Meanwhile, on Earth, it was Tony Stark who felt the greatest fallout from the Battle of New York, as the experience - particularly of nearly dying in the cold depths of space - drove him to post-traumatic panic attacks ( Iron Man 3, 2013). Unbeknownst to anyone else, Loki had actually survived, and had usurped Odin’s place on Asgard’s throne. Nevertheless, the Asgardians were able to wrest the powerful artifact known as the Aether from Malekith’s clutches before he destroyed the Nine Realms, and they delivered it into the hands of an alien being known as the Collector, because it was too dangerous to keep it near the Tesseract. Loki was not in prison long, as Thor freed him in order to gain his help in defeating the Dark Elf Malekith ( Thor: The Dark World, 2013), but Loki seemingly died in the course of their quest. What are Marvel's Infinity Stones - and where are they? In exchange, Fury said that he might call upon Stark as a consultant in the future. Nicholas Fury of SHIELD approached Stark, giving him information about his father’s work that enabled him to find a replacement substance for his arc reactor, saving his life. James “Rhodey” Rhodes, stole one of his prototypes, becoming the hero known as War Machine.Ĭol. government failed when his best friend, Air Force Lt. His attempts to keep his armor technology out of the hands of the U.S. An irreplaceable metal in the magnetic energy source that kept shrapnel from impaling his heart - an injury sustained in his abduction by the Ten Rings - was also poisoning him. An experiment using some of Banner’s blood on one of Ross’ men created an equally terrible creature who rampaged through Harlem before Banner, in his monstrous form as the Hulk, put a stop to him and, again, fled custody.Įlsewhere, Tony Stark struggled with several problems ( Iron Man 2, 2010). Bruce Banner, who had been hiding while he attempted to find a cure for the condition that causes him to transform into an giant, unstoppable green monster when under stress ( The Incredible Hulk, 2008). The Incredible Hulk (2008) Marvel Studios/Universal PicturesĪt roughly the same time, General Thunderbolt Ross and his men caught up with Dr. Eventually, Thor took the fight back to Asgard, where Loki seemingly committed suicide by jumping into the dimensional void. In a scheme for Odin’s approval, Loki attempted to kill Thor and destroy the realm of Jotunheim, and the battle between the two brothers caused significant damage to the small New Mexico town in which Thor and his hammer Mjölnir had appeared. Then Odin fell into the interminable Odinsleep, leaving his foster son Loki on the throne. Odin, king of Asgard, stripped his son Thor of his powers and banished him to Earth for his destructive arrogance. In the royal halls of Asgard - a sister dimension to Earth’s, home to the Asgardians, whose technology inspired Norse legends - there was a crisis of succession ( Thor, 2011). Rogers was revived into a world he barely recognized. In the Arctic, the shadowy government program known as SHIELD uncovered the resting place of Steve Rogers, who was alive, but had been locked in an ice-induced hibernation for 70 years ( Captain America: The First Avenger, 2011). In a single week, four major events occurred that would shape the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever. It never rains but it pours, and it was as if Stark’s presence had torn open a thundercloud. Thor (2011) Marvel Studios/Paramount Pictures Nick Fury’s Big Week
With Stark’s proclamation, “I am Iron Man,” the modern age of superheroes had begun.
His crusade culminated in the death of his business associate, who had been collaborating with the Ten Rings all along.Īt a press conference later that week, under questioning from reporters, Stark admitted that the mysterious armored figure - dubbed the Iron Man - who had seemingly been acting in his interests was, in fact, himself. In another story, he might have stopped once he gained his freedom, but after discovering the extent to which the weapons manufacturing arms of his business were inflaming global conflict, Stark built more advanced suits of armor and began waging a one-man war on terrorism. Instead, Stark built himself an automated suit of battle armor and escaped his captors. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Marvel Studios/Paramount PicturesĬaptain America was the only “superhero” the world had ever known - until the late 2000s, when the genius, billionaire, philanthropist and playboy Tony Stark was abducted by the terrorist group known as the Ten Rings, which held him for ransom and attempted to force him to build weapons for them ( Iron Man, 2008).
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