Iron Man: Demon In A Bottle TPB

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It seemed like a sure bet that when it came time for Iron Man to make his film debut, his alcoholism would be a key part of his character, especially with the casting of Robert Downey Jr. In that issue, Tony Stark, overweighted from all the work and the pressure, starts drinking more and more, leading into him going out drunk as Iron Man and causing problems, instead of fixing them. Stark is visiting a casino with Bethany Cabe when Blizzard, the Melter, and Whiplash arrive and attempt to rob the casino's vault. Really like this but wish the more modern fictive techniques could have been used to illustrate that Tony’s drinking was responsible for his downfall rather than it be a side effect.

He's spent his entire life trying to atone for his mistakes and trying to keep others from following in his footsteps. By the mid-‘90s Tony was actively going to Alcoholics Anonymous, and later became a sponsor for Carol Danvers. In all honesty, I suggest just getting on and enjoying the wham-pow rather than worrying about it, though oddly I did find the conclusion to the first part of the story quite thoughtful and interesting. While the issue seemed resolved, Tony’s struggle with alcoholism became a reoccurring problem, which gave it a layer of veracity the original storyline didn’t quite have.Más allá de esta historia (que está buena pero tampoco la pavada), el resto del tomo nos ofrece muy buenas dosis de aventuras y la presentación de un clásico villano de opereta que maneja los hilos. This is a sort of last hurrah of sorts for the original incarnations of Blizzard and Melter, as both would only make a few more appearances after this storyline before being unceremoniously killed off.

At the ceremony, Iron Man's armor again malfunctions, striking the ambassador with a repulsor blast, killing him. Pushed to the edge by his army of super villains, Tony Stark must find a way to stop Hammer and combat his own personal demons. The story, other than alcoholism, tackles issues like the overpopulation of cities and the pollution of the environment. Knowing that Tony Stark battles "obsession" how does that affect your reading of the "Civil War" story arc? Following Disney’s purchase and distribution of Marvel Studios films, Tony’s alcohol consumption lessened.Iron Man faces his most untouchable foe in criminal industrialist Justin Hammer and his literal army of super villians! Tony's struggling with the possible hostile takeover of Stark Industries by SHIELD, as well as troubles with his armor. Colonel Fury threatening to take Stark's technology away from him becomes a little bit more important later on. Roxxon wants Iron Man and Namor to fight with each other, but they figure things out and they destroy Roxxon's ships. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Granted, like quite a few Marvel trades from this time, the true storyline is much more in the background than one would expect picking it up. Speaking of fat men, they also decide to retell Iron Man's origin but this time a little fat man is the master mind.

The final pages where we see Tony resist the temptation to drink again was powerful and a wonderful pay off to the journey we've just been through. Plus, he has to address the problem of his alcoholism in a single issue that reads much like an Afterschool Special.