Iron Man 3: Comic-Book References

So here are just a few comic-book references I can think of (or have heard mentioned) from Iron Man 3

• Extremis, obviously
• Shoutout to Roxxon, previously referenced to in the Coulson short and Avengers as well, I believe
• Killian having dragon tattoos and Mandarin having dragon pants as a reference to Fin Fang Foom
• Ten Rings, naturally
• Killian's firm is named AIM
• The Igor armor is Hulkbuster-esque, and some of the other armors seem inspired by his comic looks (e.g. Silver Centurion)
• The kid suggesting to Tony to build a stealth armor; he also suggests retro-reflective panels - which were mentioned as the cloaking for the Helicarrier
• Tony using an improvised repulsor has been done in Ultimate Armor Wars and World's Most Wanted
• The way the Extremis enhanciles explode could be a reference to The Five Nightmares
• The armor switcheroo (with the President in the Iron Patriot) has been used before, World's Most Wanted comes to mind
• The armor being able to be controlled remotely is a reference to the Telepresence armor, and is possibly inspired by other instances (e.g. Ultimates)
• Man-Thing's wife is one of the enhanciles, and the plant burning is a reference to Man-Thing
• President Ellis is an obvious reference to Warren Ellis, writer of Extremis

Did you guys catch anything else?

Oh right, Killian founded a think-tank called AIM, I forgot about that one. I'll add it to the list.

Are you Russian (or Ukraine, Kazakhstan etc), out of curiosity?

@theacidskull

Oh haha cool, I was just wondering. Wow yeah, that must be irritating. Here in Malaysia - they put the local languages as subtitles but leave the voices undubbed.

@theacidskull

Haha, I would totally lose my nuts if they tried dubbing it here. I feel sorry for you now xD

The whole Man-Thing shoutout

@veshark: Silver Centurion was one of the armors. Igor isn't anything close to Hulkbuster-tier, though. Igor's just for heavy lifting, not heavy combat.

@adamthesubmariner: I missed that, what happened there?

Oh, right. I know Igor's not exactly the Hulkbuster - but it looks pretty close in terms of physical appearance.

Oh yeah I read about this...something about Man-Thing's wife, as I recall. Can't remember the reference though.

@adamthesubmariner: That's pretty cool, I hope they do put Man-Thing into the MCU.

@adamthesubmariner

Ah wow. Yeah, I'd definitely go for a horror-ish Man-Thing movie. I'll add it to the list.

They referenced The Super Friends.

Ehh that's more of a throwaway line, not an actual reference to Marvel comic continuity.

Tony crying and dancing like Peter did in Spider-Man 3 :p Yeah I did it wrong, I know,sorry, that movie just made me....ughh

The kid gave tony the idea of a stealth armor.

This

Yeah. There was a close-up to show that his back had advanced pistons to lift the huge load.

This has been done by many of Tony's suits, including the Extremis.

Hmm, yeah, I guess that would count. He also referred to the retro-reflection panels that were used on the SHIELD Helicarrier, if memory serves.

Has that been done prior to the Telepresence armor before? I'm not saying the new suit is a direct reference, but that it's capability to be operated remotely is a concept that originating with the Telepresence armor, I believe.

The Opening Intro Song "Blue by Eiffel 65" might be referencing the Kree for Guardians of the Galaxy imo.

Peeps from Marvel Studios stated that there would be a lot of references that people wouldn't get at first until later films. I think this is one of them.

That is absolutely ridiculous. I refuse to believe you actually think this.

@havenless:

Refuse whatever you want I guess?

Anyway, could be totally wrong. But at this point would it really be so unrealistic to put it past Marvel for such a subtle hint? With Guardians of the Galaxy coming up, I wouldn't be surprised if we got to see the Kree Empire.

Plus, it might be an opportunity for villains such as Ronan the Accuser, or a hero like Captain Marvel.

@sufferthorn: may I ask what that song has to do with the Kree? I love that song but I dont see the conection

@jorgevy:

"I'm Blue" is the title of the song. You can do this. Treat it like a puzzle game.

@veshark: Thanks for this. I've only read the first two volumes of Essential Iron Man so I was flying blind with comic references from the movie besides the obvious Extremis one.

No problem, glad you liked it. I can't take all the credit for it though - other Viners contributed, and some online research on my part uncovered things I'd missed out ;)

@veshark: Well thanks to all involved. :-)

wait, are all kree necessarily blue? Im not good with colours

the song does talk about a blue world with blue people, but I think that's more of an emotional blue than a pictorial blue.

now that im imagining a Kree army invading to the sound of that song Im kinda terrified by the thought

@jorgevy:

Some are Pink.....hehehe.