Eoin Colfer to give Iron Man 'the Dublin treatment'

Artemis Fowl author signs up with Marvel to write a new adventure for young adults, promising an irreverent look at ‘yer man in the suit of armour’

The billionaire playboy Tony Stark is set to get the “Dublin treatment”, as the Irish laureate of children’s books, Eoin Colfer, revealed he will be taking the superhero to the Emerald Isle in a new novel.

Publisher Marvel promised that Colfer, the author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series about a 12-year-old criminal mastermind, would write an “electrifying new take” on the character played by Robert Downey Jr in film adaptations, “in a towering tale of armour and adventure”.

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