User blog comment:Mr. Xemnas/Spider-Man in the background as Ironman takes the lead/@comment-34954086-20130316093540

What's to fear? Spider-man is overused, seriously, how many different morals can With Great Power comes Great Responsibility teach to a new generation? One. Provided he doesn't get Entirely phased out (won't happen, too popular), he can stil provide exactly what he did to ours.

Iron Man has more untapped potential to show them, as do many other heroes who have never had the spotlight because Spider-man hogs the attention.

Stark can teach the potential that comes with intelligence. The term nerd will come to mean "the kid who build a suit of awesome armor with all sorts of gadgets". Spider-man had that. He wasted it (ironically, Otto's doing better in this regard albeit far creepier in his methods). Instead of solving problems with his brain, ultimately it comes down to hitting things. Sometimes he'll remember, but the go-to strategy is no better then the Hulk.

Stark can show the dangers of alcoholism. In a world with an all-time high for binge drinking, that is far more valuable then the Power of the Wisecrack.

Stark shows the potential of a Human to stand among the best. Spider-man shows what can happen if you get really lucky and develop amazing super powers. What's really more attainable?

Stark teaches a lot more valuable life lessons. How many times has he allowed his company to fall to bankrupcy only for him to build it back from nothing better then ever? What would that do for the people losing their jobs with unstable economies or those who find themselves starting from nothing? A scientist taking back inventions that fall into the wrong hands, what if Oppenheimer read the Armor War/Marvel NOW extremis storyline before making the Atomic Bomb? A weapons manufactuer refusing to make weapons despite the massive hit his wallet takes because of it, How many corners of the world would benefit if a generation had learnt this? A man who wanted dangers to society to be registered, how much better off would so many lives be if mentally disturbed kids with easy access to unregistered guns were monitored or at least had their threat to others known?

Iron Man can do more for a generation then Spider-man. His humor is far more mature (Spider-man Humor=Puns. AKA the Lowest form of Humor.). And for a multi-billionaire playboy genius, he's more grounded relative to the kid who was picked on in school. Iron Man may overtake Spider-man in popularity, but, that is a good day.