wow doc...you are a true comic book geek. I tried really hard to find a pic of a character I remembered from the comics (i think) called the Black Knight. He was a very Dr.Doom ish character. But outside of Modok...the Mandarin is strongly recognized as the ultimate IM adversary. Gonna be tough though in these days of political correctness....unless they make him Korean.
But I think that the big villain in the sequel will be Tony Stark's alcoholism(irony anyone) and Rhodey becoming WarMachine. Jon Favreau is on record as saying that he has a trilogy in mind...and he has already hinted that, as a fellow geek, he wants to explore Stark's alcoholism/flaws.
Glad you enjoyed it...can't wait to see it at the Cinerama Dome tomorrow.
