10 Biggest Iron Man Plot Twists

5. Iron Man Is Fused With His Armour

Iron Man
Marvel Comics

Oh. Oh dear.

Whereas Iron Man fusing together with all of his Avenger buddies was a lesson in fun fan service done right, this fusion was more of a lesson in abject body horror.

We really don't want to have to even look at this one for too long. Let's just say that, whenever Tony Stark is adamantly telling people that he IS Iron Man, that he and the suit are one unified being, this is probably not what he has in mind. Be careful what you wish for.

Thankfully, this twisted twist was not permanent, and readers were not subjected to have to look upon this monstrosity for too long. Tony and the suit were able to be pulled apart and rebuilt separately.

Undoing this effect actually unearthed a brand new twist of its own, but to understand that, we have to travel back several twists, and explore the series of twist after twist after twist that Tony Stark has been cycling through in recent years. It all began with...

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Jimmy Kavanagh is an Irish writer and co-founder of Club Valentine Comedy, a Dublin-based comedy collective. You can hear him talk to his favourite comedians about their favourite comics on his podcast, Comics Swapping Comics.