10 Times The Avengers Ruined Tony Stark's Life

Remember when the Avengers made Iron Man kill a child?

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Given that Tony Stark is usually in a leadership role in the Avengers, you'd expect that the team hadn't done much to ruin his life. After all, everything they do is under his orders, right?

Well, not entirely. Because Tony having this role more often than not leads to him being screwed over repeatedly, either because other members place too much pressure on him - because they judge him for having problems despite his prominent position - or because he funds the Avengers, and thus any moves that ruin the Avenger's finances also run him dry of money pretty damn fast.

And while Iron Man isn't always the perfect hero, he is always trying his best to do the right thing, which is why it hurts to see him repeatedly get belittled and sabotaged by pretty much every other member of the Avengers.

Although a decent chunk of this is somewhat justifiable, there are some moments - like making him drink despite being an alcoholic, or making him kill a teenage version of himself - that just seem outright unredeemable, especially when the Avengers are supposed to be Tony's teammates, as well as his friends.

10. Destroying His Home (Repeatedly) - Various Comics

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The Avengers Mansion has been destroyed an almost unimaginable amount of times - having been reduced to rubble in Avengers Disassembled, Avengers: Under Siege, and twice in the New Avengers in recent history alone.

It's often forgotten that said luxurious mansion is the property of one Tony Stark, and that its upkeep is funded by a mixture of the government and Iron Man, with the latter paying the majority of the bills for the place the Avengers call both a base and a home. As such, it's kind of awful that the team are usually responsible for either destroying the place, or otherwise failing to protect it, taking another huge chunk out of Tony's wealth.

While you'd presume that doesn't matter - after all, Tony is a billionaire - he's legitimately gone bankrupt trying to keep the place afloat at least twice. Given this, you'd presume that the Avengers would either work a little harder on creating ways to protect the easily-breakable house, or otherwise chip in a little bit towards its upkeep.

Doesn't Captain America still canonically own his copyright and merchandise? You'd think that'd go a fair way to keeping the place fully funded.

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