10 Key Characters Created Specifically For Comic Book Movies

4. Trevor Slattery (Iron Man 3)

Trevor Slattery is somewhat unique on this list. While the criteria for the list entrants were that the characters had to be completely original, Slattery was presented as the face of an existing comic book character - the Mandarin. But the fact is that he wasn't actually the Mandarin at all. Not only was he merely a bumbling British actor with alcohol issues, he was also the front for a character who wasn't actually the Mandarin as comic book fans know him either. The "real" Mandarin (in the film at least) actually turned out to be Aldrich Killian, an Extremis-powered villain who was far from being the Chinese martial artist with ten super-powered rings. With Slattery left in jail after the film, a Marvel One-Shot short showed him being visited by someone representing the actual Mandarin, who was apparently very pissed off that someone used his name.