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That's the name of a top red general, noted for his brutality! He controls this vast commie spy network, and heaven help the undercover man who flubs an assignment!
What do I do now? Iron Man is helpless against an enemy with the ability to melt iron! And yet, without my other identity, I'm just an ordinary human... More vulnerable than most because my heart would stop without my chest plate! (...) What's the matter with me? I'm still not helpless! I've still got the greatest weapon in the world... a human brain!
Pepper and Happy, bless their hearts, were probably looking after things for me at the plant during my absence... And knowing them, someone could have stolen the whole factory from under their noses while they argue about which of them is my most alert assistant!
If I know my women, and nobody knows them better than Tony Stark, the Black Widow must be impatient to strike by now! And whatever she does... She'll find Iron Man ready for her this time!
I'm sick of being Iron Man! Sick of having to wear an electronic chest plate 24 hours a day! Sick of living on borrowed time... Never knowing which moment will be my last!
It seems that every masked, unusual criminal in the east tries to attack my weapons factory sooner or later! Every time I turn around I'm menaced by some crackpot or spy!
Now I'd better get back to the factory before everyone realizes how well they can all get along without me!
What cruel trick of fate is this?? I'm one of the strongest, most powerful, most feared humans on the face of the Earth! There is nothing I cannot accomplish... Nothing I would not dare! And yet, I haven't the courage to remove my iron armor... I don't dare gamble with my damaged heart! I'm a prisoner of Iron Man... Of my own creation!!
That's one of the hazards of being a lone-wolf type of adventurer! After a while, you begin to talk to yourself!
It has to be this way! The ranks of the Avengers will always need replenishing! The old must ever give way to the new!
He...he called me boss! He knew! And still he helped me...even though I've always stood between him and Pepper...! But now...I've got to make sure he didn't sacrifice his life in vain...! While a breath still remains within me, I'll fight...I'll make this moment meaningful, old friend...I swear it! Wherever you are, Happy...I pray that you know...this is for you!
You made the same mistake all tyrants and bullies make! You thought you'd just have to flex your muscles and show your strength, and your enemies would fall by the wayside!
Namor! Others have always said you were a raging madman -- a murderous menace! But I never believed it -- not until now!
Boy, will this give'em something to talk about when they get together at their next peace through strength rally!
Just call me a cock-eyed optimist, Rambunctious... and if a Rogers and Hammerstein reference is a bit out of style for you, I'll hum a few bars of "Break on Through to the Other Side!"
You've been looking at it all wrong, Stark! You're not a civilian, you're a soldier -- albeit a reluctant one.
-- And I swear, as the man, Tony Stark-- As the Avenger fate chose to cast in the role of Iron Man-- That I will live to avenge those whose lives have been lost through the ignorance of men like the man I once was-- Or I will die trying!
It seems that every masked, unusual criminal in the east tries to attack my weapons factory sooner or later! Every time I turn around I'm menaced by some crackpot or spy!
I'm alone -- the millionaire "man who has everything" is missing one all-important item -- a friend.
I'm recovered enough to feel hatred towards the one responsible for all this -- and to want revenge on MODOK!
Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. have been my allies for years! My friends! And I still don't know why they'd want to trash Tony Stark. But they're not up against Stark any more -- they're up against Iron Man! And by God, they're going to -- know it!
Sometimes I wonder which is the real me... this splendid metal skin I've created -- or the frail thing of flesh that wears it.
Mister, you may not talk, but you will give me information. You'll write it, or type it, or beat it out in Morse code... or send it in smoke signals -- but give it you will!
Part of me wants to pulverize that woman! But another part knows that her ends are noble. Even if her means are misguided.
I do have a responsibility to keep my inventions from evil hands – but I have a greater responsibility to oppose that evil any way I can. So, Tony Stark may have done his bit out there, but only Iron Man can do what has to be done... So... I guess Iron Man will be around for a while.
Hardly fitting for the head of Stark Enterprises to be found parading around his office in his unmentionables... billionaire playboy image or not.
I've no idea what's been happening to me. It may be the work of some enemy... it may be the price I have to pay for the years I abused my body... wrecked myself with alcoholism...
(To Living Laser) Last time you chided me for my reticence about destroying you...You'll be pleased to hear...I've Gotten Over That!
Hope your insurance is up to date, clown. I've been feeling just the teeniest bit TICKED OFF for the last few days. You know, looking for a target for my frustrations. And YOU JUST GOT ELECTED! (As he DESTROYS a SI attacker's monster truck)
Even though I know it's every bit as mad as you say, I've got to take this fight right into their arena. And show them when they mess with Tony Stark....they mess with Iron Man!
With my central nervous system wrecked, I have no chance of survival without outside influence. So, once again, I find myself dependent on my suit for life. Once again my Iron Man armor becomes a walking iron lung. A walking prison!!
I got a rundown on the Warheads weapons systems for you, Fury...but there's something you should know - But no matter how dangerous these Warheads and Mys-Tech are, believe me, they're nowhere near as dangerous as some of the things they go up against!
Alcoholism killed my father-- and came close to finishing me, too. So don't think you're the only one who's been through this.
No! I can't accept this! We've been functioning for less than 6 hours! We haven't even formally inaugurated the team yet......and they're all dead or missing!
The Scatter are interstellar scavengers. They move from world to world, devouring as they go. If Century is right, we're in for one nasty visit.
I could never... confess. There was no one to turn to all these years, knowing how it would go... where the long, slow fall into the dark would take me... what it would cost me. But I had no choice. He broke me. He broke me from the very beginning.
Ironic then, that... my greatest failure... is my only chance. Project: Prometheus Rising. A self-contained armory and mobile life support unit. A walking, flying, invincible body armor... it destroyed my best friend's life... will it save my own?
Oh. Real nice, Mandarin. You can't even have a conversation without weighing the odds in your favor, can you?
Pardon the interruption, Angelica-- But I've got some new business. First, I'm back to active duty-- Tony Stark's reworked my armor to eliminate the problems I'd been having with it. And he's done a little research, too-- Analyzing the energy-residue left behind after Lord Templar's appearances, and he may have come up with a way to track him down!
And that we Avengers must now do what we have long dreaded... ...and join our power in battle against the Hulk... ...and, if we must, destroy him!
The stronger I make my armor, the longer I live! And I must live on! There is so much unfinshed work to be done!
If I knew that being a working stiff was this hard, I'd have given Happy and Pepper raises every month... heck, every week.
My name is Hogan Potts. I was once a billionaire, playboy, and industrialist by the name of Tony Stark. And now I'm a current Sherlock Holmes wanna-be.
I don't want to fight you, Thor! But if that's what it'll take to make you back off -- then that's what I'll do!
Thor gave me that enchanted jewel fragment in hopes that it would be a source of energy to serve mankind, but now it's become a weapon... and I may have to use it against my friend.
