Iron God Kills...Everyone!

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Today on Variant, we return to the Iron Man title with issues 17-19, where we see Tony Stark as Iron God unleash his wrath on everyone around him!
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[@thereestersheetser543]

Damn bro iron man is bricked up 😳

[@kingshadow8782]

Sup

[@brandonscott5544]

Iron man is godly power 🔋

[@scratchnoff7609]

Still say iron man is related too nimrod

[@FayFox-pr1kr]

Please do an origin story of Mephisto...

[@gidmichigan1765]

What Tony failed to understand is that making everyone a genius does not make them better people. It just takes all the current problems to the next level.

[@carlcowan7044]

This was an eye-opening food for thought for me too.

[@gren8te319]

good point

[@Theonlyraffle]

The thing about Tony is to be cursed with being a super Omega genius and being self righteous or trying your best to be a hero no matter what you are cursed you want to save the world but you think every choice you make good or bad is always bad Tony can never win and he can never rid of his intellects no matter the universe. The struggle to save the world is burden most heavy on him because it is simple yet so complex I understand Tony. Me being of similar intelligence it is so hard to make the right choice.

[@ballisticbiscuit5706]

I personally think that higher intelligence can lead people to giving into their impulses less, and dumber people give in more due to lack of foresight, not fully understanding what they're doing, and mainly acting emotionally

[@ballisticbiscuit5706]

But i mean, at the same time, bad people will still be bad people so instead of using their newfound understanding to resist doing wrong they'd probably use it to their advantage

[@AzathothTheTrueGod]

Who’d have thought making everyone a super-genius would cause people to use that intelligence for profit, or personal validation?

[@EnclaveHater07]

Apparently never crossed Cantwritewell's mind

[@asant90]

🤷‍♂️🤣

[@escandersanchez65]

If your smart you understand the trauma greed can cause when profiteering

[@SuperOscar2003]

You’d think they would of gotten along

[@pn2294]

But people would do that even if they were dumb.

[@Sithrez]

Daaaamn, Frog man is the true GOAT. A friend even after death. A brutal death too.

[@pufnbal1744]

Coolest moment, was when frogman sent tony that card. He didn't hate tony for what he did. He forgave him, not many superhero's could do that.

[@parkb5320]

The best part of the storyline where Iron God makes everyone in New York as smart as Tony Stark, Reed Richards is like, “I think I just got dumber.”

[@michaelgibson3479]

that means peter did too lol. tonys comic book iq is somewhere around 186, peters is around 250 and reeds is around 267. peter has just never had time to actually study scientific fields regularly or even graduate college. dude has been a super hero since 15, reed and tony most of the time are scientists/inventors first.

[@jellymatsuryuka6853]

@@michaelgibson3479 Isn't Tony the third smartest person in the Marvel universe?

[@FlexStyleZ]

@@michaelgibson3479 you must be high. Peter is not smarter than Tony, Peter is in the lower end at of the top 10 in Marvel.

[@michaelgibson3479]

@@FlexStyleZ peter is up there with reed, sorry. its literally been said the comics. you can literalyy look up iq of the characters

[@FlexStyleZ]

@@michaelgibson3479 stop your iq nonsense, even Peter knows Tony and Reed are smarter than him. Marvel characters smarter than Peter: 1. Reed 2. Doom 3. Tony 4. Hank Pym 5. Bruce Banner 6. T’Challa 7. Moon girl/ Valeria Richards THEN Peter

[@FinalKamehameha44]

I love how Korvac came to rain down hellfire and brimstone on Tony but as soon as he saw that Tony was in a shitty state not even wanting to fight back, he just stops and listens to what Tony says and decides to help him in the end gotta say I always love how some villains have enough respect or honor to not kill the heroes who are already in a crappy messed up state and help them instead

[@outsidetheboxpodcast1443]

This issue made me think about why Marvel chose Robert Downey Jr to play Tony Stark. Regardless of just appearance, the addiction that RDJ faced in real life and Tony in the comics is just wild to me. Idk how to word it but it was like he was born to play this character

[@imbangmaynn5705]

Gotta admit, turning everyone super intelligent isn't really a very smart thing to do.

