i think the comparison of iron man to B-list X-men is apt. and FWIW i think it's probably fair to say spiderman, batman, and superman form a tier of their own above wolverine and hulk and joker and venom and storm. even then you might have a third tier with the likes of wonder woman and cyclops, which is arguably above the tier with iron man and say, gambit
yet all azuarc of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness