The year is 2008. Millions of people head to the theater over the summer to check out "Iron Man," and, even though the superhero cinema landscape will soon get swallowed up by "The Dark Knight," there's one thing people can't stop talking about. When the credits started rolling, plenty of folks got out of their seats right away because why wouldn't they? The movie's over. But for those patient enough to wait (or those who just wanted to hang out and talk to their friends for a bit), they would see the beginning of a legacy. They would witness an extra scene at the end of the movie where Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) talks to Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) about the Avengers Initiative, and nothing would ever be the same again.
Even though "Iron Man" was far from the first film to incorpor