[@MrKasa1989]

Nope!

[@RexZShadow]

That's the problem isn't it? Not everyone turn very smart, only part of it. If everyone became very smart then they no longer be smart and just be average and things would be as it is now. super you have super high tech device to rob but people have equally super high tech to defend thus even out. The problem here is only some people got super smart and is able to take advantage of people who didn't.

[@music79075]

Tony had Intelligence. Tony does not have Wisdom.

[@the5minsum442]

@@music79075 Tony was seriously dumbed down for this story arc I hate it

[@robertrowley4929]

Maybe make people who are struggling in school/college or even those with learning disabilities intelligent. That would make a huge difference in peoples lives.

[@m.y1152]

The Symbiote Armour he used in King in black was one of the best

[@tucci2high93]

Facts 💯

[@saadkhan3819]

What about the endosym armour?

[@u_succ_charlie]

With this new "Iron God" arc, I was so excited because it seemed like they were taking Iron Man in a new direction. But as it turns out, all they were doing was making a "Tony is too powerful and evil" story again. It's so frustrating, Marvel has been doing this for at least 6 years now. It's always about how "Tony made an insane breakthrough or discovery, and he wants to do good with it but uh-oh he's starting to get in over his head. Oh look! He's taking advantage of this power and has gone too far! Quick friend or potential love interest, use the power of friendship to talk him out of being evil!" I'm kinda getting tired of it.

[@AF-hj4mt]

Me too dude It's always the same They make Tony get some powers and then make him go evil later on By now i think Tony would have been a very powerful Avenger if nothing would make him evil.

[@TTGTanner]

You just ruined the magic for me 😔

[@tyjuanbowman1536]

Probably because Tony is still human regardless of all the godlike power he still has a human soul. Tony was already a flaw being to begin with who lived with a huge amount of trauma. Not to mention even when he doesn't have all that power he still has a God complex. I mean the man literally had a alcoholic addiction to the fullest extent. This was a good story for Tony because it leads to the point that no matter how much you have, no matter how much you tried to make things right the one thing, if you can't fix the problems within yourself then you can't fix nothing.

[@u_succ_charlie]

@@tyjuanbowman1536 OK? I didn't need a synopsis, I've read the story. My original comment was about how Marvel doesn't seem to know how to write an Iron Man that isn't "asshole Tony". I know he's flawed and still human, but is making him "go too far" seriously the only way in which they can demonstrate that? It's legitimately just them trying to do'Demon in a Bottle' again and again for at least 7 years now.

[@tyjuanbowman1536]

@@u_succ_charlie Because he's Tony he has to go through multiple amounts of mistakes and even after the largest ones you ever had he still didn't try to change at all. This is is one of the biggest ones he did that starting to make him see actions and mistakes that he made it wants to get better. And I get what you're saying they somewhat do the same thing for Batman. But they have to make these mistakes to reflect on them so they can be better.

[@quentinfogger5755]

Speaking of Korvac, do you think he should be the main Villain of the Second Captain Marvel movie in the MCU? Which actor do you think should play him? Can you do history of Marvel's Korvac?

[@ReissSpangenberg4470]

4:07 I can’t stop getting bat man vibes from hell cats helmet

[@Jon7763]

I find it cute that Frogman wished him luck, eventhough he did just kill him and brought him back

[@Venom87542]

See at least this version of Tony saw the error in his ways compared to Superior Iron Man. That version was just cold blooded.

[@aratnamedfurykino1634]

I mean, they prob only did this cuz otherwise shit would would get real bad, korvak killed god-damned living tribunal, if this Iron had the same mentality as the superior Iron man it would be over

[@Tony-oh]

Can't be helped that Superior IM was morally inverted

[@ericnancy4385]

I think Tony Stark shouldn't have given up all that God like power. What if another deadly event comes up, and there was nothing that could be done except for having the power cosmic at one's side? It would really come in handy.

