cap_ironman | Question to the comm: the five key moments of Tony Stark

Hail fellow slashers of the iron and shield. I'm girding myself to do a Tony Stark centric fic, and I need to know what do you think are the five key moments of Tony Stark in marvel canon?

For instance, I have:

1. Death of Tony's parents (and him subsequently inheriting Stark Industries)

2. Tony's alcoholism: nuff said.

3. The Crossing; where Tony is mind controlled by Kang the Conqueror (apologies if I get this mixed up, I'm going off memory here) and he becomes a traitor in the Avengers' ranks. It's important because in Avengers Disassembled no one believed him that he was being mind controlled (although it had happened to him a decade before)

4. The death of Rumiko: she was around for 85 issues, and Tony tried to have a relationship with her in a way that he didn't with Cabe or that woman who shot him.

5. Civil War.

These are the ones that I can name off the top of my head, but I might be wrong, and might have overlooked some other key issues, like when Stark faked his own death, or was unable to walk for a time, or when he fell out with Captain America during The Crossing.

So, help?

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Oh god, the Crossing. After that whole fiasco with Onslaught, when the heroes all returned alive (Heroes Return), he said he actually remembered being all three versions of Tony--himself, the teenager, and the man he was on Counter-Earth (who was an interestingly messed-up gent in his own right).

And then he court-martialed himself, but didn't seem satisfied with the result (everyone was very understanding and let him off the hook), and that's when he created the telepath-blockers.

So while they did give him a bit of reaction (itself somewhat unusual in comics), they never really went through with it. And the next time they ran into Kang, I sort of expected him to have a Moment, but he didn't react at all.

*cough* Anyway, I told you I was kind of fascinated with it. But the Crossing was the end of volume 1 of the Iron Man comic, and Heroes' Return was the beginning of volume 3, so that's a lot more material than Rumiko's death, which happened near the end of that run. Granted there's some very satisfying stuff in there--Ty Stone and the sentient armor, off the top of my head--but still. That's over 80 issues (1998 to 2005).

By the way, I hunted that stuff up on this link to all the Iron Man covers and their publication dates (http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/iron-man/7), which might be useful to you.

That helps me a lot. Better than the scribbles I have. I have like, a sort of grid where stuff crosses. I love the crossing, but I wouldn't touch it.

Oh god, the Crossing. After that whole fiasco with Onslaught, when the heroes all returned alive (Heroes Return), he said he actually remembered being all three versions of Tony--himself, the teenager, and the man he was on Counter-Earth (who was an interestingly messed-up gent in his own right).

I read these issues when I was a teen. I'd buy these comics with my allowance - and this was back in the day when money was more of a concern than it is now.

Oh, Tony.

Heh, yeah. I didn't follow Marvel very much at that time, but it looked kind of interesting...till it went all weird near the end and they seemed to begin and then drop three completely different story arcs in a row (which I learned much later was exactly what had happened :D ).

I remember people griping that the X-Men seemed to be the only thing left, though.

Oi, I figured that you're looking for info on technology, and I have a blog that I occasionally post nifty technology news to, so I could actually pay attention to posting stuff to it and give you the link.

http://bluesrat.blogspot.com (http://bluesrat.blogspot.com)

I generally just forward technology news to it, so it's not deep reading or anything. It should be open for anyone to post on, so if you find anything on there potentially useful and/or want to know more about it, I could look into it and point you toward further information.

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