Invincible Iron-Pod: Recent Episodes
Megan Farnel
Do you want to read Marvel comics, but aren’t sure where to start? Do you already love comics and just yearn for someone to obsess over them with? Maybe you wish more discussions about comics focused on issues of race, gender, sexuality, class, and ability? Do you not care about any of the other parts but just really, really love Tony Stark? If you’ve answered yes to any of the above, you’re in the right place! Join your host Megan, a not-so-disgraced former academic who reads and thinks about things too much for fun, as she bravely sets out to provide summaries and analysis of all 2000+ appearances of Tony Stark—a.k.a. Iron Man. The show will follow the character’s comic journey in order of publication date. It will also be spoiler free, making it easy to follow along whether you’re brand new to comics, or have a basement full of beautifully maintained long boxes. Comics fans new and old, assemble!
Home from his successful fight with Titanium Man, Tony isn’t feeling much like a winner as he waits for news on Happy’s health and battles The Thinker, a villain able to predict his every move.
Iron Man and Titanium Man conclude their epic battle. Meanwhile, Tony Stark faces conflict much closer to home.
As the world watches on, the battle between Iron Man and Titanium Man reaches new heights of drama and tragedy.
Tony’s broken heart threatens to become both literal and metaphorical as he battles Titanium Man before the world’s press.
Turns out that even Iron Man is not immune to the phenomenon of feeling driven to the edges of sanity by his family. Superheroes--they’re just like us!
It’s part two of our deep-dive into the origin stories offered by the comics and the first film in the Iron Man trilogy. What’s the deal with Obie? Which Pepper is the superior Pepper? Who will win the bisexual metre showdown? So much to cover!
In the first part of a two-episode series, we compare the origin story we have gotten from the comics thus far to the 2008 film adaptation.
Do Iron Men dream of electric sheep? Join us to find out what happens when a fabulous new villain takes over Tony Stark’s subconscious in this week’s episode!
It’s Iron Man v. Iron Man this week as Tony must don the old Golden Armour and take on a thief, all while pining endlessly for one Pepper Potts.
It’s Western Week here on Invincible Iron Pod as Tony square off against Black Widow and Hawkeye at a train yard.
Finally free of the Iron Man armour, Tony faces challenges from an unruly labour union. Meanwhile, Megan immediately begins production on Stark Industries Union t-shirts.
The Mandarin shares his origin story, and Tony gets the chance to show off his knee suction cups. (You can probably guess which of the two I enjoyed most!)
While Tony continues to struggle with being stuck in the Iron Man armour, the Mandarin mounts a deadly attack that might mean the end of them both!
Tony’s secret identity is at risk of being compromised when he is unable to safely remove the Iron Man armour.
Tony battles a Unicorn. (Does it go without saying that the bisexuality metre is pretty high?)
Iron Man continues doing battle with The Mandarin, and Megan wishes everyone would just #RespectPepperPotts
Tony battles The Scarecrow and a pack of trained ravens. It’s as silly as it sounds, and also kind of fun.
Tony encounters The Mandarin, and teaches us that It Was Racism All Along. (‘It’ being the true enemy of the Cold War.)
In a historic crossover event, Tony faces off against a member of the X-Men turned temporarily evil by a nuclear blast.
Tony battles a new villain named Mr. Doll, sadly enlisting the aid of some old villains: racism and sexism.
A new villain named The Melter forces Tony Stark to examine Iron Man’s limitations--and his own strengths.
Back behind the Iron Curtain, Comrades! We encounter a new foe, The Crimson Dynamo, who threatens both Iron Man and Tony Stark as never before!
Tony, even more of a hot mess than usual, gets some help from friends new and old. Megan becomes a Happy Hogan stan.
Tony travels back in time to Ancient Egypt, hangs out with Cleopatra, and earns his first 10/10 on the bisexuality metre.
This episode features Tony going down... to the centre of the Earth! To meet his first lady villain, whose real weakness is, I argue, her clear and effective communication.
By Lenin’s Beard! Tony faces off against the Communists, wears a fetching jumpsuit, and faces the potential exposure of his identity!
Tony tries to survive domestic drama and post-war heterosexuality while also saving the world!
We begin our comics journey with the Tales of Suspense #39, which introduces us to Tony Stark—and then Iron Man!
Iron Man battles ableism--plus aliens and escaped zoo animals--and tries to get the army in roller skates!