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As one of io9's Hergéophiles, I've been absolutely digging Dan Hipp's apocryphal adventures of Tintin. Now he's teamed up the boy reporter with a familiar playboy industrialist. Will Tony Stark put Captain Haddock on the path to sobriety? Tintin's armor really should have a built-in tungsten cowlick, though. More »
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As Iron Man 2 kicks into its second weekend, the Neptune Theater in Seattle has decided to inflict a marquee-drive-by on the actor who used to play Tony Stark's bestie. [Comics Alliance] More »
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We love Iron Man when he's witty and cutting — but we love him even more when he's pissed off. Because nobody's suit packs a punch like Tony's. Watch Tony lose his shit in three new Iron Man 2 clips. More »
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At the end of Iron Man, Samuel L. Jackson made his splashy debut after the credits, as the big-screen Nick Fury. With Iron Man 2, you'd better stick around until the end as well. And there's a splashy new featurette! More »
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This morning, Apple posted a two-minute clip of Tony Stark flying to the Stark Expo, crashing into fireworks, and smirking that trademark Stark smirk. Also witness Tony's back-up dancers shake it like some cybernetic Solid Gold Dancers. More »
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In Iron Man 2, Tony Stark revives the Stark Expo, a technology fair pioneered by his industrialist father. A new viral site, Stark Expo 2010, is a fake ad for Tony's billionaire playground. It resembles the Venture compound on barbiturates. More »
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Did a slip of the tongue reveal Paramount's plans for a third Iron Man movie, even a month before Iron Man 2 is coming out? More »
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A new Iron Man 2 TV spot aired on the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards last night. What did we see? Nick Fury is no fun, Mickey Rourke is too scary for prime time, and Tony Stark really likes doughnuts. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5503861&view=rss&microfeed=true The latest trailer for Iron Man 2 is out, and it doesn't disappoint. Watch Tony Stark roll out his new on-the-go armor. Plus new Nick Fury scenes, more War Machine, and Sam Rockwell wining and dining Whiplash. More »
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We know Tony Stark's working on some new armors in Iron Man 2, but will any of them be as outlandish as the outer space armor, arctic armor or giant "Dynamo-Buster" armor, in this concept art for his animated series? More »
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Last night the first ever trailer for Iron Man 2 was released, and it is jam-packed with spoilery goodies. Here's a shot-by-shot break down of what we noticed. More »
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It's not just posters that're being released to hype up next year's Iron Man 2; Paramount have released a still of a newspaper cutting about Tony Stark and his alter ego... but why? More »
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Superheroes can escape almost any trap... except for 50 years' worth of backstory that's dated, self-contradictory or gets in the way of a story. So what do you do? Reach for the retcon! Here are 15 examples of retcon fail. More »
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Now that Comic-Con's over and (some of) the world has seen preview footage, there's only one thing left for Iron Man 2 to do to prepare for next summer: Take over the internet. Virals? Behind-the-scene reports? Check, and check. More »
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The first ever shots of Scarlett Johnansson crawling around in a skin-tight costume for Iron Man 2 have been published. The shots are a little grainy, but they're still enough to energize your fusion reactors. UPDATE: Cleaner pics up. More »
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Secret identities. Do we really need them? More importantly, do superheroes? And how do they really work? (Do they?) More »
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It should be no surprise that Iron Man 2 will follow up on Tony Stark's announcement that he is the armored hero at the end of the first movie. Here's hoping that's a good thing. More »
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Iron Man 2 is ramping up, and the movie's put out a casting call for two important new characters. They're not named, but their most likely identities are sure to excite old-school fans of shellhead. Click through for spoilers. More »
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It's time for prepare yourself for a rash of "Hello, I'm a PC, I'm a Mac, and I'm Iron Man" parodies, as Marvel's movie franchise-friendly hero steps into the format wars for home computers with the announcement that Dell are offering customers the chance to buy new computers with Robert Downey Jr.'s summer blockbuster already preloaded on there for near-immediate gratification. Because, sometimes, even Netflix and iTunes require too much effort. But what does this move actually mean? More »
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How can Marvel Studios build on the success of this summer's second-biggest superhero movie? Well, if you listen to Iron Man's director, the ambitious and excitable Jon Favreau, the answer is to make its sequel into the kind of movie that will overwhelm you with its visuals. Because they'll not only be in your face, they'll also be bigger than your house. More »
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Click to viewJust in time for the DVD version of Iron Man's origins hitting stores, Marvel Comics are planning to show you how Tony Stark's crime-fighting career concludes with the November-released Iron Man: The End by fan-favorite IM creators Bob Layton and David Michelinie. Find out how long Stark plans to use his repulsor rays before rusting, and see some more preview art from the comic, under the jump. More »
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Sure, an armored suit made of iron is great, but what if you could make it out of nano-iron? Nano-iron is harder and stronger than plain old iron, with a sweet crystalline structure sure to impress supermodels. That's probably exactly what researchers at NC State were thinking when they developed this new form of super-iron. More »
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Longing to be a wealthy uber-geek by day and superhero bad-ass by night? Or just pretend you're mega-rich for a while? Enter the Become Tony Stark for a Weekend contest, and you just may be able to live out your fantasies of being the pimpingest Avenger, including a three night stay, $1,000 shopping spree on Rodeo Drive, pampering and dinner to boot. War Machine and witty Robert Downey Jr. banter not included. [Become Tony Stark For A Weekend] More »
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Yesterday we spoke to Jon Favreau, director of the upcoming Iron Man movie. In the panel before our chat, he showed an extended version of the jet boots scene from the Superbowl commercial for Iron Man, basically to prove that the whole movie isn't cut in that hyperfast MTV style that the trailers show. We see Tony working intimately on the jetboots, soldering wires, getting assistance from a voice-activated lab robot, and then running a test flight... which sends him spiraling into the wall. See what Favreau told us about the highly-anticipated superhero flick, below. More »
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Here's the awesome new Iron Man commercial, shown last night during the Superbowl. You can see mecha-hero Tony Stark taking his new jet boots for a spin, and they look pretty damn spiffy. Plus you get to see him take out a tank nonchalantly with a forearm missile, and deliver a quip from his ginormous garage. It looks like he figures out how to balance out his flight with repulsors, and just check out that sleek suit of silver armor. Iron Man keeps looking better and better. Here's hoping it holds up to the hype. We also have a new gallery of stills, after the jump. More »
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We've already told you about five fan films that blew us away. With more Iron Man on the horizon, a reader (thanks Clive!) has let us know about this fan film featuring the other Man of Steel that looks pretty snazzy. It not only includes Ms. Marvel, the Black Widow, Nick Fury, and a decidedly non-Asian, curly-headed Mandarin, but it doesn't relegate Pepper Potts to her traditional "Oh, Tony!" role. More »
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Marvel Comics has made some high quality wallpapers from the upcoming Iron Man movie available on the web, and we won't argue that they are spiffy, shiny, and gorgeous. However, did they really need to brand the things four times? In the shot above (mega-version here) you've got an awkwardly placed Iron Man logo right under Tony's fist, along with the release date. Do you really want a release date on our computer's desktop? Check out what else is wrong with this picture inside. More »
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The newest image of the Iron Man armor doesn't reveal anything from the waist up. But the newly displayed pelvis of steel has us debating fiercely: is it a codpiece or a diaper? You tell us. More »
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