Nature Of Iron Man By John Hogan

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In this case study of “THE COMIC BOOK AS SYMBOLIC ENVIRONMENT:THE CASE ON IRON MAN BY JON HOGAN” talks about the realism and the technology that Iron man the marvel comic book character, inspired many of the inventions we have in our world today. “Iron Man is a popular comic series in which the relationship between humanity and technology is a dominant theme”(Hogan 201). As the new generations build on the iconic ironman, the man beneath never changes; only technology evolves with the hero.Iron man was never a true actually hero who gains natural powers, his power comes from tony ’s mind and his intelligence on building armor after armor”(Hogan 201). comic books are very appealing to people for the because of the visalul and the reallstic technology

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