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Wounded not by a chunk of shrapnel near his heart, but by slivers near his spine, Stark and whose first name is changed to Wellington were held captive by the Mandarin, rather than.
A professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to walk and fight crime.
Subsequent re-imaginings of Iron Man have transitioned from Cold War motifs to contemporary matters of the time.
No one suspects Stark of being Iron Man, as he cultivates a strong public image of being a rich playboy and industrialist.
But there's a metaphor going on there.