His Atlantean armor alone would make for a great looking figure.Īn evil alchemist and known enemy of the Fantastic Four, Diablo was originally created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and we think is long overdue for the Marvel Legends treatment. One of Namor’s arch-enemies but has been known to go toe-to-toe with the entire Avengers team. Of course I would love to hear your own thoughts about which villains you want to see made in the COMMENTS SECTION below. With that I thought it would be fun to create a list of 15 non-X-Men and Spider-Man based villains that would be cool to see made for Hasbro's Marvel Legends line. And be our Facebook chum here.During Toy Fair it was officially announced that another classic Marvel villain was getting the Marvel Legends treatment with Hulk’s arch-nemesis The Leader. But the knowledge of what’s in store is just making us even more excited about what’ll happen to Tony Stark next – and after The Avengers, it’s hard not to look forward to it.įollow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. Or perhaps it’s a huge mistake that’s going to make Iron Man 3 the most convoluted Marvel film yet. Perhaps it’s an attempt to go even bigger and better than The Avengers. Perhaps that’s a valid response to Iron Man 2‘s meandering and turgid story. And now, we’ve got the Iron Patriot as well.Īll in all, it looks like Iron Man 3 is going to pack a lot of film into its running time. We’re expecting a trio of villains – Maya Hansen, Aldrich Killian and the Mandarin – and the Extremis Virus. We’re expecting references to Avengers, and quite probably a Maria Hill cameo. We’re expecting the return of Iron Man, War Machine, Happy Hogan and Pepper Potts. It’s fair to say that the inclusion of the Iron Patriot has added yet another element to an already overflowing movie. The Mandarin was created in the 60s as a (rather politically incorrect) representation of the “yellow peril”, after all – perhaps the way the writers of Iron Man 3 are dealing with this culturally difficult character is to play up the jingoism by throwing the Iron Patriot into the mix. Perhaps the Iron Patriot is created to symbolise America’s power and influence in the face of a strengthening foreign enemy. After all, we know that China is going to play a major part in Iron Man 3, and with it, there’s the expectation that the Mandarin will appear. Well, dare we speculate that the US military has done what Norman Osborn did and deliberately combined both Captain America and Iron Man? After all, they want their own Iron Man – is it too much to suggest that after catching a glimpse of Captain America during the events of The Avengers, they said, “let’s get one of those too!”īut wait! There’s something else that might explain the use of the Iron Patriot. So, we have a pretty good idea of who the Iron Patriot is, and we can guess where he came from – but that leaves us wondering why they chose the Iron Patriot, instead of any other number of armoured heroes or villains they could have chosen? That suggests they’ll butt heads – but will they, in classic hero versus hero manner, then unite to face a common foe? Considering Tony’s propriety over his technology, we can be pretty sure that he won’t have been the person giving the away the plans, and as a dedicated inventor he certainly won’t be pleased to see someone infringing his patents either. It could mean that it’s a new suit reverse-engineered from the Stark’s. It could mean this is a modified version of Rhodes’ War Machine armour. Given that the US military has found Tony Stark difficult to work with in the previous Iron Man movies, it seems likely that the Iron Patriot will represent the US military’s attempt to create an Iron Man who is under their control. It’s fair to assume he’s not going to be best mates with Tony Stark, but will he be an outright villain? That remains to be seen. Well, it’s clear that Savin isn’t going to be Coldblood, but will instead be playing some version of the Iron Patriot. The only answer that works is that it’s someone else inside the suit.Īnd from the photos, we know that it’s James Badge Dale, who has already been announced as playing as Lt Colonel Eric Salvin – a character whose comic book identity is the heroic cyborg, Coldblood. Licensing restrictions make that an all but impossible idea – especially since it looks like Osborn is already spoken for in the rebooted Spidey film. Unfortunately, if you think this means that Norman Osborn is going to appear in Iron Man 3 as part of a process that will integrate the Amazing Spider-Man movies into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you’re going to be sadly mistaken.
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