This time, I have just enough time to settle the Iron Man controversy single-handedly. the upshot is "Which came first: the Marvel Comics character Iron Man" (also the subject of an upcoming blockbuster flick), or the Black Sabbath song of the same name?" Apparently the Boston Globe feels this warrants coverage. So it's the least I can do to settle it from South Asia.

Back in the mid-90s, when I was a high-profile comic book editor