Tales of Suspense #39 - Atop the Fourth Wall 

Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this episode, Linkara reviews the first appearance of Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man!
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Originally uploaded November 12th, 2012.
ORIGINAL INFO: Tony Stark - Billionaire playboy genius philanthropist… who is obsessed with transistors.
RUMINATIONS: Ah, drunk Tony Stark voice, how I missed you. I actually get the occasional message from people saying it’s offensive for me to do the drunk voice because of people who suffer from severe alcoholism. I’m usually one to agree about these sorts of things (I no longer use bitch as a pejorative, for instance) and am willing to change. After all, showing compassion and understanding for others is important and those who say “words don’t matter” or “they’re just words” don’t understand how powerful words and language are. However, in this case I have to disagree. It’s just mocking drunkenness in general, which affects perfectly healthy people who get drunk. Yes, Tony Stark suffered from severe alcoholism, himself, but it’s not really directed at the fact that they have a problem and need help - just that their speech is usually slurred when they’re under the influence. And especially in Tony Stark’s case, the guy is already such a larger than life figure it gives him a character of his own in my reviews when he shows up. It’d be one thing if I was doing the drunk voice while doing a review of “Demon in a Bottle.” It’s an entirely different thing when I’m having him do the drunk voice while trying to build a robot suit of armor and talking up transistors.