[@VLMNTI]

Comics. Major things like this happens to everyone, and when the next big bad comes, they're the first to get taken out purely to make sure whoever is the focal character in that story can get their moment. I mean, why didn't Korvac just cure Stark? Why didn't Stark cure Stark? You'll say "Well it's because the writers didn't want people who've been through addiction to feel that they need the Power Cosmic to help them so it's better to seek realistic help". But in a universe with all these abilities and powers, you'd think it'd be viable eventually. Suppose no one stays powerful except the powerful deities, who consequently also get killed like it's nothing.

[@13KuriMaster]

If the Power cosmic is the only way to solve an issue.... then that's what Silver Surfer is for. Also, Thor beat Galactics.... who is the source of the Power Cosmic, so I think they would be good even without it.

[@aratnamedfurykino1634]

@@13KuriMaster yeah but what if silver surfer can't handle it like he couldn't handle iron god

[@13KuriMaster]

@@aratnamedfurykino1634 Then some plot thing would allow someone else to get a "Power cosmic" power up to solve the issue.

[@blackfire1206]

@@VLMNTIwell Jane foster had cancer and her cancer got worst everytime she turn into lady Thor or thunderstruck just by using Thor hammer

[@biohazard724]

What's with Marvel and killing War Machine via broken neck? This is the second or third time it's happened in 10 years

[@mr.unpopularopinion6431]

It was? Dam

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

Because he sucks

[@yxrackman2397]

The disrespect is real🫤

[@joelconolly5574]

This reflect our own struggles and path to validation. Things we do are either for goals, personal gains or simply something we yearn for a long time like wealth, recognition, or validation. We can work our way to even the greatest success but we will never truly be free of our burden unless we deal with the core of our problem. We are not perfect but we can always ask for help, filling our hearts with love and admiration for others. It's just a matter of when you going to deal with it.

[@doomgod314]

Time again to watch about 30 seconds of his video close out, and buy some comics to read myself. Great recommendation as always. I'll come back and watch the whole thing once I've finished the series

[@sinofnight5872]

Been subbed for less then a week n im loving this channel

[@sbyrstall]

I can understand the In-between we being defeated. He's a constuct of Lord Order and Master Chaos. He was always at odds with himself. But to defeat the Living Tribunal? I call BS. The LT is just one step from One Above All. Someone like Korvac should not be so OP. This is why I'm tired for Marvel. Everyone is being overpowered and everything is a cosmic level problem. What happened with characters being human? Having daily issues? This is why I loved the John Byrne run of FF. The characters were humans with abilities, not semi-gods who occupy human bodies.

[@timothylawson1271]

The LT is just a plot device at this point to "prove" how dangerous some new threat is. Pretty much just the superman problem but in reverse.

[@lazyking8445]

Like it makes no sense. Even the In-Betweener is above Order and Chaos and represents Balance. LT is the second most powerful being, just below TOAA. I called absolute CAP when Korvac said neither of them could stop him

[@macfresher11]

Marvel has so many characters that i haven’t seen before and I’m here for all of it. Thank goodness for this channel!

[@syafiqzaharin4147]

Thank you for arris and team for still entertaining us all these years

[@djtripmix]

Great story arc, thanks for the recap.

[@SuperMurray2009]

Also I can't come to terms that a so called genius like Tony Stark felt that making everyone genius would solve all world problems. That's pretty dumb. Cosmic or not.

[@zach2712]

I mean if you made only the morally sound people genuises it might work

[@VGInterviews]

It's almost like all these "suddenly a good guy got unlimited power" always bend themselves backwards in order to make it so they get corrupted instantly no matter how heroic they are

[@kristopherleslie8343]

It was a good idea and it shows people are stupid lol

[@niggatron2419]

@@kristopherleslie8343 How is that a good idea? Haven’t you heard of evil geniuses??!

[@kristopherleslie8343]

@@niggatron2419 your making an assumption people were good to begin with. Lol

[@ComicPhreak]

Super intelligence should be granted to a certain few, selfless people who would actually use it for good. People who have love for life, freedom, responsibility, moral obligation.

