The series -- about a group of space explorers given various superpowers after being hit by cosmic rays -- began a new era for Marvel Comics, signaling the start of their wave of Silver Age characters, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, Iron Man and many more.

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There are currently eight iconic scenes from the X-Men, Iron Man and Spider-Man franchises available and more construction sets tied to the new Iron Man 3 feature film will launch later this spring.

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High levels of ferritin (an indicator of the amount of iron in the body) help explain why men tend to develop heart disease earlier than women, Sullivan says.

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The comic book company owns the rights to such high-profile super heroes as Spider Man, Iron Man and The X-Men.

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When a passerby intervened and the men got out of the car, Mr Bell struck Mr Brown about the head with an iron in a carrier bag, the court heard.

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Young boys and older men with greying beards half-heartedly mixed cement and worked iron rods as we walked through the site and were shown the skeleton of a 16 classroom building.

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Simmered all day in a cast-iron pot with a big slug of fatback, brown beans have warmed the bodies and souls of many hardworking men and women of the Appalachian coalfields.

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Women have fought long and hard to be included in the boardrooms and backrooms of an oft male-dominated society, but let's face it, sometimes they just want things men probably don't--like a curling iron or a copy of O, the Oprah magazine.

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