Of all the characters who've been touted to meet a deadly end, Tony Stark certainly looks like a strong candidate. Despite this, and though it's obvious that no fan will particularly want to see any of their favourite characters die, Tony is held with a particular degree of adoration - the thought of him going through all he has just to be killed doesn't exactly sit well with everyone.
And so, in light of the opening conversation from Infinity War - where Tony and Pepper Potts discuss having children - it stands to reason that the character could yet receive a happy ending. It's not like he doesn't deserve it either, and though Gwyneth Paltrow may have spoiled an aspect of this arc going into Avengers 4, whether or not it actually happens is anyone's guess.
In any case, it's not as though Tony Stark is compelled to be Iron Man. There is a logical end in sight for his affair with superheroics (one that was already broached in Iron Man 3, most notably), and while it's likely that other members of the original six Avengers will perish next year, Tony's death would be the one that hits hardest.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
