Invincible Iron Man question

[cookiemom6067.livejournal.com]

Hi - I picked up the trade hardcover of Invincible Iron Man Vol.1 (comprising Invincible Iron Man issues 1 - 19 by Matt Fraction).

In issue #5, Ezekiel Stane is wearing a fairly gruesome tee-shirt - it's green and it has a picture of a skull wearing Cap's helmet with the caption "Tony Was Right." My scanner is not great, or I would include a scan.

I'm gathering that this is post SHRA and between Cap's death and resurrection - what in the heck is the tee shirt supposed to mean? And why does it have a picture of Cap's skull on it?

ETA: the shirt was orange, not green - thanks to those that answered and for the scan!

Comments

[muccamukk]

It's a riff on a popular slogan that goes "Magneto was Right" (with a picture of Mags' helmet) which refers to his belief in mutant supremacy and separatism. He was dead at the time (comics) and there was a movement in his honour.

The Cap shirt is just really obnoxious. The reference is saying that Tony was right to support SHRA, and was right to kill Cap in CW (which he didn't actually do, but details, who needs 'em). That shirt never fails to piss me off, and it was obviously calculated to do the same to Tony.

[cookiemom6067.livejournal.com]

I certainly thought it was obnoxious and definitely thought it was illustrative of E.S. as a character.

[el-gilliath.livejournal.com]

It's Ezekiel Stane, did you expect any better? Stupid ass piece of poopoo

[cookiemom6067.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree - I knew that it was intended to piss Tony off, and to make the character even more obnoxious.

[el-gilliath.livejournal.com]

Exactly. That shirt, and any Stane character in my opinion, is so offensive I feel like puking every time one pops up.

[cookiemom6067.livejournal.com]

I thought that arc was full of delicious villainy. I can't imagine a more evil character. Thanks so much for your response.

[el-gilliath.livejournal.com]

Indeed it was. And you're welcome

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

Here's the image (http://i49.tinypic.com/350475d.jpg). I can't remember why I saved it. Probably to ask someone this exact question. I thought that shirt was awful and absolutely served to get me to hate Stane even mostly before his whole plan was revealed.

[cookiemom6067.livejournal.com]

Thanks - oops, orange, not green. I had exactly the same reaction.

[arileo.livejournal.com]

I think the whole purpose of the shirt was probably to stab at Tony at make the readers hate Stane.

[cookiemom6067.livejournal.com]

Mission accomplished, then.