Oh no you don't! No... cyanide for you... Mabel. I'm... sick of... assassins... who won't stick around... to answer questions...
They wanted it to... to kill all non-whites. Statistics here... how many of our own soldiers would die. Minorities. Lord...
Sorry, Tony...but Captain America's more important than you... Let's just hope I can keep him alive long enough...for Panther to get him out.
Not very patriotic of you, Sonny. You ought to let them have one of my designs that doesn't shake apart in a sonic blast!
I wasn't drunk. I didn't have a drink. I haven't had one in who knows how long. I was overcome with the feeling -- the feeling of being drunk -- I wasn't in control. That's why I think this is some sort of attack. All of this. All of it happening at the same time. The Mansion, boom. Scott. Boom. Vision. Boom. And boom! I'm asked to step down as secretary of defense.
It means we don't need S.H.I.E.L.D. permission to but the Avengers back together. And no offense to you, Agent Hill, but considering that S.H.I.E.L.D. has some 40-odd major powered threats... who were, just last night, under S.H.I.E.L.D. guard... now running loose in the city of New York and beyond... I would think that you would welcome our expertise.
...there's one last little thread to be taken care of, so I'll go and attend to it and leave you to... polish his silverware
A Wolverine appearance? How novel. Seriously, this is the third time I've run into you this week, Logan.
Once you've read it over, give me your thoughts. And pack your bags--because we're going to Washington.
Mr. Mallen. Lay on the ground, hands behind your head, ankles crossed. Or I'm going to have to kill you.
Think about it, Nick. What if war was obsolete? What if terrorism and crime, famine and disease were obsolete? Where would we be?
What do I say? I say you take your best shot... then you watch me heal... then I take my best shot. Bub.
In everyone's life, Peter, there's an 'it'... your wife leaves you, or you get cancer. There's your life before 'it' and your life after 'it.' 9/11 was an 'it' of national magnitude. And Stamford... is going to be another one.
We're at war now. There's no place for you and your games anymore. I only put up with it because Captain America believed in you. But, clearly, things are different now, and I can't afford to have you out there as a wild card. You made you choices, Jessica. You made your bed.
Think about it, Nick. What if war was obsolete? What if terrorism and crime, famine and disease were obsolete? Where would we be?
The world needs the Avengers. The best of the best. The best and the brightest. Symbols. Icons. It's a time of healing. It's a time to tell people we're looking out for them.
To do what I needed to do to win this quickly-- I knew that meant you and I would probably never speak again. Or be friends again. Or partners again. I told myself I was okay with it because I knew I was right and I--I knew it was saving lives. It was!! It was the right thing to do! And--and--and I was willing to get in bed with people we despise to get this done. And I knew the world favors the underdog and that I would be the bad guy. I knew this and I said it was okay with it. And--and even though I said... Even though I said I was willing to go all the way with it... I wasn't. And--and I know this because the worst has happened. The thing I can't live with has happened. And for all our back and forth--and all the things we've said and done to each other... For all the hard questions I've had to ask, and terrible lies I've had to tell... There's one thing that I'll never be able to tell anyone now. Not my friends or my co-workers or my President... The one thing!! The one thing I should have told you. But now I can't... It wasn't worth it.
I need a day when there aren't twenty crises to deal with, but I don't see that coming any time soon.
Any direct help I gave to you could be tracked back to me. I could be held liable for aiding and abetting a known criminal. It would undermine everything I've been trying to build since the war. The stakes are bigger than you, or me... or even May.
Like I said, this doesn't make any kind of sense. Why is Logan, for all intents and purposes, brain-dead?
He's a witness. I need to know what happened that night. I've got a very thin window of opportunity before the C.S.A. forces us to release Graviton into federal custody. Then we have nothing.
Steve asked me to save him, and if THIS doesn't do it, I don't know WHAT will. And anyway...he's already got the shield.
Declaring an end to all war? Enforcing peace on earth? That's not the Mar-Vell we knew. He's clearly hurting, but he's out of control. He's dangerous... And we can't have that.
Victor von Doom...you're under arrest for crimes against humanity. ... You recognize my authority now?
I found what I almost always find: Genocidal goons with guns. Your tax dollars pay me to beat the hell out of people like this. (I decline the paycheck by the way.) The job is its own reward...
Don't take this wrong, Dugan, but if this is the first trial of your new airborne unit -- I think you forgot some crucial equipment.
Rahimov was right. But I was right, too. "How many have died?" he asked. "Too many", I said. But I didn't tell him the rest. What happens when you... make those decisions. All those people I've touched... I remember them. I remember them all.
By the way, I'm dying to know, why do they call you Cheeseburger? It's not some horrible physical deformity hidden by the flight suit, is it? Because that would be really depressing.
The Avengers were almost killed by a monster who could possibly destroy the entire planet. The one chance we have of defeating this new enemy -- and your bigotry gets him killed on a suicide mission.
My point is -- in Norman Osborn -- we don't have a bunch of dropouts and failures calling the shots. We've actually got a real, dyed-in-the-wool, mustache-twirling looney-toon running the show.
You know damn well nobody's too big to go away when the right people are angry at you. And these people are very, very angry at me.
Elektra was the first casualty of the Skrull invasion, gentlemen. I won't let you make her the last.
It's all happening now. Chunks of stuff just...go. I can't remember any of third grade. I can't remember the names of any particular cars. They're all just..."cars." I have thirty-three cars all over the world but I can't remember a single name of a single one. But I know I have thirty-three.
I can't believe this thing ever moved an inch, let alone saved my life. But you, Mr. Bright-and-shiny-- You're the key.
Stark here. Please could you be both beautiful and vastly tolerant? You're who? NASA? The you fit the bill precisely.
This isn't the first time in my life I've done things I clearly thought were amazing at the time only to come to and find I'd actually laid waste to my life.
My kingdom for a Radio Shack. ... 3.8 design. 3.8 design. Yeah, yeah, I remember now. Digital fingerprint lock sequence. Ah. There we go. The self repair kit. I do love me sometimes. ... Actually, my kingdom for a coffee.
I promise I will explain it all when we get back. I will draw you pictures, I will use puppets...but for right now, you have to just listen to me.
Yes. Yes, I did. And it was as mean and pretty and venal a thing as I've ever done. And only you and I knew about it.
People are as good as their opportunities. I've been given a new opportunity. And I'm going to share it with Imperio. And we're going to lift ourselves up out of the darkness together.
You're in luck, Doctor Solvang. I happen to be a very good Nerd-To-Asgardian translator. I'm gonna go see a man about your horse.
Ms. Potts, I'm sure this thought has already occurred to you, But -- this is a terrible product launch.
