INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #26: Tony tells Maria Hill a story

[starwolf_oakley]

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #26 has Tony Stark, right after getting his memory rebooted during DARK REIGN.

This scene seems to be Marvel saying "When Tony Stark is a jerk, it is because he's an alcoholic, even if he's sober at the time."





Was this flashdrive shutdown MacGuffin ever used?



Larocca drew Tony Stark to look like Josh Holloway (Sawyer from Lost) and Pepper Potts to look like Nicole Kidman. Is Maria Hill supposed to look like an actress?



The Continuity Geek in me wonders when this blackout took place, since Pepper was away from Stark Industries (and married to Happy Hogan) for quite a while.



Tony goes to this well a lot. "If I had to do it all again, I'd do it all the same."

But, is Tony's alcoholism the reason he does these villainous things so often? Even if he's not drunk? It seems his alcoholism was the reason he supported Super Hero Registration so fervently during CIVIL WAR, to the degree of becoming nearly a fascist.

Everyone got over Tony's actions during CIVIL WAR. But I'm wondering how Tony and Carol will stand to be in the same room after CIVIL WAR II?

Comments

[locuatico]

I think part of the problem is writers wanting to take a Broad Strokes approach to some characters. And Hill is victim of this too often.

This Tony is trying to reconcile the.......villain... from Civil War with the more heroic characterization. This Hill is trying to ignore that she tried to arrest Captain America even before the super registration act was little more than a PROJECT. (meaning, it was SUPER illegal)

That is probably part of the reason why Hill (on top of writers confusing downright villainy with moral ambiguity) has grown to be so unlikable over the years. Writers will either write her as someone who does immoral and awful things. Or, like right here, someone who seems to think they have the moral high ground, despite Tony at least trying to stick to the law, while she was a little too eager to ignore legal procedure.