[@PsychoJXS1]

It's weird. Tony Stark as Iron Man has all the technology in the world, but yet they never made a comic book that involves Iron Man killing The Marvel Universe. Deadpool has done it, Punisher has done it, and wolverine has done it.

[@livinglegend9709]

I'd say it's about that time. Because all they do with Tony is get him close to doing it and let someone help him get better. They might need to pull a Deadpool and make Tony fight his evil self in a battle to see who Tony is. The good guy or the bad guy

[@ErimosAster]

I love watching comic videos but never have the time (or knowledge of resources) to read them. This makes me want to seek comics out. A very enjoyable story it from this video alone.

[@connormiddlemiss2011]

I'm really enjoying the iron man story more and more

[@EnclaveHater07]

It's atrocious if you ask me, complete 10-steps back on Tony's character

[@petronouscharm7375]

If Hellcat had trusted Tony instead of going so far against him to ally herself with Doctor Doom, Tony wouldn't have had to kill them. It happens every time. Whenever someone becomes that powerful, their allies are the first to betray him. Why not let it be?

[@daniell5740]

Because he didn’t help anyone at all. He did nothin good at all. He pretended to be a god . He was a step away from being god doom so they had to end it before it happened. Tony is human

[@lazyking8445]

Did you not see Tony makin shit worse with his godlike power and persona??

[@the5minsum442]

@@daniell5740 honestly the story arc was awful it completely regressed tony's character Tony rejected godlike power before so for him to fallen tyrant with the power cosmic didn't make any sense

[@Nitemerican]

I'd love to see you guys start a full story series

[@Scrappy_ill_fold_ya_Doo]

How many times did Rhody died so far?

[@ILikeItWhenYouRubMe]

Alex Ross’s work is unmatched

[@MREAGLE-6666]

7:53 the given up-unbelievable tone in his voice haha

[@jaytender4949]

3:49 No disrespect to Iron Man but I was may more fascinated about the return of the original Human Torch, Jim Hammond 🤩. So if anyone has any and I do mean ANY reading recommendations from recent years about this awesome character that would be great thank you 😊

[@YoshiBroccoli]

i fucking love the humanity aspect of all these comics it really makes these stories enjoyable

[@alohayzu3213]

the fact that tony fails horribly whenever he tries to do sth OP just sometimes gets on my nerve. i mean he really should get a moment of shine where he gets the respect for all that he has done for in the name of being a hero at least. like in recent hulk issue he literally got 2-3 pages of glory before his celestial hulkbuster armor got despicably annihilated. come on marvel writers you can never get marvel heroes to surpass the ones in the DC if you guys don't take it seriously and think it through.

[@tommybenitez3319]

Loved this run the art the covers the story great video

[@idkyetufigureitout6986]

I loved the fact that Korvac took him to the hospital.

[@WarmLillie]

There a difference between having knowledge and wisdom.

[@PharaohOfTheDamned]

He really said "fine... I am a man... who is gonna kick your ass"

[@sofaking5388]

The frogman ending was so wholesome

[@gren8te319]

12:34 tony's really hitting corvac below the belt! damn!

[@danielfinney3282]

Awesome from head to toe. Thank you for your great comic reviews. 👍.

[@pinecone4610]

That card at the end almost makes me want to cry

[@ThatManiacbucket]

So he stops when hellcat says "As a friend" and not y'know, when he just snapped his best friend's neck.

[@peacetreaty86]

Tony stark be geekin lol

[@Magnus-the-red.]

Imagine if corvak or korvak however you wanna say it appears before iron man could rid of the power cosmic and Tony goes "Wait wait I need to do something."

[@creek9311]

tony used talk no jutsu for a moment there lmao

[@cunnyman]

Bro he really do be saying he can bring dead people back easily. Uncle Ben in his graves REEEEE-ing

[@quentinfogger5755]

Was it crazy to see the Iron God turning everyone into a genius like him which the other heroes consider a problem?

