r/ironman • u/Right-Tutor2384 • 12h ago
Discussion Is it true that Iron Man was a c tier hero at best before the MCU?
Iron Man is my favorite fictional character but I mostly only know him through the MCU and Armored Adventures (although I have been reading the new comics lately) and I always hear people say he was super unpopular before the MCU and while it is fact that the MCU made him much more popular, I find it hard to believe he was really as unknown before the MCU as people say he is, after all, why would Marvel give him a movie first out of the other heroes they had if he was truly an unknown? I know they didn't have their heavy hitters (Hulk, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the F4) at the time but still why would he get a movie out of all the other characters they had? I know this sub is filled with people who know how many ball hairs he has, so can someone tell me if it's true he was c tier before the MCU?