Iron Man: Political Commentator

Iron Man has always been pretty conservative, so it's so wonder that in the late 1980s he went a little Rush Limbaugh.




All the superheroes are always talking about how bad the roads are, but they never do anything about it!  Except, of course, blow them up.

From Iron Man v1 #251 (1989).

Iron Man: Airplane Mechanic

One of the advantages of being a millionaire industrialist genius inventor with a flying suit of cybernetic armor is that you don't have to wait for your plane to be on the ground in order to perform repairs.


Of course, one might wonder why you would need a plane in the first place, but they probably aren't millionaire industrialist genius inventors with flying suits of cybernetic armor, so screw them.

From Iron Man v1 #239 (1989).

Iron Man: Architectural Engineering Instructor

Iron Man is a great superhero, but a crappy instructor.



I get the feeling he just doesn't care about his students.

From Iron Man v1 #224 (1987).

Iron Man: Construction Worker

The mid-1980's were characterized for Iron Man by an extreme slowdown in his Avenging schedule. He recovered from a major relapse into alcoholism and lost much of his fortune. At one point he even needed to pick up a bit of employment on the side as a construction worker.


From Iron Man v1 #210 (1986).