I recently acquired a large amount of Iron Man comics and had forgotten what comics from the 60/70's were like. An example: Iron man has an enemy called "The Unicorn". The Unicorn is a former soviet, with a helmet that shoots beams, rocket boots and enhanced strength. He is also dumber than a brick and seems to attack Iron Man for no readily apparent reason.
And he's just the barest tip of the lame gimmick villain iceberg. There's the "Red Ghost", who can turn into mist. The controller, who taps into people's mental energy to make himself stronger and numerous others.
Despite these lame sacks of crap, he also has some really cool enemies, like The Mandarin And others with cool backgrounds and powers.
I'm still really conflicted as to whether or not I'm enjoying these right now, only time will tell.
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You left out a lot of villains who can be good, but aren't always used well. There's MODOK and AIM. He's only designed for one thing. Crimson Dynamo can be good sometimes. You left out the Ghost, Marvel's corporate espionage expert. To be fair the Red Ghost is more of a general villain or an FF villain than an Iron Man villain, and what's more important about him are his super apes. I tend to believe that their is no such thing as a bad or lame hero or villain, only characters who haven't been used to their full potential.
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