Inside the Marvel executive board room circa 1963

Marvel Exec(ME): Alright dicknoses! Those dumbtards over at DC are killing us! They think they can just take God and slap a cape and a lame S on his chest and turn him into a character! And now they've got that Batman character who's just a normal human being with lots of money and gadgets. I want solutions. NOW!

Lackey #1: How about a billionaire playboy with no real superpowers turned superhero !

ME: That's Batman, you idiot.

Lackey #2: How about if he had a bulletproof suit?

ME: I'm not hating it.

Lackey #2: And he could fly.

ME: I love it. Get a team of writers. I want the first draft of it by Friday.

And that's how I imagine the creation of Iron Man went down. I'm probably wrong, but I've gotten used to that.