Avengers Age Of Ultron: 10 Outrageous Comic Moments That Won't Be Used
3. Ultron Turns Iron Man Into A Naked Cyborg Woman
After the events of Marvels Civil War in the mid-2000s, Tony Starks Iron Man was an unlikeable superhero in desperate need of a drastic makeover. As part of a brand new series dubbed Mighty Avengers, the creative team Brian Michael Bendis and Frank Cho took this idea a bit too literally when they used the title to introduce Ultran: a naked female Iron Man that for whatever reason looked like Janet Van Dyne (aka, the Wasp). P.S., Iron Man was also possessed by the villain Ultron. Theres just so much thats wrong about this scenario. Superheroes have been possessed by their adversaries many times over the course of history, by why would Ultron transform Iron Man into a woman? And why does this woman look like the Wasp? And why is the Wasp naked? As if things werent insane enough, Tonys teammates treat these turn of events as a very serious and dire scenario. They believe because Iron Man has been transformed into a naked Wasp-like woman by Ultron, he has obviously been murdered. Because what else are Tonys teammates supposed to conclude at a time like this? Considering how Ultrons creator in the comics, Hank Pym, has not yet been introduced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, theres a good chance that Stark is going to tie directly into the villains birth in Avengers: Age of Ultron. If thats the case, the two characters will hopefully share a bond that leads to an interesting and riveting dynamic that engages moviegoers. Hopefully that bond will not involve changing Tony into a naked cyborg woman.
Mark is a professional writer living in Brooklyn and is the founder of the Chasing Amazing Blog, which documents his quest to collect every issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and the Superior Spider-Talk podcast. He also pens the "Gimmick or Good?" column at Comics Should Be Good blog.
