9 Avengers Fates Worse Than Deaths
1. Being Corrupted By Your Own Dark Side
Having debuted in March 1963's Tales of Suspense, Tony Stark is known as one of the greatest heroes in comic books, period. The thing is, Stark has at times often allowed a darker, more sinister side to rear its ugly head.
One prime example of this is 2014's AXIS event.
In AXIS, an inversion spell from Doctor Doom and the Scarlet Witch caused our regular Marvel heroes to become villains, and for the bad guys and gals of Marvel to become heroic figures. While the end of this arc saw these characters revert back to their regular selves, one person omitted from this was Iron Man.
Using his vast smarts, the evil Stark manages to work out a way to avert being returned to his heroic self. Complete with a striking new white armour, this 'Superior' Iron Man is a thorough bastard of the highest order. And not just does that mean that Stark was at his arrogant, egotistical worst - which he absolutely was - but the Armoured Avenger truly becomes a bona fide villain.
One particularly disturbing scheme put in place by Stark involved developing a free mobile app which allowed the San Francisco public the opportunity to experience the powers and abilities of Tony's Extremis. What the public do not know, though, is that Iron Man has made it so that there are horrifying withdrawal symptoms after that first Extremis hit is done... and that it will cost $99 per day to get further doses of Extremis.
Essentially, this twisted plan turns San Fran into a city of drug addicts - all just for sh*ts 'n' giggles.