[@danmart9660]

It is tho. Intelligence is power and thats like giving a serial killer superman powers

[@EnclaveHater07]

"With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility." Did you forget?

[@SevenHunnid]

I review weed products & make storytime videos while I’m high Asfc on my KZbin channel as my side hustle😳

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

@@danmart9660 the fact that he could rewire their brain to be more good if that is the case

[@jonathandoherty9082]

Korvac doing Oblivions work lol

[@ShatteredGlass916]

I knew this will happen

[@Aragorn7884]

I think there's a joke somewhere in this "IQ raising" storyline...lol

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of Cyclone, Rhino, Sandman, Kraven the Hunter, Chameleon, Scorpion and the Human Fly along with Kurt Connors the Lizard. Also can you do the history of the Flash Villains like Turtle, Magenta, Cobalt Blue, Mirror Master and Top?

[@user-zh3qf3ex7o]

That was crazy

[@spentheplug]

I need to get that iron man helmet

[@dylanogg347]

Damn it Tony...

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

So much for with great power comes great responsibility

[@AllThingsNerdiness88]

I hope you guys haven’t given up on the podcast I hope you come back to it one day

[@Shorai_3]

[9:28] The role of Hellcat with now be played by Jessica Chastain. I mean, wow.

[@deathbybiscuit]

Frog-man is a real one.

[@rodrigofernandez3544]

For a moment there I wondered if it was a DC-Marvel crossover when Hellcat was shown

[@ss4yaasir524]

Does tony still have the power cosmic during the banner war where he’s fighting hulk in the celestial armor?

[@miamidisgester209]

No just the armor had it

[@quentinfogger5755]

What would happen if we saw the Iron God in the MCU and that too in the Marvel What_If Disney Plus show as a member of the Guardians of the Multiverse? Is he similar to Strange Supreme?

[@flashygamer9170]

Yesssirrrr less gooooo been waiting for this for a while

[@roncash7640]

When I was a kid Tony was a alcoholic and now he graduated to dope! The addiction is real. . .😳😑😏💯

[@LoneliestGuyintheUniverse]

I like how the police looks like green lantern corps, hellcat look like batgirl and gargoyle looks like etrigan..

[@jacobbornowsky4013]

It was kinda lazy how they wrote Korvac escaping… killing the living tribunal .. trust me bro 😆

[@fruitsalad4615]

This would make for a really good movie.

[@kennyrame2667]

I watch your video like thousand times just for comparison coz ur videos are very accurate

[@AntStorm5764]

3:37 why does Hellcat look like Batman in that shot!

[@tsnoob4669]

And Gargoyle at 3:52 looks like Etrigan with glasses

[@SirEggNog]

maan, when the title said "Everyone!" I didnt expect that number to be 7

[@jonahstirbis3408]

Scarlett witch taking notes before multiverse of madness on how to pwned a team of super beings.

[@friendlyneighborhooddogper1371]

gotta appreciate them getting the addiction part right

[@the5minsum442]

the mental health part was awfully written tho

[@kingkb54]

Personally this is kind of not interesting at least for me the idea that the Living Tribunal and all those other Cosmic entities. I wasn't shocking when the power Cosmic is the biggest plot to device to make someone broken and instead of showing Tony actually do something good they go down the predictable route that he can't do something good with it

[@MokeSumUp]

Doctor Doom? Fine. BUT FROGMAN? Now that's just pushing it.

[@darenabryant9100]

Ok, so... being a genius means you automatically have the years of education you would need to be a doctor, scientist, inventor, chemical engineer? Taxi drivers, short order cooks and septic plumbers are curing diseases, while a longshoreman is building advanced robots (a lot of them by the looks of it!) and developing advanced fuel formulations based on... what knowledge? Being smart, even enough to be considered a genius, doesn't convey any additional learning or knowledge. I also find it weird that Tony didn't do the one thing he needed to most when he had the power cosmic... fix himself. He could have cured himself; changed his OWN MIND to not be so obsessed in the ways he later described to Hellcat; and so many other things that would have made all the other stuff he did pointless and unnecessary. If I were granted the powers of a god, the first thing that would happen would be bettering myself physically, mentally and in other ways so I could use those powers better. Heck, even if just having those powers fixed all my major issues, I feel like I could move forward from there without trying so hard to make the world what I thought it should be.

