You just made my initial point bruhBe real bruh, the first Iron Man was the only good story out of his three movies. And the villain in that one is at the bottom of the MCU. But RDJ was so amazing in the role throughout that he made Iron Man Superman and Batman level popular.
There's no one in the current lineup that has his swag to overcome so-so writing
Your post was about B team characters and I said that's irrelevant because Tony's entire existence pre MCU was as a B team ass nikka
And RDJ only bolsters my point
I've said in many posts that RDJ and the Russo's leaving have been a loss Marvel hasn't been able to recover from