What Happened To Everyone Who Wore Iron Man's Armour?
7. Mary Jane Watson
Marvel Comics
Mary Jane Watson might not be the first person you think of when it comes to Iron Man, but it might actually be fair to say that the character has spent more time with Tony Stark than she has with Peter Parker in recent years.
MJ starts working with Stark during Marvel's All-New, All-Different relaunch, doing so at the same time Peter is heading up Parker Industries. She briefly dons the Iron Spider armour while both Spider-Man and Tony while fighting Augustus Roman, before utilising Stark's armour in 2016's Invincible Iron Man #9. Those weren't even the first times she's worn the armour either, with MJ having suited up on no less than two separate occasions in 616 continuity before All-New, All-Different came along.
Back during J. Michael Straczynski's run on the Amazing Spider-Man, Mary Jane suited up in the Iron Man armour to take on Morlun. Both her and Aunt May would also suit up in Stark Tech back during Marvel Knights in a battle with Doctor Doom, although it must be said the two most recent storylines provided a better reason for MJ to suit up than those earlier ones did.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
