While “Iron Man 3” will doubtlessly thrill millions of casual moviegoers and hardcore Marvel Comics fans, there’s a class of film buff who will be especially intrigued by one particular aspect of the mega-budget superhero production. Yes, “Iron Man 3” is very much a Marvel Studios production with a familiar...

Following recent turns in “Lockout” and “Prometheus,” the actor Guy Pearce continues his tour of science-fiction cinema with a major role in this summer’s “Iron Man 3,” the much anticipated sequel to not just “Iron Man 2” but also “The Avengers.”

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“Um, yeah, not gonna wear that either!” laughs Don Cheadle as he inspects one of Hasbro’s plastic Iron Patriot masks, modeled after the new and Americanized “armor” he wears as Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes in Marvel’s “Iron Man 3.” At a press conference earlier in the...

The brilliant scientist Maya Hansen was first introduced in 2005, in the pages of Iron Man: Extremis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov. In that landmark story, Hansen co-created the titular biotechnology that could change humanity forever, granting its users accelerated healing, enhanced speed and intelligence, and impossible strength.