Iron Man & the Military Industrial Complex

As the most direct personification in all of modern myth, Iron Man symbolizes the Military Industrial Complex with every action he takes. The moral ambiguity of weapons manufacturing allows Iron Man to coexist as protagonist and antagonist depending on the nuances of the story. Iron Man's mythologization of the Military Industrial Complex is a well-documented and researched topic, yet the academic discourse surrounding this subject lacks any analysis of the highly successful collection of films, until now.

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