[@DeonSaga]

for ur first point he probably gave the knowledge and the iq at the same time. i mean he can do anything at this point. second point i agree with u on

[@lazyking8445]

I mean, he gave them his level of intelligence

[@the5minsum442]

the whole story didn't make any sense tbh

[@SuperMurray2009]

They always make a completely batshit overpowered version of every superhero character that basically kills everyone. I'm just waiting for the comic where a regular guy kills all superheroes.

[@KenSamaGomenasai]

The Boys published by Image Comics

[@SuperMurray2009]

@@KenSamaGomenasai They we're technically supes by the end. But then again I made a mistake. Punisher already pulled it off

[@ias787]

Punisher wolverine Batman Deadpool Do I continue?

[@HShango]

Cough....Ultron vision (what if....)👀

[@SuperMurray2009]

@@ias787 2 of those are mutants. And I don't count Batman as regular human. He's basically a super powered hero.

[@PresidentAutumn]

Weird how Doom didn’t see his death coming seeing as he’s the third smartest character in the marvel universe

[@EnclaveHater07]

*Smartest depending on whether he's inferior or superior to Reed as Doom

[@lescryingman4093]

Probably a Doombot

[@ctell_9048]

Nice vid

[@MrKasa1989]

As someone who deals with addiction. I can relate to tony without the money.

[@itsbiju]

Two extremely powerful beings just gave up their powers...can't say I can relate.

[@uzii6540]

Did doom dirty

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of DC's Shining Knight, Cowboy_Vigilante and the Crimson_Avenger along with Marvel's Dreadknight? If you seen the recent episodes of season 7 of the Flash, can you do history of Impulse, XS, Psych, Fuerza, Steadfast, Chillblaine, Abracadabra, Rainbow Raider, Mirror Master and Top in your next video?

[@PowderedToastMan_]

Never clicked so fast. Now this is wtf I'm talkin about.

[@yellow117n]

@BATMAN "You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

[@xavierhugo9269]

Wait does this all imply iron god is stronger than than the living tribunal? I'm confused didn't he just get like the power of galactus? And isnt galactus weaker then the living tribunal?

[@the5minsum442]

it's just bad writing

[@teddyd1973]

I got to say, that is a good storyline of Iron Man. I am very impressed well done, I would pay money if it comes to the MCU.

[@the5minsum442]

storyline was trash iron man didn't even act like himself which is sad cuz I was really looking forward to the whole iron god story

[@TheLondonForever00]

£525 or $628.69 for the Vader bust. £444 or $558.29 for the Ironman bust. I don't think so!

[@LoneliestGuyintheUniverse]

There is 10$ off lol

[@hurricane7727]

Iron God vs Thor!

[@quazirej1998]

So what is this? The Iron Man version of Bruce Almighty?

[@andy-z-c4577]

Hellcats helmet looks like batman

[@nathanviray4011]

I bet after this there's a new big bad which was the one who actually freed Korvac and propably fought the Living tribunal and In betweener

[@kyokushinheart]

Sooo… the Inbetwinner and Living Tribunal are dead now? And they didn’t saw it coming?

[@daniell5740]

Iron man suppose to be Like Robert irl

[@ashleycolley6609]

I can't place him but frog man.... Onepunch or my hero.

[@s3rg10lu1s]

Wait is Frogman a reference to Brick Frog from Venture Bros.?

[@juliangonzalez2507]

THAT SHIT WAS DOPE AS HELL! When you said "MELTED!" I lost my shit HHA!! 👋🏼👊🏼🥀🐐🔥🤣💨

[@maskedman523]

I think that Tony should of not just raised the IQ of the people but the EQ as well

[@DLCS-2]

It is often forgotten

[@jackieanderson9408]

Sweet 👍