Contains Spoilers for Avengers ( 2023 ) # 21 and go - gentleman ( 2024 ) # 8!Iron Manhashad many teammates over his foresighted Avengers term of office , butMarvel Comics has finally brought back a friendshipthat ’s been painfully lacking for ten now , his comradery withX - Men’sBeast . As the Avengers and Cyclops ' X - man seek to reaffirm their alinement , Tony Stark and Hank McCoy are give way the perfect pretext to catch up .

With the Avengers and Adam - Men catching upafter a baseball game biz , Tony takes the chance to chat with Hank alone in a conversation that reaffirms why their tenure together on the Avengers is such a fan - favorite .

Friends & Former Teammates Iron Man And Beast Reconnect – But Some Things Aren’t The Same

Avengers (2023)#21 – Written By Jed MacKay; Art By Valerio Schiti; Color By Federico Blee; Lettering By Corey Petit

The complicate element is that this is not the Beast that many reader , nor Tony , are familiar with . Inthe X - Men ’s Krakoan Era , Beast lastly slid fully into supervillainy . This finally lead to him being replaced with a written matter of himself who did n’t remember anything past his classic ‘ LXXX Avengers days , and this is the Beast who joined the unexampled ten - Men team . The highlight ofAvengers#21is Beast ’s conversation with Iron Man about that exact fact , in which wolf questions why Tony did n’t stop his original ego from going too far .

As the 10 - Men head into a newfangled era , the dependable meaning of a founding member ’s codename has follow to life , yield rooter a riveting look into his lifespan .

Tony admits that past a certain point he did n’t know Hank any longer , or what that Beast was doing . However , Tony is no stranger to moral failings , and jokes that Hank is the lucky one for not having to actually remember the bad stuff that he theoretically did . That does n’t exactly help Hank ’s humor , but it is true . He ca n’t be fault for stuff he did n’t actually do himself , even though a guilt composite is always part of Beast ’s grapheme . This adds a unexampled wrinkle to the duette ’s classical moral force , one that Marvel will hopefully enthrone more page - time in exploring .

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Iron Man’s Pep Talk Comes At Exactly The Right Moment For Beast

X-Men#8 – Written By Jed MacKay; Art By Ryan Stegman; Ink By J.P. Mayer; Color By Marte Gracia; Lettering By Clayton Cowles

Avengersauthor Jed MacKay – who now also compose Marvel ’s mainX - Menseries , which Beast is currently appearing in – has been consistent with how hemakes Iron Man a surprising font of wisdomfor struggle character , such as​ Carol Danvers and now Beast , and it show just how much MacKay loves Tony . This evoke that , rather than a passing acknowledgment of their late past times , Tony and Hank ’s conversation inAvengers#21 has planted a seed for something greater , which could flower across both titles in due time .

As the 10 - Men hero face sin of the past he did n’t place , but is still under threat of being hold creditworthy for , he has renewed his friendly relationship with Iron Man .

After all , this conversation could be more important for Beast than Tony realizes . InX - Men ( 2024)#8,Beast is set to be handed over to the government of Terra Verde , the nation his original self committed warfare crimes against . This incident could easily retrigger this version of Beast ’s guilt once more . Luckily , as theX - Menhero faces wickedness of the past he did n’t commit , but is still under terror of being hold responsible for , he has renewed his friendship withIron Man , who can be there to remind him he ’s not the devil that the old Beast turned into .

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Anthony " Tony " Edward Stark , AKA Iron Man , is a Marvel Comics superhero who has enjoyed several years of the spotlight and has become a lynchpin in several Marvel media dealership . After suffering a critical combat injury , Tony create a specialised armored cause powered by an arc reactor , which keep him live . Egotistical but good - hearted , Tony utilizes his crack intellect and invention to fight to protect humanity from various menace , eventually becoming a founding member of the Avengers . In 2008 , the Marvel Cinematic Universe was kicked off with the film Iron Man , which starred Robert Downey Jr. as the superhero .

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Iron Man rekindles his friendship with Beast in Avengers (2023) #21

Anthony “Tony” Edward Stark, AKA Iron Man, is a Marvel Comics superhero who has enjoyed several years of the spotlight and has become a mainstay in several Marvel media franchises. After suffering a critical injury, Tony creates a specialized armored suit powered by an arc reactor, which keeps him alive. Egotistical but good-hearted, Tony utilizes his super intellect and inventions to fight to protect humanity from various threats, eventually becoming a founding member of the Avengers. In 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was kicked off with the film Iron Man, which starred Robert Downey Jr. as the superhero.

In Avengers (2023) #21, Beast asks Iron Man why the Avengers didn’t stop Hank when he turned evil

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Anthony “Tony” Edward Stark, AKA Iron Man, is a Marvel Comics superhero who has enjoyed several years of the spotlight and has become a mainstay in several Marvel media franchises. After suffering a critical injury, Tony creates a specialized armored suit powered by an arc reactor, which keeps him alive. Egotistical but good-hearted, Tony utilizes his super intellect and inventions to fight to protect humanity from various threats, eventually becoming a founding member of the Avengers. In 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was kicked off with the film Iron Man, which starred Robert Downey Jr. as the superhero.

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