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Article: Iron Man title complements film
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- April 27, 2008
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In the past few years, the character of Iron Man has become more
central to the Marvel Comics universe than before.
On Friday, he flies off the comics pages and into movie theaters
with Marvel Studios' "Iron Man."
Just a coincidence?
Pretty much, says Tom Brevoort, executive editor for Marvel
Comics. Iron Man's growing role has been a natural progression, he
says, largely stemming from his role in "Civil War," a big event
that saw superheroes divided over a federal registration act for
superhumans.
Iron Man's pro-registration forces won. Since then, Tony "Iron
Man" Stark has become the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., an intelligence and
security organization.
As such, he has been crucial to story ...