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Shane Black took the $200 million franchise and turned it into a paranoid thriller. Tony Stark is suffering from crippling anxiety after the Battle of New York. He builds dozens of suits as a security blanket. The film famously faked out the "Mandarin" (a twist so controversial it required a later short film, All Hail the King , to retcon).

The team faced an internal threat of their own making. While it served as a bridge to the future, it introduced key players like Vision , Wanda Maximoff , and the first hints of the coming conflict in Civil War . Marvel Cinematic Universe - Phase One and Two -...