Summary
Iron Manis hands down one of the wealthiest and most successful characters in all of comics, with his most significant “superpower” — money — recently being stripped away from him in part by a villain who knew exactly how to hit Tony where it hurts. Luckily for him, the tables have turned in his financial favor, withIron Man officially getting his fortune back due to an unlikely X-Men ally, once again making Tony Stark Marvel’s richest hero.
One of the first superheroes to help the X-Men wage their war against the mutant-hating group known as Orchis, Tony Stark’s company, Stark Unlimited, was taken over by Kelvin Heng aka Feilong, during this time, with Tony’s patented Iron Man tech incorporated into themutant-hunting robots known as Sentinelsagainst his will.
Eventually taking the fight to Feilong, Iron Man, along with Rhodey, Magneto, and others, defeated Orchis, withThe Invincible Iron Man #20showing that, in the aftermath,Tony quite literally received a check for his troubles, courtesy of the telepathic mutant and his faux-wife, Emma Frost.
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Iron Man Regains His Fortune After Emma Frost Gifts Him Billions of Dollars
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A moment seen after Tony tries to pitch Emma on why they shouldcontinue to be a power couple— despite it being faked for superhero reasons — it’s revealed that Emma isn’t currently present with Tony but is telepathically projecting herself into the room instead. Telling Tony she can’t be with him in any meaningful way, Emma leaves him an envelope with a check written out to him, saying thatEmma believes Tony will “put those ones and zeroes to good use,” cheekily adding that she can’t wait to see all the brilliant ways Tony will “piss it all away.”
Admitting that it’s “more money than I’d had in years,”Tony takes his “couple billion dollars” out west and teases apotential West Coast Avengers reunion, making it clear this is a fresh start not just as an Avenger but as a person too. Yet the part that makes Tony’s rejuvenated bankroll status so perfect is not the money itself, but where Emma got it from. Revealing that Emma “used her mental powers and made the market work for her,” Emma faked trades and skimmed accounts to steal cash from several evildoers, including Roxxon, Tombstone, and even Doctor Doom!
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The fact that Emma went through all that to give Tony his wealth back shows just how much faith she has in a man whose company was weaponized into hurting mutantkind, with Emma believing that Tony’s returned riches will allow him to right all the wrongs he couldn’t before. Unfortunately,this issue acts as the final tale in this particular volume ofThe Invincible Iron Man,but since abrand newIron Manseriesis in the cards for an October release, the options for what Tony Starkcanandwilluse his newfound fortune for are truly endless.
Iron Man
Anthony “Tony” Edward Stark, AKA Iron Man, is a Marvel Comics superhero who has enjoyed several years of the spotlight and has become a mainstay in several Marvel media franchises. After suffering a critical injury, Tony creates a specialized armored suit powered by an arc reactor, which keeps him alive. Egotistical but good-hearted, Tony utilizes his super intellect and inventions to fight to protect humanity from various threats, eventually becoming a founding member of the Avengers. In 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was kicked off with the film Iron Man, which starred Robert Downey Jr. as the superhero.