All those things...All the things I said and did--I'm--I'm so, so sorry. I know that's not enough, but I hope you will allow me the chance to earn your friendship back. I don't deserve it...I just hope you let me. I'm not as good at--at anything as I am when I'm doing it next to you. And that's the truth.
Well. To answer your question Geoffrey: When you said the word "Gibborim" during our little meeting, that sounded rather mystic-y to me. So I thought I'd call a Master in the Art. And he felt we should call in the cavalry.
You were hauled off to jail not fifteen minutes ago, Wilder. But I doubt you're staying there long. You let yourselves be defeated a tad too easily. I thought about what you said. And I decided you were right. So I'm going to give up all personal interest in Imperio Techworks. I'll leave the Los Angeles metropolitan area to join Iron Man and his friends outside the city limits. I will not tell my allies in the super hero community that I strongly suspect your Pride runs the law in southern California. And in exchange, you will leave the people of Imperio alone. Forever. If I learn you somuch as prevented a streetlight from going up there...I will call the Avengers. And the Fantastic Four. And the X-Men. And the Inhumans. And the Atlanteans. And anyone else I can think of. And I will not rest until I have annihilated you.
And, listen, you know, in fact more than you...how much unbridled ego comes with this job. To be who we are, to represent what we want to represent...you have to be arrogant enough to believe you can do it. It's ego that got us here and it's ego that allows us to stay. Yes, we took the damn Infinity Gems, and we did so because we thought they were safe with us. It was arrogance and it was ego. And it was absolutely right. For all this time. So, though you may think it's your job to judge me and the others for what we did here...I think it's nothing. Nothing compared to the things we've had to do to keep the world safe. Nothing.
If he was changed into a god, he can be changed back! Ngghh! A little science, a little magic... a match made in heaven.
When I was a kid, I didn't share the toys very well. Had a bad incident with some lincoln logs -- point is I've been holding back on you. You deserve better.
I can create a world without war. I can make a world without alcohol or drugs. Without hate or jealousy. But then it wouldn't be the world we live in. Nothing would be learned, nothing would be gained. We wouldn't advance as species.
They're not statues. I keep telling myself again and again. They're bodies. We're not blowing up rocks or bad public art. These are people.
This isn't a bad guy. This isn't a villain. This is something monstrous and magical. Beyond science; beyond reason. This is the face of a miracle. A real and true and tragic-beyond-imagination miracle.
I tell myself -- that I hate being drunk again. Well. It's just not true. Because I'm enjoying the hell out of it.
Prayer? You're going to pray? Who would you be petitioning precisely? Me? God? And what did God say to the people of Paris as you turned them into stone? When they said help me lord as you destroyed one of the greatest cities on Earth. Did God answer them? You know they say in certain rooms that God answers every prayer. Just most days, he says 'no.' ... That's not today. Today, God said something else entirely. Lucky you. Lucky us.
Sorry, Rhodes. Apparently you didn't hear the news. In the great war between Palmer Addley and everyone else... Tony Stark has switched sides.
I'll have you know I was playing a very unimportant game of chess right now with a man that kept saying "king me."
Your drug of choice, Doctor... ...is rage. Over your rough childhood. Failed marriage. All the bad hands you've been dealt over the years, and you've suffered quite a string. Like most addictions, the Hulk is both cause and cure for your problems. Giving into him delivers release. At first. But then pain. Always pain.
We'll finish building the Titanomechs, of course. But, Ezekiel, I think in the downtime, I'd like to fix you.
You're an idiot. Life is disappointing for idiots. Even if I'm playing your game, this isn't a game.
Please don't thank me. Thank the woman who managed to trick the military into funding a cure for pretty much everything thinking it was the ultimate killing machine. This is all she ever wanted. I'm the guy who spent his twenties making weapons.
So, Tony. You killed their "God". Nice one. But don't worry. I'm sure the Voldi will just freeze you in carbonite and eventually your friends will turn up and pull you out of this mess. And then you'll get to make out with the princess. It's all going to be fine.
Hmm. Stalking in the dark striking fear into your enemies seems to have a kind of primal appeal. 10/10. Highly recommended. Would do again.
I will come back. We'll all come back. We left too much of ourselves on the Moon. Too many dreams. Too many future. One day, we have to come back for it. For all of it. One day. One day...
I'm an Avenger, Rhodey. I'm kind of a big deal Avenger, even. You may have seen me in popular adventures like saving the Earth on a daily basis.
Now, my armor tells me that your blood alcohol is wayyyy high. Trust me. It's a bad idea to be using any powers in your state.
These are a race of immortal sadists who've been stealing kids from time. They're incapable of understanding any of the pain they've caused. But I'm going to find a way to make them understand. I'm coming for you, elf. I'm coming for you all.
You clearly know nothing about me, so here's a short bio for you. I used to make weapons for a living. I sold things that killed people. All I do is think about the lives I've destroyed. The only thing that used to give me a break from it was alcohol. But that only made things worse. You know what I learned, though, from all that drinking? That it's real easy to blame everyone else for what's gone wrong with your life. That's what I used to do, until the day I finally woke up and realized... Buddy, you brought this on yourself.
It'd kill him to know that he could have stopped it if he'd just read an e-mail. It'd kill him to know that he could have stopped it if he was less like me. Pride. It's a top-seven original sin.
Wrong? Wrong? You people... Wrong? I haven't been wrong once! There's not a single decision I've made that I would change. Unleash me? Unleash me? You should thank whatever God you worship that I'm alive to save you. Great! Walk away! It doesn't matter. You'll be back. But make sure when you do come back--because you need me-- that it's on your knees. Both of you! Repentant! Because I can't save any of you, unless you realize that you need saving! And that I'm the only one in this entire planet who can do it!
I'm the most intelligent, capable person on the planet. I'm not playing God. All this time... I've been playing human. I've been doing this for you. For all of you. I have wasted so much time. So much energy. To look like you--to sound like you--so that you specks feel comfortable around me. I've been holding back, but not any more. I've changed. It's like I was blind and now I can see. Only I'm not an ungrateful $#@% about it.
The app is not prohibitively expensive. It is within your reach. But you need to take some personal responsibility. You need to try harder. You need to earn more. You need to be better. You need to be superior. It's time to wake up, San Francisco.
I'm trying to work out, if I was you, would I see anything in me worth saving? Or would I be too concerned about my own existence to care?
My new armor. I finally found a way to merge all my different armor modes into one. Armor that can change shape and color scheme based on mission stats. Armor not attached to my biology in that way that freaks just about everybody out but is completely attached to my brain synapses. I have to take this out.
We have no funds, we have no equipment, and at any moment Ultron or Kang or somebody could come gunning for us. With that said -- who wants to join me as an Avenger?
You could save the world from Galactus, Thanos, and A.T.M. charges and it still wouldn't make up for all the $%#$% you've done in your life, Doom. It wouldn't change one thing.
