Avengers Vol 8 31

Alternate Covers: Chinese New Year Variant Gwen Stacy Variant Avengers Vol 8 #31 Published Released April, 2020 February 26, 2020 Issue Details Pages 40 Rating T+ (13 and up) Original Price $4.99 Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski Cover Artist Gerardo Zaffino Production Carlos Lao "The Temptation of Anthony Stark" Writer Jason Aaron Penciler Gerardo Zaffino Geraldo Borges Szymon Kudranski Oscar Bazaldua Robert Gill Mattia De Iulis Inker Gerardo Zaffino Geraldo Borges Szymon Kudranski Oscar Bazaldua Robert Gill Mattia De Iulis Colourist Rachelle Rosenberg Mattia De Iulis Letterer Joe Caramagna Editor Tom Brevoort Alanna Smith Shannon Andrews Ballesteros Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers Vol 8 #30 Avengers Vol 8 #32

Appearing in "The Temptation of Anthony Stark"

Featured Characters:

• Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

• Howard Stark (Revealed to be alive in main story and impersonates Mephisto in flashback)
• Mephisto (Present and past in main story and flashback; impersonates Howard Stark in past)
• Ape King (Gorgilla Alpha)

Other Characters:

• God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
• Avengers of 1,000,000 BC (Past in main story and flashback)
  • Ghost Rider (Ghost) (Past in main story and flashback)
  • Starbrand (Vnn) (Past in main story and flashback)
  • Lord Odin (Past in main story and flashback)
  • Agamotto (Past in main story and flashback)
  • Black Panther (Past in main story and flashback)
  • Lady Phoenix (Past possessed by Phoenix Force in main story and flashback)
  • Iron Fist (Fan Fei) (Past)
• Avengers (Mentioned) (Main story and flashback)
  • Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Vision)
  • Black Panther (T'Challa) (Behind the scenes)
• Snuffaluffagus (Mentioned) (Topical reference) (Only in flashback)
• Brock Lesnar (Mentioned) (Topical reference) (Only in flashback)
• X-Men (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Stark Tech (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Grape Ape (Topical reference)
• Kings of Hell (Referenced)
• Phoenix (Logan) (Possessed by the Phoenix Force in vision)
• Scourge (Vision)
  • The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Vision)
  • Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Vision)
• Goddesses of Thunder (Vision)
  • Atli Wodendottir (Vision)
  • Ellisiv Wodendottir (Vision)
  • Frigg Wodendottir (Vision)
• Starbrand (Suzanne's daughter) (Vision)
• Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Smilodon (Past)
• Mammoths (Past in main story and flashback)
• Early Humans (Past in main story and flashback)
• Demons (Past in main story and flashback)
• Asgardian-Frost Giant Hybrids (Past in main story and flashback)
• Panthers (Past corpse in main story and flashback)
• Mutants (Past in main story and flashback)
• Abstract Entities (Past in main story and flashback)
• Gods (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Snakes (Past) (Only in flashback)
• Gorgillas (Past)
• Zombies (Mentioned)
• Celestials (Corpse in vision)
• Many-Angled Ones (Behind the scenes in vision)
• Human-Kree Hybrids (Vision)
• Asgardians (Vision)
• Ants (Referenced)

Locations:

• Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback; present and past)
  • Earth (Main story and flashback; present and past)
    • North America (Main story and flashback)
      • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
        • New York (Only in flashback)
          • New York City (Only in flashback)
            • Manhattan (Only in flashback)
              • Midtown (Only in flashback)
                • Fifth Avenue (Only in flashback)
                  • Stark Mansion (Only in flashback)
        • Nevada
          • Las Vegas
            • Luxor Las Vegas (Cameo)
            • Hotel Inferno
    • Asia (Past in main story and flashback; behind the scenes in present)
      • Turkey (Past in main story and flashback; behind the scenes in present)
    • Wakanda, Africa (Referenced)
    • Arctic Ocean (Vision)
      • Arctic Circle (Vision)
        • North Pole (Vision)
          • Avengers Mountain (Vision)
  • Hell (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
  • Mephisto's Realm (Mentioned)
  • Asgard (Referenced)
  • Negative Zone (Vision)
• Earth-14412 (Vision)

Items:

• X-Ray Contacts (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Iron Man Armor Model 29 (Extremis Armor) (Main story and flashback)
• Star Brand (Past in main story and flashback)
• Fossilized Iron Man Armor helmet (Referenced)
• Back to the Future (Topical reference)
• Mjolnir (Past in main story and flashback)
• Eye of Agamotto (Past in main story and flashback)
• Vibranium (Past in flashback)
• Infinity Stones (Past)
  • Power Stone (Past)
  • Time Stone (Past)
• Iron Man Armor Model 66 (First appearance)
• Captain America's Uniform (Vision)
• Adamantium (On the Phoenix's claws in vision)
• Captain Marvel's Suit (Vision)
• Ftaghn Four Uniform (Vision)
• Jarnbjorn (Vision)
• Hridgandr (Vision)
• Stormbreaker (Vision)
• Unidentified Iron Man Armor

Vehicles:

• Agents of Wakanda Helicarrier (Behind the scenes)

Events:

• Halloween (Referenced)
• War of the Realms (Referenced)
• Starbrand Reborn (Vision)
• Annihilation - Scourge (Vision)
• Damnation (Mentioned)
  
  

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Solicit Synopsis

THE TEMPTATION OF ANTHONY STARK!

Special Oversized Issue! Trapped in an icy cave at the dawn of time, Tony Stark has lost most of his armor and a good chunk of his mind. And tonight when the sun goes down and the devil comes round again, Iron Man may very well lose whatever’s left of his soul. A dark tale of hell and ice and iron, unlike any Golden Avenger story you’ve ever read, featuring the gorgeously gritty visuals of guest artist Gerardo Zaffino (CONAN THE BARBARIAN).

Trivia

• Iron Man's pose in the page that debuts his Ice Age Armor is a homage to the cover of Iron Man #126.^[1]

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