What made Iron Man the best choice to start the MCU?

What made Iron Man the best choice to start the MCU?

Attached: o0cnz3r16ov21.jpg (335x500, 15K)

They actually had the film rights, that is all

He was one of the few characters no other company wanted

Only founding Avenger who wouldn't be seen as a joke.
>embarassed to use thor, first thor film even used "sufficiently advanced technology" in place of magic before it was retconned
>can't use the hulk, universal owns the rights
>ant man? who's going to watch a movie about ant man?
Iron Man has a robot suit, and robot suits will sell toys.

>Recognizable enough to attract audiences
>Not popular enough to have them bitch about the differences

Because he is Batman-Transformer.

RDJ being a perfect Tony Stark certainly helped.

I still remember the comic con trailer hyping up everyone, when we see the suit with the eyes lighting up. Damn, that was 11 years ago.

Well Invincible Iron Man was where Thanos first appeared.

Attached: RCO015.jpg (1061x1500, 534K)

When the MCU started, Marvel only had the rights to, like, 4 of their characters. And Iron Man was the "best" one.