Well, if I run, that's not cool. And if I stay and get tasered... that's not cool either. I'm in a bit of a pickle.
If I could arrest you for messing me up for all women, I'd do it... but I'll settle for illegal trade of illegal weapons to known international terrorists.
Karnak, I thought about you. I did. I thought about you. This thing you do -- being able to detect structural weaknesses in things. In your opponents. As an engineer, I don't think I ever told you how much I admire that. Sorry I don't have any.
Yeah, well, I'm saving the world from Carol. We're at war, Phil. And everyone's gonna have to choose a side. I want you and your team on mine. I want your help to stop Carol before any more blood gets on her hands. Think about it.
I'm not insane, Maria. I know where I am. I know who I am. I know who you are. I know what you're going to say. I know what this looks like. I know Carol Danvers is watching me from the 7K-3 Orbiting Reconnaissance Satellite wondering the same thing you are: What am I going to do next? And the Inhumans are bracing for war with me. Because pulling this building down was either an act of terror or an act of war. I'm going with war. Not to brag, but... when I quit manufacturing and inventing weapons for a living, I was the standard to which all others aspired. Okay, that was a big brag, but my point is... do you know how quickly I could remove the entirety of the Inhuman Royal Family and that eyesore of a city they run around in from the planet? But it won't bring my best friend back. It won't change the fact that half my friends have betrayed me. I know. I know what I can do next, but I don't, man, I don't know what I should do. Rhodey would know. There's a fifteen-year-old girl in Chicago that knows. But I-- I--
My point is, I respect you, truly, and it's so hard to fight you on this thing. Even after Rhodey, even after Banner... it's so hard to fight you because I respect you. Because I love you. But... you're so wrong on this. So wrong.
Earth is out of juice for you? Well, Earth is a dust mote, Stephen. There's a whole cosmos out there full of other planets, other galaxies. Other talismans, other exotic relics. Wouldn't you imagine? There must be other Sorcerers Supreme out there, each guarding his/her/its own territories. Go knock on their doors. See what they have to volunteer.
This is Iron Man. It's not a suit. Iron Man's an idea. Ever changing. And limited only by our imagination. I say "our" because Iron Man is an idea we all share at Stark Unlimited. It's all of us and everything we do here. We are Team Stark and... We. Are. Iron Man.
Rhodey's the only one I've told this to, but...I need to be honest about it. Especially with you. A while back, I erased my brain, and then digitally reinstalled it from a backup. And recently, I re-engineered my entire body, cell by cell. I think in doing that, something real in me might be gone. I don't know if...Do I still have a soul?
Ladies and gentlemen, if you'll all take your seats... the funeral of Squirrel Girl is about to begin.
I never played with toys. I made them. I made my ideas into reality, and then I re-created myself the exact same way! I'm an idea. My own idea. I'm the Invincible Iron Man and that's all I'll ever need to be!
Someone start feeding me answers. Now. What is this building for? How was it hidden within Stark Industries? And what in the hell was a Skrull doing here?
Rhodey's right. I know he is. He has a habit of doing that. Telling me a truth I don't want to hear.
Carol... it's enough. You gotta come to the lab with me. Now. We have to face this head-on... whatever it is.
You want to prove you're worthy to join the Avengers? Next time I see you, walk in carrying Thor's hammer.
Look, I understand being killed and resurrected is, well, a lot to deal with. I'm... kinda struggling on that front myself. But we aren't cars. We're people. There's so much more to us than component parts.
Never! Gnnn! I won't give up my humanity. I swear to you, Hank-Ultron-whatever you are... I'll never be like you! I'm getting all this artificial junk out of my system! Because I know what really matters! I know what makes me... me.
I'm an echo of Tony Stark. The idea of him. But I'm also his greatest idea, the one he came up with in a cave. I am Iron Man.
I know the Devil will be back. For one last temptation. And if you can't beat 'em, well, you know what they say...Luckily, I've never given a damn what people say. It's one of my only redeeming qualities. But right now, I don't need to be redeemed. I just need to survive. And here's the thing that defines who I am in the best and worst of ways. Tony Stark does his best work...when he's working to not die.
It's this simple. We're the Avengers -- and there has come a day. A day unlike any other -- an enemy no single hero can withstand. And we know how to deal with that. We can keep Alpha Flight in the loop -- but here and now, people need us to fight for them. And when that call goes forth, we don't stand back and debate it. We stand together and we stand up. Always.
Pal, you just stuffed my friend in a trunk that's a portal to hell! You're even less qualified to have this kid than I am! Stand the hell down!
Now? I'm done with 2020. I don't live in the now. I'm Tony Stark. And I'll always be... the Iron Man of the future.
It's easy at first. A man builds a suit. A man decides to help people. Then a man has a company. A mission. A vision. A brand. And soon a man has a reputation. Those things begin to crowd the picture and soon it's hard for the man to see the man.
Let me put it this way. I'd like to know that the world isn't just cold and gray. I don't want to believe it's just death and sadness and failure. Because if it isn't...then maybe there's a small chance of a way back from all this.
I've been playing it as a given that I should stop him. No matter how convinced Korvac is that he should "perfect" the universe, he has to be out of his mind. He has to be wrong... doesn't he?
I am alive. I am angry. I am no longer apologizing for anything. Not my machines. Not my decisions. Not my deeds. I am going to win this fight. I am the one who wins. Korvac thinks he is God. But I am Iron Man.
Big K, I don't mean to #$%& in your wizard hat, but the Aggregate, the glass creatures? This is all about you. It's obviously--cringingly--about you. It's a vanity project, and if you worked for me...I'd fire your ass.
Modesty has never been my strong suit. But then, my "strong suit" is literally a strong suit. A fast suit. Impenetrable. Unstoppable. Invincible. It's about time I reminded people of that.
You're wrong. We hate most that which we see in ourselves. With you, Michael Korvac, that means arrogance. Megalomania. Which is a mask covering up an abyss of fear. Fear so rich in stripe...it's pure cowardice. We don't need any gods born from fear.
I have so many ideas. I could fix everything. Starting with myself. But that's just the beginning. I promise you, it would all be so beautiful.
It's very hard for me to make friends. And even when I do, sooner or later, I turn them into an enemy. I can't explain it...But honestly...It's easier for me to make an enemy than a friend.
How long have you been scared to lose? Since the beginning, I'm betting. Since when just being yourself...just...some guy...meant a painful and...ultimately ignominious death. Right? Look, I get it. Most of the time...I wear a bunch of metal...just to feel okay. Just to feel...real. And even then...the metal, the armor...it's not enough. You know, I thought you were full of #$%& with your whole crusade...but then I went and got some Cosmic Power for myself too. It didn't work. Didn't fix one damn thing. What I'm saying, Michael...is stop hiding. Be a #$%& man. For once in your life. Try it. Or are you too scared?
