The Comics That Inspired the MCU: Iron Man (2008) 

Couple of things: The scene where army's convoy gets ambushed is taken from The Best Defense story. That's also where, if I recall, the character of Christine Everheart is introduced (though Stark does not sleep with her), who works for Daily Bugle. Regarding CB Obadiah, Stark did not come ''on top''. He lost. Obadiah, much like you mentioned, saw life as a chess match in which you cannot lose. So he didn't. He committed suicide, therefore, he will not answer for his crimes. So he won, in his mind (or what was left of it after he blew his head open with a repulsor ray). The character growth of Stark, going from a weapon manufacturer to a pacifist, is taken from Bill Mantlo's brilliant one-shot story titled ''Vengeance in Vietnam''. It was the first time Stark's regret over his involvement with the millitary-industrial complex was addressed. Stark's look in the first film is very close to Sean Chen's art from the late 90s Iron Man run. Rhodey being the first guy Stark meets after escaping from captivity is part of Demon in a Bottle's flashback. The arc reactor thing-y did not exist in the comics. But it was most likely inspired by the artificial metal heart Stark received in The Mask of Iron story. And lastly, Stark did not reveal his identity to the press during a press conference. In the comics he did so when trying to save some kid's dog that was about to get hit by a car. In the movie Stark did out of narcisisim. In the comics it happened by accident when he was trying to do a heroic act.

“Demon in a Bottle” was one of the most compelling comic book stories ever. They still haven’t tackled the issue of Iron Man’s alcoholism in the movies yet.

This was really fun. I'm looking forward to more of these! Would love to see what comics inspired the stuff found in other movies!

Jesus the editing in this goes so hard. That music montage 😮‍💨

Ooh new series, From Panels to Pictures, From Scenes to Cinema :)

Iron Man and Panels to Pixels? Awesome

I love this style of video! I'm a big fan of the history behind these characters and it's great to get a crash course in where the storylines came from.

Definitely neat to see how all these comic books helped influence the movie. As always, great video! Can’t wait to see what’s in store for this new series.

Oh my God. I've wanted this series for 13 years. This is the best week ever!

josh you’ve been making my favourite videos to watch while cooking for years. thank you for your service

From another Iron Man fan it feels like you got em all! I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that I’ve read all of these (some of them multiple times at this point) and that it was fun seeing the comic books origins of this character I already grew to love on the big screen! (Not sure what it says about me that I’ve read all these though…I guess I could blame the pandemic but that really is only an excuse lol 😅) I am significantly less familiar with Shell-Head’s fellow Avengers and their film’s comic analogies (the closest that I’ve read the most of is Thor), so it would be fun to see those if you made a series of this concept! 😁✨ Nice work as always 👍🏽

Loved this video, i hope you make more like this

I've have been wanting to see someone tackle this topic and of course one of my favourite RU-vidrs would be the one to do it!

Loved this! I'm already waiting for the next one. I'd love a video for each MCU release

Great great video, as always. I know I’ve said it before, but must again. The quality of your videos are top notch, and you’re a joy to watch.

I always look forward to your videos because of how well edited and constructed they are , keep up with the good work

Love the idea of this video! Looking forward to more like this :))

Looking forward to the rest of this series!

Love all your videos Josh. Great job!

What a great idea. Can't wait to see morenof this series 🎉 SO much effort in the edit! Your values are absolutely next level, bro.

Great idea for a video series

This is magnificent. Great work, dude!

Your channel is one of the few channels I actually enjoy on this app. Keep it up man.

Would love to see these types of videos for the rest of MCU films. I'm reading Iron Man myself and to me it's always interesting to find which comic book series served as the subject of direct adaptation or partial inspiration for the films.

What a great video! I'd love for you to tackle more of these with other MCU movies like The Incredible Hulk and Thor

Yess this is amazing such incredible inspiration it's great to see the history 🙌🏾

The edit 🔥🔥

Apart from starting the MCU this movie was just so good for being a comic book movie The X-Men movies initially were too afraid to embrace the comics and the Spider-Man trilogy felt like a fantasy world particularly in the characters and the dialogue but Ironman was just right and I feel the same about all the phase 1 movies

This was really good. I know its waaay too much to ask but id love for this series to go on and do a ton more of the mcu movies

Amazing video. Love it.

This series is going to grab you a whole lot more subscribers, mark my words.

Another great video! This channel always makes me so happy-and not just because you wore that cool sweater

Gr8 idea for a series for this channel.

