The parallels between Musk and Stark seemed perfect on paper. Both are billionaire tech innovators with a flair for the dramatic and dreams of changing the world.

  • @[email protected]
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    307 hours ago

    When Stan Lee created Tony back in the 1960’s he probably took his inspiration from Howard Hughes.

    Hughes had been the inspiration for a famous novel of the time, “The Carpetbaggers.”

    HH was played by Leo DiCaprio in ‘The Aviator.’

      • @[email protected]
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        35 hours ago

        Could be.

        Off topic but fun.

        The book ‘The Carpetbaggers’ became a movie; there was a Western actor mentioned in the story, Nevada Smith. Does anyone else know a daring character named after a state with a five letter last name?

        https://youtu.be/Or-4aw41PkM

        • Jojo, Lady of the West
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          4 hours ago

          I told you before, I’m not doing any more research for your crossword puzzles. If you want to keep making them that’s fine, but don’t put the work on us.

          /s just in case

          • Jojo, Lady of the West
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            159 minutes ago

            I’m, like, 90% sure that last name is more than 5 letters. (I mean I guess Cyrus but not Montana which is the character’s last name)

        • @[email protected]
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          24 hours ago

          Does anyone else know a daring character named after a state with a five letter last name?

          That’s so reductive. The guy is MUCH MUCH MORE.