Iron Man #3 arrives December 26, featuring the clash between Iron Swordsman and Iron Monger! Tony Stark dons medieval armor to save Stark Unlimited from Roxxon and A.I.M.'s evil clutches.

Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, is arguably one of the best-known heroes to ever hail from Marvel Comics, and that’s saying ...

That’s because Iron Man 3 doesn’t pair up its title character with an unrelated hero just for the sake of a team-up. Nor does it even try to continue the then-unfolding tale of the Infinity Saga.

So instead, Iron Man 3 director and co-writer Shane Black decided to put a twist on The Mandarin mythos that saw Trevor Slattery performing the character as part of Aldrich Killian’s Extremis ...