Stark Industries became a leading weapons manufacturer during the Cold War era. Led by billionaire industrialist Tony Stark, the fictional plants produced what had seemed to be unreachable technological feats. With communist paranoia at an all-time high, Stark’s constant technological advancements provided a sense of confidence among the American forces. The Marvel universe portrays a fictional exaggeration of world history, shining a superior light on the United States and its resources. Iron Man became comic proof of the communists’ inferiority to democracy and has come to symbolize America’s pride in its technological and military dominance. Tony Stark adopted the alter ego Iron Man after becoming wounded in Vietnam and being captured