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Tony Starkhas always been suppose of as the son of a genius who became a genius himself . While there ’s no questioning his incredible intellect or his valour asIron Man , his father might not actually be the man he thought it was , spell big changes for Tony ’s family history .
In previews forAvengers # 31by Jason Aaron and Gerardo Zaffino , it ’s heavily imply that Tony ’s parent are up to something sinister . He attain his parents have space in a bizarre ritual that ’s consanguine to revere the monster . A immature , traumatized Tony sees masses on the face of it give their soulfulness , and he star direct in the face of a masked man consult to as " the devil . " It turns out the devil has more of a association to him than he ever thought possible .
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Avengers#31sees Tony split up from the superteam as he explores the mystery of a million - year - honest-to-goodness Iron Man helmet being key in the astuteness of a cave . Upon investigation , he ’s sent back in clock time . As he come down into craziness as his armor starts to fail him , he ’s visited by a talking snake ( the devil ) . The ophidian say Tony he want his psyche . Tony tongue-in-cheek refuse , saying he " traded that for a rum cocktail in 1998 . " However , the ophidian asks him " do you know how someone becomes the smart man in the humankind ? " saying it fall at a cost for Howard Stark . The snake aver Tony belongs to him and that he was the price paid for Howard . In a sensational revelation , the Snake is about to say " I ’m your real male parent , " before Stark kills it by bashing it in with his helmet .
The devil return in the sort of Howard to Tony at the cave , as flashbacks reveal his soul had already been sell by his dramatize daddy . Howard assure him he ’ll show him how to rule worlds and extends his hand for Tony to join him - Tony immediately shoot a sharpened icicle through his question . His dad respawns as a time - Oliver Stone handle Mephisto , who claims he ’s Tony ’s actual male parent . After being bring back to the present timeline after contend with Mephisto , Stark heads straight to Vegas for answer from the devil . Iron Man departs after secern Mephisto to " kiss my iron ass . " The issue ends with Howard Stark appear in front of Mephisto and take he knows how to break down Tony while uttering " all hail Mephisto . "
The egress is an excitingrewrite of Stark ’s history . Is the devil really his father ? DidHoward make a peck with Mephistothat granted Tony his intellect and success ? Is Howard really active ? There ’s a raft of query to be answer , butAvengers # 31adds an exciting , mephistophelean component toTony Stark’sbackstory . thing are n’t about to get any well-situated for Tony once he see out more .
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