I know. It's a lot. But, Patsy, I've got this real...clarity right now. And I had a lot of time to think while I was up there. You just...you anchor me in ways no one ever has. Patsy...I really love you.
The Starks built an empire off the manufacture of weapons. Technology with no moral compass. This armor--the armor we wear, all three of us--works as a correction against that. Always has.
Constructing a grilled cheese isn't that different from putting together a suit of armor. It's all about good ingredients and lubrication. And by lubrication, I mean butter. You've always got to use butter on the bread. It's the secret ingredient.
My father made his name and fortune selling weapons. I inherited it all without a second thought...until I realized it was people like us...Those who create and facilitate technology and innovation without regard for the consequences...who might very well be the ones to destroy all life as we know it. I will dismantle everything I've purchased from Source Control. But not before I've personally reverse engineered each item in order to figure out how to nullify the threat they pose. I will undo death. For all the victims of Stark Industries. Of Source Control. Of every morally bankrupt person who ever tried to rise to power with a gun in their hand. For Vic. For Carl.
You know what, Madame Menace--No, this is ridiculous, I'm not going to call you that. You know what, Sunset? Of course I knew that. You and I, our brains work the same way. We're engineers. We build situations, plans, worlds for ourselves. And we're used to being right. So I pulled a zig when you were expecting a zag. I did the last thing you would expect. I used someone else's trick. And how did I know it was a good trick? Because she already fooled me once with it.
It was testing me. And if it's still testing me, it's still testing us. And if it's still testing us? We're going to pass. And we're going to save everyone.
We survived because we used our brains and critical thinking. It's how good things are made or discovered. Whether it's grilled cheese or the next scientific breakthrough. Good scientists make good science. So blow my mind. I can't wait to see what you com up with!
And when I say "This is what we do," I don't mean fighting with fists and grit and blah, blah, blah...And I don't mean risking our lives, although you seem to have a hard time swallowing that one these days...Look at me when I'm talking to you. I mean we strain ourselves and our bonds in order to do the hard thing--Meaning, the right thing. The most right thing we can. We try no to break things. Some things still get broken. I've broken a lot. The only thing we can do then is try to repair, but that after we've done that most right thing. That's what we do. That's what I do. I'm not going to say I'm sorry for that anymore. And if you're not up for that kind of mission statement...Then welcome back to being a piece of #$%&, "Clayton."
Over the years, I've discovered at least ten more efficient ways to power my suit. But I keep going back to different versions of the arc reactor because I can't stop picturing the smile on his face if he saw what I've done with his designs...like he was still...here. ...Like, "Look, dad. I got it to work." So I put a dangerous power source over my chest because it brings me more comfort than if it wasn't there. I don't know if you'll ever get Mjolnir back. But what makes Mjolnir special to you--that feeling you've had so much of when the hammer was with you--It's not gone. It's still there. It can't be taken away from us.
Sometimes it just feels good to get my hands dirty, even at 4 A.M. Oops! Scratch that. I meant 5:30.
We don't know enough about what's inside to risk it. Even if you could break the damn thing, it could set off a chain reaction and blow us up along with half the eastern seaboard.
It's humbling when you suit up, do your best, and it all goes wrong... and you end up flat on your ass, and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. When you're a guy like me with a disease... you just gotta put one foot in front of the other and keep going. I'm not done fighting... Not by a long shot. I just... I... need help.
The technology we create...it can cause real disasters-- for people. I need someone in my corner in this capitalist society who will choose the red ink instead of red blood.
God, I want a drink. That never stops. Doesn't matter how many days I can string together. When I can't get to a meeting after a tough day, I come up here. To the edge of space. When the thrusters are off, the only sound is my heartbeat. I listen to it for a while. It's proof--I AM ALIVE.
Betsy Braddock--the best thing England's exported since divorce. How'd I get so lucky to fit into Captain Britain's busy schedule?
All right, Mojo... would love to stay for the after-party, but we kind of prefer our parties without naked guys who are prone to kidnapping. Not as much fun as you would think.
I tend to remember stories not by which year they happened in, but by which armor I was wearing at the time. And this chapter of my life took place when I was wearing an armor called "the Silver Centurion." Yes, the armor had shoulder pads, but there were tactical, aerodynamic reasons for them. Plus, they were a staple of the fashion of the day.
If you asked ten different people who Tony Stark is, you'd get a dozen answers. Inventor, Avenger, alcoholic, capitalist pig, hero, villain...you get the idea. The truth is, I've probably been all of those things. And through it all, Rhodey's remained my best and most loyal friend.
⚞sigh⚟ If I'd known today was today, I'd have shaved. Cletus Kasady. Back to spooking the natives--and using my freakin' suit to do it. No, this time, he doesn't slide. This time, the sick %$#@ answers for his crimes.
It's always lurking. It's tireless and waiting for a moment of weakness. When the urge strikes, I stop and breathe. Do equations. Think about baseball. I will not give Feilong the honor of being my nemesis...that remains one of my most important jobs.
For a guy who was about to walk down the aisle for the first and only time in his life, I wasn't nervous--until I opened those doors and saw her standing there. She looked beautiful. She was courageous and witty, and I knew this was an arrangement--a means to an end--but I didn't need to be a futurist to take one good look at the woman and know...Emma Frost was going to break my heart. And, damn, was I looking forward to it.
Everyone will know my signal when they see it, and everyone harmed by Feilong and Orchis will be avenged.
There's only two things I ever managed to believe in. Firstly, myself. And even then only about 50% of the time. Secondly, the future. That there would be one and we'd make it.
Professor Ho Yinsen was the hero here. He distracted the guards to save me. You get it? He died saving me! A--A better man than I ever thought of being! My whole life!
You get an Iron Man suit! And you get an Iron Man suit! And you get an Iron Man suit! Everyone gets an Iron Man suit!
The world needs the Avengers. The best of the best. The best and the brightest. Symbols. Icons. It's a time of healing. It's a time to tell people we're looking out for them.
Hate to say it, but [the Smiths] were a little grim coming out of R&D. We switched from gloom to glam as best we could.
Hmm. Stalking in the dark striking fear into your enemies seems to have a kind of primal appeal. 10/10. Highly recommended. Would do again.
You steal the Extrembiote and turn it into this monstrosity?! Who better to slay the evil dragon than a knight in titanium armor?
