"Tony Stark, makes you feel He's a cool exec with a heart of steel As Iron Man, all jets ablaze, He's fighting and smiting with repulsor rays! Amazing armor! That's Iron Man! A blazing power! That's Iron Man!"

"I think I gave myself a dare. It was the height of the Cold War. The readers, the young readers, if there was one thing they hated, it was war, it was the military. So I got a hero who represented that to the hundredth degree. He was a weapons manufacturer, he was providing weapons for the Army, he was rich, he was an industrialist. I thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody would like, none of our readers would like, and shove him down their throats and make them like him ... And he became very popular."

"I did it all. They just didn't bother to call me up and find out when they wrote up the credits. It doesn't really matter. Jack Kirby created the costume, and he did the cover for the issue. In fact the second costume, the red and yellow one, was designed by Steve Ditko. I found it easier than drawing that bulky old thing. The earlier design, the robot-looking one, was more Kirbyish."

"What if a guy had a suit of armor, but it was a modern suit of armor - not like years ago in the days of King Arthur - and what if the suit of armor made him as strong as any superhero?"

"Kirby designed the costume, because he was doing the cover. The covers were always done first. But I created the look of the characters, like Tony Stark and his secretary Pepper Potts."

"In everyone's life, Peter, there's an 'it'... your wife leaves you, or you get cancer. There's your life before 'it' and your life after 'it.' 9/11 was an 'it' of national magnitude. And Stamford... is going to be another one."

"[Kirby] definitely did not do full breakdowns as has been erroneously reported about ... the first 'Iron Man'. [In the early 1970s], Jack claimed to have laid out those stories, and I repeated his claim in print — though not before checking with Heck, who said, in effect, 'Oh, yeah. I remember that. Jack did the layouts'. We all later realized he was mistaken. ... Both also believed that Jack had contributed to the plots of those debut appearances — recollections that do not match those of Stan Lee. (Larry Lieber did the script for the first Iron Man story from a plot that Stan gave him.) Also, in both cases, Jack had already drawn the covers of those issues and done some amount of design work. He came up with the initial look of Iron Man's armor..."

"Basically, I'm here to announce that we're building Iron Man [...] Not really. Maybe. It's classified."

"What about you Tony Stark? Once you were do or die for America and Mom's apple pie! You didn't do much soul searching back than, did you? As Iron Man you beat up the commies for democracy without ever questioning just whose democracy you were serving...."

"Black Widow: It is fortunate that he is taken with my beauty. I will be able to twist him around my little finger!"

"Tony Stark: And I swear, as the man, Tony Stark-- As the Avenger fate chose to cast in the role of Iron Man-- That I will live to avenge those to avenge those whose lives have been lost through the ignorance of men like the man I once was. Or I will die trying!"

"Iron Man: That gives me an idea, all commies are chronically suspicious of each other! Hmm...."

"Tony Stark: Americans are not murderers!"

"Black Widow: What manner of men are these Americans, who risk their lives for their enemies?"

"The Mandarin: I've destroyed your life! I've killed your friends. I've killed your woman! Oh, and when I did to her by bringing death she welcomed death-such pleasure you will never know!"

"All of Marvel's new heroes of the early 1960s some how reflected and contributed to American perceptions of its Cold War enemies, but none more explicitly than Iron Man, whom historian Bradford Wright identifies as "the most political of Marvel's superheroes" (222). Reflecting back on some of his co-creations in 1975, Stan Lee dubiously claimed that "Marvel Comics has never been into politics" or beholden to an "official party line" before offering a near-apology for the moral simplicity of the portrait of the Vietnam conflict in 1963's "Iron Man Is Born!" (Son of Origins 47.) A disinterested observer would find much evidence to counter these claims in the pages of Tales of Suspense between 1963 and 1968."

"General: Incredible! Infantry can now transport itself on the highways without trucks! This will revolutionize troop movements! You're a military genius, Stark!"

"Tony Stark: My brain still thinks! My heart still beats! But, in order to remain alive, I must spend the rest of my life in this iron prison!!"

"Tony Stark: Poor Jeanne! She probably thought I was trying to avoid her, but I couldn't go swimming! I can never appear anywhere bare chested because I constantly wear this iron chest plate. Just as other men plug in their electric shavers for their morning or evening shave, I must constantly charge up this plate which gives continued life to my heart! My ticker would stop beating if the plate were removed or didn't receive its regular booster-shot! Ah!... Electrical energy is pouring back! Now I can continue living...to help humanity as Iron Man!"

"Tony Stark: Honey no girl would want to marry an absentee husband! Think of the time I must spend managing my munitions plants all over the world!"

