Iron Man Admits the Real Reason Civil War Turned Him into a Villain
Warning: Spoilers for Iron Man #18!
During the events of Marvel’s epic crossover event titled Civil War, Iron Man became a villain after inadvertently starting a conflict that pitted hero against hero, and now he’s finally revealed why that event turned him into public enemy number one. Let’s just say Tony Stark having a hard time making friends only to turn them into enemies are not exactly helpful qualities for a superhero who has now become an actual god.
Touched on in Iron Man #18, by Christopher Cantwell and Lan Medina, this issue continues the recent story arc where Tony Stark aka Iron Man, has become an all-powerful entity with unlimited power and reach. Taking on the energy of the Power Cosmic, Tony turns himself into a shiny, metallic Iron God, and after a battle with another godly being — the villain named Korvac — Tony obliterates his friends in a very ungodlike way.
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Thinking he has the power to use his new abilities to help the people of New York City and eventually mold the world in his image, Tony’s power trip not only takes the lives of his fellow superheroes but puts him on a familiar path as his Civil War-era self, a story where Tony’s grand ideas became big problems thanks to the way he decided to implement them. And as he shares a quiet moment with his current love interest, Hellcat aka Patricia “Patsy” Walker, he finally admits why he becomes this villainous version of himself more often than he likes to admit.
Telling Tony that his biggest problem is that he operates as if “there are no consequences to your actions,” Patsy gets Tony to admit that while he truly does want to make things better, he can’t consistently do so because
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