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Typically, superheroes are humble. They hide their identity and lead a normal life outside of their superhero persona. Iron Man does not. Well more accurately, Tony Stark doesn’t. Stark was a self-centred rich playboy long before he created his Iron Man suit and was given another reason for his ego to expand. He even heroically announces ‘I am Iron Man’, at the end of his first film. But both versions of him are well loved despite his arrogance and attention seeking. In all the films in the Iron Man franchise along with his appearances in other Marvel films, he uses witty one liners and flaunts his tech knowledge which we love to watch. Even encourage. Some theorise that we like Stark because in many ways he is like us. He suffers from anxiety, struggles to deal with the problems in life without the vices of drugs and alcohol as well as to maintain a healthy relationship with Pepper. Despite being a superhero, he is heavily flawed. His humanity remains one of his most va...

‘What are you some sort of cartoon or something’ Scorpion Never have I been so upset to have missed a cinema release of a film than I have after seeing the rave reviews and striking animation for Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse. Spider-Man, in my opinion, has always been best presented in cartoon form, from the original comic books to the now cancelled TV series of The Ultimate Spider-Man. In the latest cartoon instalment, after getting bitten by radioactive spider, awkward teenager Miles Morales ends up in the middle of a battle between Spider-Man and Kingpin which ends in Spider-Man’s death. In Miles’ efforts to undo the damage that Kingpin has done he discovers that he isn’t the only Spider-Man left. The film follows a formulaic structure as each different Spider-Man has pretty much the same origin story, but this still is entertaining to watch and see the slight differences in their stories. All of them use their different experiences to help Miles understand with h...