Even Iron Man Knows He Still Has To Pay For His Darkest Moment
Warning: spoilers ahead for Iron Man #18!
Tony Stark, aka the Invincible Iron Man, can usually be found between a rock and a hard place, as the beleaguered superhero faces his own inner demons alongside the usual cavalcade of supervillains. In his most recent adventures, currently caught up in the intoxicating thrall of his newly-acquired godlike powers, Iron Man is once again reliving his most reprehensible acts, but this time one seems to loom above the rest.
Examining the complex psychology of the Armored Avenger, writer Christopher Cantwell delivered perhaps his finest stroke yet in Iron Man #17, when, in an egotistical struggle with his own godlike powers, Iron Man coldly murdered a cadre of his friends planning to strip him of his new abilities. Standing over the broken bodies of his close allies, including James “Rhodey” Rhodes (aka War Machine), Tony was induced into a dreamlike state by his last surviving friend and recent romantic partner, Patsy “Hellcat” Walker, in order to demonstrate the error of his ways.
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In the most recent issue of the series, Iron Man #18 (with art by Lan Medina and Colors by Frank D’Armata), Tony is seen reliving his most biting failures as he explains the thematic narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 story Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde while making pointed comparisons to his own life. While taking this somewhat depressing trip down memory lane — already having committed monstrous acts of dictatorial violence — Tony recalls a specific incident during the seminal 1992 Avengers crossover Operation: Galactic Storm. The event occurs in Avengers vol. 1 #347, at the climax of the cross-title event, in which
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