Builder | Yo...you...you don't understand... This...this...means...everything dies. |
Thor | You first.[1] |
Caretaker | Unforeseen complications, Builders...this world resists. |
Builders | They all resist.[2] |
Captain America | Understand, people, this is real, it's headed our way, and it's scary enough to make space empires scramble. Ex Nihilo. These people--your Builders--created you and your sister, Abyss. What chance would we have if they make it to Earth? |
Ex Nihilo | Captain, the measuring of probabilities is-- |
Abyss | The answer is none. If that fleet reaches this system, the next step in human evolution is extinction.[2] |
Kl'rt | I have received grave news, fellow warlords...the invaders have claimed another world. Two hundred billion souls...gone. |
My'rl | And did you summon us here to prattle while Skrull warriors die...or are we going to meet them in battle? |
Kl'rt | You think I run from glory, My'rl? If there was glory to be had, I would surely beat you there. No, you are here because...there is going to be a gathering. A war council on Nomad. Word has spread of this invading fleet. I wish for us to go in the hopes we can...prevent what looks inevitable.[3] |
Gladiator | NO!! |
Supreme Intelligence | Probablility of survival approaching zero if we do not withdraw from this theater. We've lost a third of the fleet in under a minute. |
Ronan | We have to retreat. Now! Run! RUN! RUN![3] |
Jerran Ko | Well, when I die, I will be gone forever. And it seems in death, our masters see fit to make a mockery of all that I have done and all I am. |
Aleph | Declarative: Triumph before all, Jerran Ko. Declarative: Complete your maker's commands...in defeat, at the very least, we wound. |
Jerran Ko | I remember a time when this symbol on my chest meant life. Record my words for the code, Aleph...tell everyone that Jerran Ko said those were better days...and that they are now long gone.[4] |
Builders | What we want is the preservation of our universe. What we want...is to destroy a world. Earth. |
J'son | What? I knew it! All of this...over a useless, backwater...I...I could give you Earth. I believe I could do that if it means you would leave my empire alone. I would do that if it would stop this war now. |
Builders | Oh, you insignificant creature...this is not a war, it is a cleansing...[5] |
Ex Nihila | You must leave as well, Creator...this ship will not last long against the great weapons. |
Builders | We have been stung here today...it is an insult I will not forget. Scuttle the ship. Then join the third wing in the battle. Make your end mean something, Ex Nihila.[6] |
Ronan | There are hundreds of Council ships in orbit around Hala. Ships that defeated your fleet. Ships contained by great warriors who certainly see the military significance of this empire and are not afraid to act on it. Why do you stay? |
Builder | Because this is my world. Because you bent the knee. And you do not realize your position...Supremor. Tell your Accuser how beaten we Builders are. Tell him what happens next. |
Supreme Intelligence | Based on observed behavior...99.7% chance that the scattered Builder fleet reassembles. Reassembly a certainty, there is a 72.5% chance that the Builder fleet continues on along their previously projected path. There is a 27% chance that the Builder fleet returns to deal with the remaining Council armada. Such a conflict would result in Council defeat in 83.2% of simulated battles. |
Builder | Yes. And under all of these scenarios, what is the projected percentage that you Kree remain under Builder control? |
Supreme Intelligence | Assuming natural attrition of insignificant worlds and prioritizing the significant world groups...70.1%. |
Builder | I stay...because this world is mine.[7] |
Annihilus | Hssssssss! |
Gladiator | The drones are attacking one another. I can't believe...that was...that was it...our last gambit. Our final effort. All we had left. Mentor, summon my son. Rally all the Super- and Subguardians. |
Mentor | Majestor-- |
Gladiator | No. Not Majestor...I will die as I lived. As Gladiator, praetor of the Imperial Guard. This is the end, my friend...unless saved by some unforeseen miracle, we die...and I would face it head-on.[8] |
Captain Universe | Why? When did death become your way, my child...? Even when you stopped worshipping me, you revered life...why this? |
Builders | Because the universe is dying. |
Captain Universe | I know. |
Builders | All the universes are dying, and there's only one way to save this one. Destroy the axis point...and perhaps save them all.[8] |
Builders | You must know by now that the Earth is the axis point for the death of everything...you must know what conclusion must be drawn from this fact. |
Reed Richards | No, that's not true. The cascading effect of other dying universes is increasing. The rate of all things dying. Killing a single Earth is like comparing a pebble to a planet. You're thinking too small. |
Builders | Oh, I agree. Incrementalism is a waste a time, but ask yourself...what if we killed all the Earths? All of them. We believe that would save everything, and if not save it, then at least prolong it, perserving a more natural end to our existence.[9] |
Oracle | Take a look. |
Captain America | Whose idea was that? Why would-- |
Oracle | Why? This war was not won by an empire, ours or any other. It was not won by the Council, who broke. No, every time the battle turned, it was you Earthers, you...Avengers...that won the day. You held at the Behemoth...you turned the World Killers on their masters over Hala...and then you broke the enemy with a single man and a hammer that was thrown around the sun...we rallied to you, good Captain. We rallied to your standard...Dockrum VII is free again...and it is an Avengers World.[10] |
Black Swan | And just how did you solve this incursion, Reed Richards? |
Iron Man | We didn't have to. |
Black Swan | You're making my point for me. |
Beast | Actually, it's interesting...they were a multi-universal, ancient civilization called Builders. Who it seemed-- |
Black Swan | HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! The Builders, you say...how very ominous. That is indeed some threat. |
Iron Man | I don't think you understand what we're talking about. Perhaps you don't know what all we--and our friends--have just been through. |
Black Swan | System-creating, universal migrants. Creators and Engineers...more than capable of destroying worlds. Did you not find it strange that they were limited in how they moved throughout your universe? That a race so advanced was limited to traveling in what was essentially a straight line? It's because their vessels were not built for traveling great distances outside of their Superflow. See...they invested heavily in their conduit, and now without it, they are trapped and unable to elude Rabum Alal--just like you, just like me. Tell me, Stark...do I sound like I know what I am talking about? [...] Are you aware that these Builders are confined to under five thousand realities? Who worries about a kalbi when facing an idimmu? [... "Who worries about a dog when facing a demon?" ...] |
Reed Richards | I understand. There are worse things out there. |
