The famous Tony Stark/Ironman is an alcoholic cover story 0

[NoMan]

Did he go to AA or what?

[Lazyboy]

He got through the worst of it eventually.

[Ken Aldred]

On 10/14/2021 at 3:01 AM, Lazyboy said:

He got through the worst of it eventually.

A very dark and tragic story.

Quite underrated and overlooked compared to the more famous ‘Demon in a Bottle’.  
 

I found its conclusion far harder-hitting.

The OP should definitely give it a read.

Edited October 14, 2021 by Ken Aldred

[theCapraAegagrus]

Something like that.

[NoMan]

On 10/14/2021 at 12:07 AM, Ken Aldred said:

A very dark and tragic story.

Quite underrated and overlooked compared to the more famous ‘Demon in a Bottle’.  
 

I found its conclusion far harder-hitting.

The OP should definitely give it a read.

Hold tight. Is this story (IM 182) different than the Demon in a bottle story. Yes, I will read it

[Ken Aldred]

Demon in a Bottle is an earlier Bronze Age story in which Stark remains much more functional. This story from the 80s is a total descent into the abyss in which he loses control of Stark Industries, ends up living as a homeless alcoholic on the street, and also leads to Rhodey taking over the Iron Man role. It gets seriously intense and crushing, particularly the big scene in issue 182, which acts as a stimulus for him to start putting it back together again.  A classic, 80s Copper Age story.
 

The cover’s brilliant, as a visual metaphor for the hopelessness, isolation and bleakness of his social situation.

[Ken Aldred]

The alcoholism storyline starts earlier in issue 166, with a bit of a lead up to it in the preceding issues.

I read the saga complete in Iron Man Epic Collection Vols 10 and 11, ‘The Enemy Within’ and ‘Duel of Iron’, which cover issues 158 to 195.

[NoMan]

On 10/14/2021 at 7:26 AM, Ken Aldred said:

Demon in a Bottle is an earlier Bronze Age story in which Stark remains much more functional. This story from the 80s is a total descent into the abyss in which he loses control of Stark Industries, ends up living as a homeless alcoholic on the street, and also leads to Rhodey taking over the Iron Man role. It gets seriously intense and crushing, particularly the big scene in issue 182, which acts as a stimulus for him to start putting it back together again.  A classic, 80s Copper Age story.
 

The cover’s brilliant, as a visual metaphor for the hopelessness, isolation and bleakness of his social situation.

thanks! 

Edited October 14, 2021 by NoMan