Subscribed, looking forward to seeing more videos like this 🙂 Recently started collecting comic Omnibuses, so should give me some great tips on what to prioritise checking out to ease into some of the characters' rich histories 🙂

great video

Josh's voice reminds me of those "top 50 adverts from when you were young" programs ITV sometimes puts out where random TV personalities are interviewed about their memories of smash or something equally mundane. I mean this as the highest of compliments.

Loved that marvel superheroes cartoon reference

Iron Man 232 was the Comic that got me into Iron Man in the late 80's. Love that cover.

Awesome!

The fact that armor wars ideas are adapted in Iron Man and MCU Spiderman trilogies is very interesting.

Im loving this series already

These comic book inspiration for comic book movies are top notch

This is awesome! I love the amount of cate and effort that went into this abd I hope this series can continue to all the other movies. One question though, outside of Nick Fury I'm surprised you never mentioned the Ultimate Universe Iron Man? He was referenced by the film's creatives a major inspiration for the character's modernisation in the early 2000s, such as his more pronounced playboy snarky attitude way more similar to RDJ than the mainstream Stark, his suit needing to be fitted by machines, and how the rest of the MCU would rake several elements of the Ultimate stories and combine them with the classics. Any thoughts on this or whether you'll mention the Ultimate Universe versions of characters in future videos?

Mate can you do videos analysing each mcu film comicbook inspirations

Omg yinsen was in the comic, that's cool!

Great Series.I can't wait for the other MCU Super Heroes.

Winter Soldier next please 🙏 - Brubaker is iconic

My man is backkkk so happy to see you boss, Awesome video as always 👏🏻 just gotta ask you this, you've deleted a LOT of videos from what I understand. Why is that really? And is there any other way to watch em? I know you probably deleted them for a reason but I need more Panels to Pixels 😅 For real.

Excited for the rest of this series, I wonder if you're also going to other cbm's in general?

Good idea for a series! Great watch. Cant wait till you get to Love and Thunder 😅Thankfully, its far off. First Avengers should be really interesting.

great vid,see you next month…

Damm you have some many good hairstyles

I appreciated this video and do not think you are a hypocrite at all. That said, my views on Universes Beyond are much more negative overall, so I will be passing on this weekend's videos. I don't expect that will hurt your channel, and I wouldn't want it to. A lot of people will likely really enjoy the crossover and your joy in it! As always, be true to yourself.

Video suggestion: Talk about X-Men Heroes for Hope

4:02 you’re saying that Stane is the reason we got the demon in a bottle story?

Groovy man

The Iron Man concept, origin-story plot, and initial armor design: I'd probably give a pinch more credit to Jack Kirby. The red/yellow re-design looks like Steve Ditko artwork. Not to minimize Stan Lee's contribution, but let's not shortchange the artists, who were very involved in the storytelling.

7:42 Quick question what’s wrong with Warren Ellis? I’ve heard things about that he’s bad but idk why someone please give context

I think I'm probably the only person in the world who's still shaken by the Rhodey casting switch. I have to admit Cheadle might be a better fit with the comic art but Howard's still the real War Machine to me.

Wait, what is wrong with Warren Ellis? I thought this guy is a legend. I mean his Transmetropolitan is.

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what did warren ellis do

That suit is the best. 👍🏽 I'm not a fan of the nano tech.👎🏽

The biggest mistake in the video has got to be the fact that Tony originally builds his armour not as a weapon, but as some kind of super-defibrillator to keep his heart going and this fact plays a major role in lots of stories from the 60's and 70's. Obviously, it's completely skipped in the movie. And, "unfortunately" when speaking of Warren Ellis? Are you kidding me?

Why is warren Ellis disgraced

Samuel L Jackson and the Nick Fury situation doesnt get as much attention as it should.... Like any other egotistical celebrity wouldve flipped over their likeness being used in a LOWLY comic book.. Of course this man turned it into a BAG for years to come. He literally beat disney. I just imagine Samuel L Jackson like :" This motherfucker kinda look like me... Motherfucker that IS me. " *Calls disney* Disney is shitting on itself from the legal repurccusions... Then the mad man sam... Just lays out his vision for the character on screen 😭

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Dawg. I know you Brits pronounce certain words differently from the rest of us, like AluminUM v. Al-YOU-min-E-um (which is obviously, grossly wrong)… but Eye-RON Man??? Dude. It’s fucking Eye-EARN Man. I didn’t make up these rules, btw- your people did. 😂❤

Not a fan of the solo Iron Man movies or books. I mean Robert Downey Jr. completely personified/legitimized the character for me. But I'm not a fan outside of his group setting appearances (movies and books.) That said I would love to see more videos like this with other characters from the MCU or other comic books movies.

Umm. The Iron Man _COMICS_ were the inspiration for the film. The films ruined comics