 1973)

Steve Ditko: co-creator of Iron Man wearing red & gold armor (Tales of Suspense #48, 1963)

Denys Cowan: co-creator of the Mandarin's agents wearing a ring (Iron Man #241, 1989)

Archie Goodwin: co-creator of Howard Stark, Tony's father (Iron Man #28, 1970)

Kurt Busiek: co-creator of Tony Stark wearing a goatee (Iron Man #1, 1998)

Sean Chen: co-creator of Tony Stark wearing a goatee (Iron Man #1, 1998)

3 comments:

lord mikolaj said...

Didn't Stan Goldberg come up with the red and gold colors of Iron Man's "new costume"? I believe it was written about in Alter Ego.

Michael Hoskin said...

Hi mikolaj!

Goldberg was the colourist, but I don't know if he chose the colours or if it was Lee or Ditko (or even Kirby). If you can find the reference I'll add him to the list.

lord mikolaj said...

Now I know what I'm doing this weekend!