Black Swan | No, you haven't been listening at all...there are worse things coming. You fret Builders...but what if it had been the Mapmakers? Not just their Sidera Maris...but the masters themselves? What if it had been the Black Priests? And what if it had been the Sinnu Sarrum? The Ivory Kings? What would you have done? All of this...like children...playing. What you just went through...it only had the appearance of finality--it lacked the effect. That ends now.[11] |
Tony Stark | Then I'll see you next Saturday night...that is, unless you stand me up! |
Marion | Any girl who'd stand you up, darling, would have to be stark, raving ma-a-ad! |
Cocktail party guest | Hmm...there's Tony Stark, New York's biggest wolf! At least his adventure under the Earth kept him away from the girls for a while! |
Tony Stark | That's what you think, bub! |
Cleopatra | Oh, wondrous stranger, whoever you are, say you will remain and share my throne with me! For though I do not know your real identity...I, Cleopatra, have lost my heart to you! |
Iron Man | I'll remember, my queen...for all time! |
Happy Hogan | Now you're talkin'! A nice, quiet safe job... No broken noses... No knock-out punches!! What kind of car do you have... I don't like jalopies! |
Tony Stark | Well, I have, among others, a Rolls-Royce, a Caddy Eldorado and a two-seater Jaguar convertible! They manage to get me where I'm going! |
Happy Hogan | Mmm... I had a hunch you weren't exactly starvin'! |
Ant-Man | Wait! Before we separate, the Wasp and I have something to say! Each of us has a different power! If we combined forces, we could be almost unbeatable! |
Iron Man | Work as a team? Why not? I'm for it! |
Thor | There is much good we might do! |
Hulk | I'm sick of bein' hunted and hounded! I'd rather be with you than against you! So, whether you like it or not, I'm joining the... the... Hey! What are you callin' yourselves? |
Wasp | That's right! We need a name! It should be something colorful and dramatic, like... the Avengers, or... |
Ant-Man | "Or" nothing! That's it! The Avengers!! |
Iron Man | We'll fight together, or separately, if need be! |
Hulk | I pity the guy who tries to beat us! |
Thor | We'll never be beaten! For we are... the Avengers! |
Iron Man | I tell you we've got to find the Hulk! So long as he's running wild, there's no telling what he'll do! |
Thor | Iron Man is right! So says Thor! |
Wasp | But how do we find him?? |
Giant-Man | He's one joker you can't find in the classified ads! |
Jasper Sitwell | An agent of SHIELD never leaves the scene of battle! Surely you are familiar with our world-famous slogan... |
Iron Man | Okay! Okay! Skip it! I've got things to do! |
Tony Stark | Maybe I'm just a pasteboard playboy... maybe I come on with a manufactured line... but I know a real woman when I hold one... and I know there's a kind of beauty that can't be destroyed... because it's on the inside! |
Madame Masque | I'm not certain that fits me, Tony Stark... but I'd like to think it did! But my thoughts are unimportant... if we can't escape this island! |
Iron Man (Tony Stark) | Vision-- Stop! Your android strength--! You'll kill him! You don't know what you're doing! |
Vision | Another correction, Iron Man: My brain is a miniaturized, high-speed computer. I always know precisely what I am doing. I-- am-- killing-- him! |
Moondragon | If our suspicions are correct, your friend has been trapped in time-- to lure the rest of us to our doom! |
Iron Man | It doesn't take much of a genius to figure out who did it, either! We've been had by Kang the Conqueror! |
Bethany Cabe | You monster! You killed him! |
Iron Man | I... killed him! |
Silver Surfer | It is made of solidified air molecules... Hardened to an unbelievable degree! |
Thor | My uru hammer barely chips the surface! |
Iron Man | Magnetic repulsor rays have no effect! |
Captain America | The edge of my super-hard shield doesn't even dent it! |
Tigra | If you guys think I'm going to break my pretty claws trying to scratch my way in... go fish! |
Iron Man | Any particular reason I should fight you? |
Knight | I'll skewer you where you stand if you don't -- and bring the house down around your ears to boot. |
Iron Man | That's a reason all right. |
Namorita | I may not be as strong as Namor, but I can still give you a workout, Shellhead! |
Iron Man (Tony Stark) | Lower you battle flags, Namorita. |
Iron Man | Good luck, Squirrel Girl. |
Squirrel Girl | I don't need luck. I eat nuts. |
Iron Man in thought | "I don't need luck. I eat nuts." They're not going to believe this at the next Avengers meeting. |
Rumiko | Welll, well, well... If it isn't my admirer from the beach. |
Tony Stark | I, ah, apologize if I was rude, Ms. Fujikawa. I was lost in thought. |
Rumiko | Well, gee, that spoils everything. It was much more fun when I thought you were struck dumb by my beauty. |
Aislinn | You're an odd fellow, Anthony of York. |
Tony Stark | Yeah, I've been told. |
Cyclops | So what's the general consensus? |
Iron Man | As far as I'm concerned, Stamford was our wake-up call. What alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity. Becoming public employees makes perfect sense if it helps people sleep a little easier. |
Falcon (Sam Wilson) | I can't believe I'm hearing this. The masks are a tradition. We can't just let them turn us into super-cops. |
Yellowjacket | Are you kidding? We're lucky people have tolerated this for as long as they have, Sam. Why should we be allowed to hide behind these things? |
Wolverine | Because the world ain't so nice outside your ivory tower, bub. |
Dum-Dum Dugan | Why aren't these men in uniform? |
Tony Stark | It's Casual Friday. Uniforms are optional for support staff... didn't you get the memo? |
Leonard Samson | My God...what kind of monster would test Extremis on a mentally disabled child? |
Tony Stark | Only one. |
Leonard Samson | Who? |
Tony Stark | C'mon, Leonard. You're a shrink. You don't really want me to answer that question, do you? If I did, you'd have to lock me up. |
Iron Man | Doom! As Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. I am placing you under arrest for crimes against mankind. |
Doctor Doom | I do not recognize your authority. |
Iron Man | You will when I'm done with you. |
Tony Stark | Actually, Cap... I have someone here you might want to talk to. Just stay there. |
Captain America | What did you...? |
Tony Stark | Welcome back to the Avengers...the Vision. |
Vision | Captain. |
Captain America | It feels so real in the dreams... then I wake up and I'm fine. I just need to be sure. |
Hawkeye | Right. Then we will be... and when you turn out to be completely normal... Tony'll hook you up with a shrink. |
Iron Man | There is one I'd recommend, actually... although she's probably still angry I stopped calling. |
Captain America | Just worry about the scans... I'm not in the market for psychologists or women. |
War Machine | When this is all over, Tony, we need to talk about some upgrades for my armor... |
Iron Man | Upgrades? |
War Machine | Major upgrades. I'm starting to see a future in this saving-the-world business. |
Iron Man | Okay, okay. Listen...this is delicate stuff...write this down. Make sure your biofeed readers are completely stabilized and double-check your power level on the RT-97. |
Dr. Carolina Washington | Okay, okay...we're looking good with both of those. |
Iron Man | Oh...and you're going to need a map. |
Dr. Carolina Washington | A map to where? |
Iron Man | Hell. Because you need to go there... That's my fancy way of saying: Go to hell. |
