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I have every Alcoholism issue of Iron Man, it takes place in a 2 year span and is an isolated incident, furthermore it is not connected in any way shape or form to who he is or how he became Iron Man unlike almost every other retcon you listed (and the alcoholism was not a retcon it was brought on by a series of unfortunate events--not the movie). So unless Stane plans to buy him out and you want to have him accidentally kill someone, there is no reason for the alcoholism, certainly not right away. It has not been re-addressed until now under "No new ideas" Quesada, and was not integral to his character in the late 80s, 70s and early 90s all of which had equally impacting storylines (like Armor Wars, Armor Wars II, Sentinent Armor Storyline, *shudder* Teen Tony ....just forget that please, Iron Man vs Doctor Doom, etc.).Isildur´s Heir said:And it gives what?
It´s part of who he is...
Didn´t you knew, Superman, when was created, didn´t fly, he jumped around, hence the "ABLE TO LEAP TALL BUILDINGS IN A SINGLE BOUND".
He just got the ability to fly during the 40´s, does this means they got the origin wrong?
Bruce Banner didn´t transformed into a physical manifestation of his repressed feelings and had various Hulk personalities, but that is canon now.
Prior to Detective Comics #38, Batman killed and used firearms....
Do i need to go on?
Bottom line is, alcoholism is an integral part of Tony Stark´s origin...
I agree with this guy (minus the, with alcoholism, the story loses any sense of real depth): http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2006/05/tony_stark_not_an_alcoholic_in_iron_man.html
His alcoholism is about as important as DareDevil's homelessness, sure we loved it and it was a great storyline, but it is an isolated story and ought to be treated as such. DareDevil traditionally is not a short order cook or junk yard worker/hustler, but he has been....however I don't want a movie about him to have him as anything but a Lawyer, despite my love for Born Again and Fall From Grace.