Why Tony Stark is the bee's knees....

[Willowhugger]

1. Tony Stark has all of Batman's money, his Butler, all the cool Gizmos, the playboy lifestyle, and doesn't have any of the childhood issues.

2. Jarvis could kick Alfred's butt.

3. Ultimate Tony is the only Marvel hero that ever had an evil girlfriend that DIDN'T get the drop on him.

4. Tony Stark is the only superhero whom is willing to GIVE away a multi-billion dollar corporation....just because.

5. Pepper is the cutest of designated love interests, if not the most attractive.

6. Tony Stark is the only superhero whom whooped his Rogue's Gallery so thoroughly that they're making a series about the Spymaster trying to build a NEW one.

7. The Mandarin is as powerful as Doctor Doom and Tony only needs himself to take him on.

8. Tony Stark is the only Marvel Hero whom actually fights a Dragon (often to rescue a beautiful maiden) on a regular basis.

9. Hank Pym had to work to make Ultron come to life, Tony Stark has his machines come to life out of hand.

10. Tony Stark is the only Marvel hero whom has plenty of female villains trying to bed him before they kill him.

11. Tony is the only other scientist Doctor Doom acknowledges.

12. Say what you will about Civil War. If you punch first, Tony punches back harder.

13. Tony is the only Marvel hero with a Japanese schoolgirl girlfriend.

14. Literally NOTHING can stop Tony. He's the engine that could.

15. He was the guy who finally told the Latverians to shove it.

16. He managed the world economy for a month.

17. He was the only one able to straighten out American defense policy after the Red Skull.

18. He single handidly adverted Days of Future's Past by changing the Sentinels to nonsentient battle armor.

19. He's been able to beat the wrap for crimes more often than Lex Luthor.

20. He is the only Marvel hero with a giant robot as a major villain.

21. He's the only Marvel Hero that's ever a step AHEAD of the Black Panther.

22. He gets more women than Starfox...

So why do YOU think Tony Stark is awesome?

[MaskedManJRK]

One thing--number four I never heard of, and even if Stark did it, Ollie probably did it first.

[Willowhugger]

He gave away Stark Enterprises to the Maria Stark Foundation.

[Willowhugger]

[oh hell-I'll fill the extra posts with ten more 'Why Tony Stark Rocks' posts]

23. Tony Stark won the Cold War. You may claim Rocky did, but Tony won it first.

24. Tony was gracious enough to save all of Russia from the Mandarin later.

25. His first victory over the Crimson Dynamo was accomplished by giving the man a high paying job.

26. Tony always meets a beautiful therapist when he's injured.

27. Tony macks on his friend's girls. Including...

28. Jane Foster.

29. Janet Van Dyne.

30. The Black Widow (then again she's EVERYONE's friend's girl)

31. Emma Frost.

32. Ultimate Avengers Tony was so cool, Thor had to bring him back.

33. Only Tony can get away with that mustache.

34. Tony us

[3dman27]

35 how many other siperheroes do you know thats idea of "work clothes" is a flying pickup truck?

[Ironman24]

Awesome thread, Willowhugger, while we have over at the SHH! comicbook section the question can Iron Man be redeemed, with replies like, only if he dies and Tony Stark is a bad guy, its nice to see all the Tony Stark Rocks points, I loved #25, that is so true.

[Willowhugger]

36. Tony's goal as Secretary of Defense is to end all death in war.

37. Tony Stark starts in Iraq and does his damndest.

38. Tony Stark can stand before a Senate hearing and only gets flustered when they bring up his relationship with Pepper Potts!

39. Tony Stark's current EVIL nurse is STILL cute.

40. Tony Stark apparently has Gary Gygax as his supporting cast in the current issues.

41. Tony Stark has an Ozzy Osbourne song after him ;-)

42. Tony Stark can't lose Stark Enterprises, it all comes back to him.

43. Tony Stark's evil identical cousin's chief ambition is to be half as cool as him.

44. Tony Stark's evil doubles all rule the world AS DOCTOR DOOM.

45. Tony Stark is such a good liar, he tells the SAME lie about Iron Man being an employee eight or nine times every time he's proven wrong and people STILL believe it.

[3dman27]

Originally Posted by Willowhugger

15. He was the guy who finally told the Latverians to shove it.

too bad he was under the infuence of the scarlet witches magic when he did it

[Grim Goblin]

I like Iron Man (though not necessarily the way Marvel depicts him these days), but some of those things listed are wrong.

[3dman27]

Originally Posted by Grim Goblin

I like Iron Man (though not necessarily the way Marvel depicts him these days),

that maked TWO OF US

[Neptune]

Tony Stark should hang out with Gambit. With all the chicks they'd pull, those two would be like super hero pornstars.

[3dman27]

Originally Posted by Neptune

Tony Stark should hang out with Gambit. With all the chicks they'd pull, those two would be like super hero pornstars.

good point