Monica Rappaccini | I can't believe you walked right into that. |
War Machine | Stand down, men. He's cooperating! |
Iron Man | Et tu, Rhodey? |
Captain America | No matter what the Avengers do, half of America blames us and half the world hates us. No matter what we do, it feels like we're not doing enough. We make just as many messes as we clean up. And you know as well as I do, as mad as we were at Simon for blaming the Avengers for the world's problems... Part of us agrees with him. |
Iron Man (Tony Stark) | So the question is: what do we do now? |
Captain America | What do we do now? |
Iron Man (Tony Stark) | I know exactly what we do now. |
Captain America | Yeah? |
Iron Man (Tony Stark) | We go bigger. |
Tony Stark | What happened to "no enhanced combatants"? "As nature finds you," remember? |
Death's Head | Are you some kind of organic fascist? Do you see me firing rockets or using my flamethrower? I'm not using my upgrades. That would be cheating |
Tony Stark | You're a thirty-foot robot! |
Tony Stark | She looks vaguely familiar. |
Rocket Raccoon | She looks vaguely dressed. |
Pepper Potts | You're scaring me. Tony, what's going on? |
Iron Man | Family business. |
Doombot | You dare suggest we are not the one true Doom? |
Iron Man | Well... Yeah. For one thing, there are five of you. |
Tony Stark | Scary stuff. Lucky for me... I don't come alone. |
Armor | I didn't come alone. Creeeepy Iron Man. |
Bruce Banner | You had to make me mad, completely get it. But. Do you have to be so good at it? |
Iron Man | That particular talent rarely serves me well. |
Iron Man | Nice try, Victor. But you're done. |
Doctor Doom | You... dare... |
Iron Man | Always. |
Rocket Raccoon | Any chance you could give me back the tech you stole from me? |
Tony Stark | Any chances FedEx delivers to wherever you are? |
Rocket Raccoon | I don't know what that is but I assume that means you're being a gronad. |
Maria Hill | Exactly where were all of you three hours ago? |
Black Widow | I was doing my nails, you? |
Captain Marvel | Working out. |
Smasher | Also working out. |
Thor | Drinking. |
Iron Man | Having my nails done. |
Broo | I like the power-skates. |
Iron Man | I may have been drinking when I thought of that. |
Iron Man | Great. So our teleporter doesn't teleport. This is a problem, what--what are you going to do, then? |
Manifold | I need time. |
Iron Man | And earbuds? |
Manifold | I am going to reach out and talk to the universe. The Zeppelin helps. |
Arno Stark | Remember, I'm smarter than you. |
Tony Stark | I don't really know you at all, do I? |
Arno Stark | We'll work on it. |
Iron Man | Don't let anyone escape. |
Liar | Anyone, Tony? I'm going to escape and you're going to let me. Take your helmet off, or... else. |
Iron Man | Wait! I've done it! I'll do anything! Don't! |
Liar | You're such an idiot. I wasn't even subtle with the clues. Who do you know who's interested in mind control and deceit? And more so... What finger is the Liar Ring on? |
Iron Man | Ring finger. Engagement ring. Marc. |
Liar | Correct, Tony. Now, I have to go... And as a final PR tip: Trying to stop me and getting Pepper Potts killed will play terribly in all your core demographics. |
Arno Stark | Are we going to be okay? |
Iron Man | Of course we are. We all are. Two Stark brothers on one planet? What could possibly go wrong? |
Iron Man | That's it. Rise and shine. I said I have something for you. |
Daredevil | My God. I can see. |
Iron Man | I am Icarus. |
Mister Fantastic | You do know the point of that story is that he flew too close to the sun, right? |
Iron Man | Do you know who thinks that way, Reed? People who have never flown. |
Iron Man | Avengers Assemble |
Star-Lord | Guardians... Gather? Group up? Man, I don't know. |
von Doom | If you don't believe me... You and I once time-travelled back to the days of King Arthur and had quite a rousing adventure. I always look back on that quite fondly. |
Iron Man | You tried to murder me and leave me there. |
von Doom | I said I looked back on it fondly, I didn't say you did. |
Tony Stark | Why do you have Peter Parker's emergency private number? |
Mary Jane Watson | It's... complicated. |
Tony Stark | Are you his biological father? |
Mary Jane Watson | What? No. |
Tony Stark | Then it's not that complicated. What's the skinny? |
Iron Man | My suit has an A.I. |
Spider-Man | Cool. My spider glows for no apparent reason. Tell her I said hi. |
Iron Man | How did you know my A.I. is a woman? |
Spider-Man | I know you. And I saw 2001. No computer will ever have a man's voice again. Kubrick made sure of that. And Ultron. |
Spider-Man | Okay, we bumped heads, we kibitzed... you know the third step step in team-ups, Stark? |
Iron Man | We actually team up. |
Tony Stark | You made this happen, Danvers. |
Captain Marvel | That's not fair. |
Tony Stark | You chased this! You couldn't leave this @#$@#$ alone and now another one of us is gone. Who's next on your hit list, Danvers?! |
Janet Van Dyne | Whatsamatter with you? |
Tony Stark | Nadia gave me a hug. |
Janet Van Dyne | Oh, she hugs everybody. |
Tony Stark | And I think she threatened to murder me if I hurt you. |
Janet Van Dyne | She's a good girl. |
Living Tribunal | We see, Thor, that one past scheme of Loki's led to your joining forces with several mortal heroes -- to form the Avengers. A team ever-growing... ever-changing... ever-united against common threats... |
Thor | 'tis true. |
Captain Marvel | And we intend to keep doing so! |
Captain America | As long as one of us yet lives. |
Iron Man | We'll never give up. |
Wasp | And you won't stop us! |
Mark One | [...] this was a trap all along, wasn't it? There is no submission code. That was just the bait to lure me into the open. |
Iron Man | Ha. Even a copy of Tony thinks everything is all about him. |
Mark One | Of course it is -- I'm Iron Man! |
Iron Man | Wrong. On every count. You were Iron Man. There is a code. You failed to stop it. And here and now is where your robot rebellion dies. |
Iron Man | You're a genius, Dr. Shapiro! |
Dr. Shapiro | Yup |
Iron Man | Um... hypothetical... ...if someone...say human... was caught in that blast... like Banner was. Would that--? |
B.O.S.S. | Create a Hulk? No, sir. It would atomize them. |
Iron Man | Great... and, um...just for giggles... ...what if they weren't human? What if they were a god? |
Iron Man | You and I have no common ground. There is nothing you can say that would make me open that door. |
Black Cat | I--my ex-girlfriend is trying to kill me with super science. |
Iron Man | What was that? |
Black Cat | I said--my ex-girlfriend is trying to kill me with super science. |
Iron Man | Oh my God. We do have something in common. Come in. That has happened to me so many times. |
Iron Man | Pretty spooky. Want to hold my hand? |
Storm | I'm claustrophobic, not a child. |
Iron Man | I was asking for me. Not a fan of caves. |
Storm | So maybe your suit can help you? I do not require any reassurance, Tony Stark. |
Iron Man | Harsh. |
Tony Stark | You know, being married isn't so bad. This beats being locked away in an armor on a night like this. What about you? You have any family? Should I have asked your father before proposing to you? |
"Hazel Kendal" | Anthony, my father was a monster who ruined everyone around him...especially my mother. |
Tony Stark | Doesn't ring a bell. |
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