"Narrator: Yes, Anthony Stark is both a sophisticate and a scientist. A millionaire bachelor, as much at home in a laboratory as in high society! But this man, who seems so fortunate, who's envied by millions -- is soon destined to become the most tragic figure on earth!"

"It could be argued that Tony Stark is not really a disabled veteran because he is not serving in the military. He is a civilian - a military contractor, ho just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. But, it can be argued that Tony Stark/Iron Man is a soldier-actually, a modern twist of an old soldier-a knight."

"Iron Man: To begin my demonstration ids...I'll do a juggling act, but not with oranges or basketballs! With automobiles"

":Tom Lawrence: Yes, Goldie, isn't it wonderful?"

":John "Goldie" Locke: (finding Mia lying on the bed) Now, Boss, you know what happens with dames."

":Tom Lawrence: I may believe in you, but I certainly won't trust you."

":Gwynne Gregory: I can't. I can't tell you why, but you've got to believe in me."

":Marcia Brooks: I don't know one good reason why I should trust you."

":Tom Lawrence: I engage in dangerous enterprises."

":Gwynne Gregory: No money? Well how do you earn your living?"

":Tom Lawrence: You're only a frightened minnow, beautiful. I want to catch the shark. Are you going to help me?"

":Tom Lawrence: I do. (They kiss)"

"Lesson Number One in how to catch a murderer... never accept the obvious. (from The Falcon Strikes Back)"

":Detective Mike Waldeck: Look, Goldie, yuh know me. I got a heart."

":John "Goldie" Locke: Yeah, Michael, I know yuh have, and I only wish you had a brain to go with it."

":Manuel Retana: (Holding a gun on Lawrence) Now, can you think of one good reason why I shouldn't kill you?"

":Gay Lawrence: I shall most assuredly try."

":Tom Lawrence: I'm a man whose done many things; a soldier, gambler, war correspondent. I have no rheumatism, no patience and no money. For further information apply to the police."

""Wonder Woman" was conceived by Dr. Marston to set up a standard among children and young people of strong, free, courageous womanhood; to combat the idea that women are inferior to men, and to inspire girls to self-confidence and achievement in athletics, occupations and professions monopolized by men....Since millions of young people are reading "wonder Woman" today, it is quite possible that their acceptance of this womanly ideal may alter our whole standards, as to what is admirable in women. Children who admire the heroic type of woman will no longer have any use for the timid, physically weak, dependent and emotionally possessive woman of the old school, and will model themselves on the self-reliant, strong comradely woman who can be honest and fearless because she is not dependent upon a man for her living."

"My favorite thing was the bracelets. I mean, the bracelets are cool, but how do I make that work? In the original comic book, they needed them because they fire guns on Paradise Island. I don't think I'm going there."

"Marston set the foundation for what to expect from Wonder Woman comics in the early 1940s. Stories that take place after Marston' death carry the same elements, although not as overtly. Wonder Woman relies on inducement to lead others and fought against the practice of domination, sometimes in the form of corrupt regimes or abusive men. Compliance, including fear, is a cause of concern for Wonder Woman as she protects others. She approaches her enemies with inducement rather than domination, extending her hand when she can. Diana submits when appropriate, especially to her gods and her mother. Without Marston's theory of emotions laying the foundation for his superheroine, Wonder Woman would not embody the spirit of loving submission readers have seen over the decades."

"There was a lot in these stories to suggest that Wonder Woman was not so much a pitch to ambitious girls as an object for male sexual fantasies and fetishes."

"The homosexual connotation of the Wonder Woman type of story is psychologically unmistakable. The Psychiatric Quarterly deplored in an editorial the "appearance of an eminent child therapist as the implied endorser of a series...which portrays extremely sadistic hatred of males in a framework which is plainly Lesbian." For boys Wonder Woman is a frightening image. For girls she is a morbid ideal. Where Batman is anti-feminine, the attractive Wonder Woman and her counterparts are definitely anti-masculine. Wonder Woman has her own female following. They are all continuously being threatened, captured, almost put to death. Her followers are the "Holiday girls", i.e. the holiday girls, the gay party girls, the gay girls. Wonder Woman refers to them as "my girls"."

"The iconic Wonder Woman fictional character was named an Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls on 21 October 2016, in support of Sustainable Development Goal 5 – to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The designation ceremony coincided with the 75th anniversary of Wonder Woman's first appearance in a comic book in 1941. Wonder Woman has since then been depicted in movies and TV series. She is a global citizen and universally recognized for her commitment to justice, peace and equality and is seen as a model of strength, fairness and compassion becoming a symbol of empowerment for women and girls in much of the world. Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and therefore also half of its potential. But today, gender inequality persists everywhere and stagnates social progress. In many parts of the world women endure physical and sexual violence, face barriers to opportunities for leadership and education and receive less pay than men for equal work among other forms of discrimination."