10 Marvel Superheroes With Tortured Pasts

It may seem that Tony Stark has it all. A billionaire playboy with a genius I.Q and enough money to buy and sell you a billion times over, there can't possibly be anything in his past that justifies him being on this list, let alone this high up, surely?

Well, there's the fact that he has to live with an arc reactor lodged in his chest, for instance, or the fact that all his money has been made from creating weapons that are responsible for the deaths of millions of people worldwide, and those are just for starters.

All of this leads to the fantastic 'Demon in a Bottle' storyline where Tony Stark turns into a full-blown alcoholic. Deciding that the best way to deal with all the guilt he is carrying around is to jump headlong into the nearest glass of booze, he does just that with great gusto.

It costs him his company and a vast majority of his friends and it is only when he is confronted by Bethany Cabe, who tells him about her ex-husband Alex resorting to drugs to deal with his problems, that he sobers up and vows to never touch another drink as long as he lives.