12 Striking Similarities Between The Iron Man And The Dark Knight Trilogies

11. Unwittingly Attending Superhero Camp

Held-captive-in-a-remote-cave-billionaire-industrialist-Tony-Stark-Robert-Downey-Jr.-ingeniously-forges-his-Mark-I-armor-in-Iron-Man.-Photo-Credit-Zade-Rosenthal.-2008-MVLFFLLC.-2008-Marvel-Entertainment.-All-rights-re-50-650x432 Bruce Wayne stays at the ominous headquarters of the League of Shadows in accordance with his own free will. While there, he begins learning the power of legends and symbols. This experience will lead him to the creation of his Batman persona. After being attacked, Tony Stark wakes up in a cave and realizes he's been imprisoned. He does not share Bruce Wayne's feeling of freedom, but it is during his confinement that he learns the error of his ways and builds a crude Iron Man suit to free himself and a friend. Developing the Mark I leads Tony directly to creating a more fully-realized Iron Man. In both examples, the heroes are inside terror cells and fed false information regarding who is really in charge, but more on that later.
 
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