Mar 21, 2018
Dr. Issues learns we don't have the licensing budget for good music, and Anthony discovers he's like Iron Man, but not in the cool, mechanized suit-wearing kinda way.
Show notes:
- Introduction
- Background on Tony Stark
- Starts off as Howard Hughes analogue - pro-war industrialist
- 1969 - Artificial heart
- Demon in a Bottle - Grapples with alcoholism
- Loses company, becomes homeless - Rhodey takes over suit
- Armor Wars - Takes out armored heroes/villains, battles Edwin Cord
- Creates War Machine armor, but becomes paralyzed and loses Rhodey
- The Crossing - kills several people (later retconned)
- Heroes Reborn - comes back healthy and with new look
- Secretary of Defense - leads to Avengers Disassembled
- First time Stark Tower used as Avengers base
- Civil War - Superhuman Registration Act
- Dark Reign - Brain "rebooted"
- Heroic Age - Bleeding Edge armor/Stark Resilient
- Comics Tony turns into a clone of RDJ
- Secret Wars II - Incursions, end of Ultimate Universe
- Civil War II - Tony vs. Carol
- Marvel NOW - Tony is in coma, brain is AI, Riri is Ironheart
- Primary Issues
- Arrogance
- Alcoholism
- Reliance on technology creates distance
- Tendency to over-intellectualize everything
- How to address issues
- Want to solve problems without breaking him down
- Narcissism makes for delicate handling
- Tony on Dr. Issues's couch