Iron Man #17

[kojiro]

Maria gives birth, but the baby starts coughing. The doctor tells them the degeneration is halted, but he'll never be able to breathe without medical assistance. They decide they have to keep the baby a secret so 451 will never know.



Tony goes inside the room, where he meets Arno.


Tony says he also found out he was adopted.



 

Comments

[dragontail]

In the issue prior to this, Tony returns to Earth after his space adventures to a surprise birthday party thrown by Pepper and the Resilient team. It's implied it's a "big birthday", meaning (I'm guessing) either his 30th or 40th, deliberately left open to reader interpretation.