Iron Man: Demon In A Bottle TPB

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portrayed Stark as having a personality that was highly addictive, and a desire to exert control when he felt his personal life was out of his control. Stark admits to his drinking problem and accepts Beth's offer to help him to quit drinking and help him through withdrawal. Roxxon wants Iron Man and Namor to fight with each other, but they figure things out and they destroy Roxxon's ships. This story really helped people overcome their own addictions, or understand people close to them that have an addiction themselves.

By the beginning of the 21st century, Tony had been sober for years, a fact that Scarlet Witch preyed on during Avengers Dissambled (2004) in which she manipulated Stark’s mind to make him feel and act inebriated, which immediately concerned his fellow Avengers. I'd recommend this to anyone, with any level of Iron Man knowledge, particularly movie fans looking for a place to jump into the comics.

Stark is failing to take on either of these problems well and as he fails his dependency on alcohol becomes stronger which causes him to make even more bad decisions that could have been easily-solved if he was sober. Hailstone said Romita's artwork is "as good as anything in his long career," and concluded that "while it might not deal with the consequences of addiction in the same powerful ways as films like French Connection II—this is a comic, after all—having re-read the tale almost 20 years on, it holds up amazingly well. Speaking of fat men, they also decide to retell Iron Man's origin but this time a little fat man is the master mind. Iron Man's greatest enemy here isn't the guy who tries to control his suit, nor are the super villains who attack him.

While his superhero status keeps him out of jail, he’s lost the trust of the public, his friends, and his colleagues. Collected editions include a trade paperback published in May 2006 ( ISBN 0-7851-2043-2) and a Marvel Premiere Classics hardcover in 2008 ( ISBN 0-7851-3095-0). During Iron Man's history, there has never been a more defining moment for Tony Stark and his armored persona than the one described in "Demon in a Bottle". When the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline originally ran in 1978 the average comic book reader was closer to 10-12 years old; much younger than the 25-30 year olds who make up the bulk of comic book readers now.era Iron Man, in which, you know, it’s hard out there for a man with a pimp haircut and ’stache like Tony’s. Demon in a Bottle" later became the popular name for the storyline, and collected editions were then published under that title.

This is considered as one of the most important, if not THE most important Iron Man stories ever written and that's for a reason.Demon in a bottle" is an inspired story, far from just-good-vs-evil, with many shades of grey and one deserving a place on your shelf. 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 cause and ideal may vary with the morning headlines -- while the innocents in today's world of muddy morality, may ultimately prove to be guilty. 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.

This is a much better representation than DC's handling because this doesn't belittle the sufferer and it's from their POV - not an outsider with a hell of a lot of contempt for the sufferer. said, "The fall and rise of a hero is a classic plot, and it’s seldom been better used in the graphic narrative medium and never bettered in the super-hero field. Jamie Hailstone of Den of Geek said that "some of the storytelling and the portrayal of Tony Stark as a millionaire playboy may be a little hackneyed," but praised the storyline for "[giving] the character a much needed injection of reality.A comparison of this collection with his recent work on Spider-Man clearly shows the elements of his style that he's kept, developed, or discarded. He then meets with Scott Lang, the second Ant-Man, and asks him to sneak into the prison where Whiplash is being held to get information on the person named Hammer. Navy ships approach and soldiers help the passengers to safety, and bring Iron Man to an island base. That last factor has become such an integral part of the character’s identity many would believe it was there from the beginning.