Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Iron Man 2020 and The Demon

 

I'm going to have to go back and read the Machine Man mini series that featured Arno Stark, the Iron Man of 2020.  Not only to revisit the gorgeous Barry Windsor-Smith artwork, but to see how closely the future depicted  resembles the 2020's that have actually come to pass.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

MERLIN: "You are the one they call 'Iron Man,' from the year 2020?"

IRON MAN: "Is that a Yes Arno question...?"

(MERLIN stares for a long, silent moment.) ;)

Steve said...

It wasn't distopian enough to predict what happened.

Carycomic said...

@Anon638L The Germanic-speaking Saxons would score that a "nein." ;-)

@Ross: I remember reading the trade paperback that reprinted it circa the 1990's. And, in 20/20 hindsight, I'd have to say...frighteningly close!

Anonymous said...

But, the Midnight Wreckers definitely put the punks in "cyber-punk."

Anonymous said...

There was a What If comic where Tony Stark was stranded in King Arthur’s time.

Anonymous said...

Which means this could be King Anthony's 15th-century descendant: King Arno the Iron-hearted.

Carycomic said...

The prediction made by Hanna-Barbera in SEALAB 2020 still hasn't come to pass, though. Namely; complete lack of any full-functioning undersea colony.

Bob Greenwade said...

Even more interesting might be teaming him up with Booster Gold, Kamandi, or the Doctor, making him Iron Man 202020.

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