Contains Spoilers for Iron Man ( 2024 ) # 2!Iron Manis going to war against the villainous corporate entity encircling him , and to do so , he is using his foe ’s weapon system against them in the coolest way potential . Tony is finding out that it is tough to contend in the corporate boardroom when no - one else in the room has any morals – but who needs corporate war when they have a big sword ?

Iron Man ( 2024)#2 – written by Spencer Ackerman , with art by Julius Ohta – includes the openhanded reveal of Tony Stark ’s new steampunk - inspired sword , along with the account that it is in reality made of the very Roxxon oil color word of mouth that Tony destroy in the issue .

The story finds Tony battling the Roxxon Corporation , who ’re in the appendage ofinitiating a hostile takeover of Stark Techalong with AIM . While he conserve plausible deniability , Tony who use C - List supervillain Tuatara to blow up a Roxxon oil pipeline , andTony later uses the line ’s tech to make unbelievable Modern sword .

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Iron Man Builds His New Sword Using Materials Sourced From The Same Roxxon Pipeline He Helped Blow Up

Iron Man (2024)#2 – Written By Spencer Ackerman; Art By Julius Ohta; Color By Alex Sinclair; Lettering By Joe Caramagna

Tony ’s warfare on Roxxon and AIM – supervillainmad scientist thinktank Advanced Idea Mechanics – is being struggle on two fronts . On the one hand , Tony is desperately trying to work out out if he has any corporate friend on Starktech ’s board who might vote against being run by villain . On the other , he is take up the battle directly to Roxxon , AIM and their associated hire supervillains . By hiring Tuatura , Tony takes a leaf out of Roxxon ’s own playbook , showing the stage he may have to resort to for follow out on top .

All of Tony Stark ’s Iron Man suit were just destroyed , thrust him to face his smashing weakness if he want to come back from his humble second .

This takeover would n’t have been possible without the side effect of Tony ’s latest geological era , in which hehelped the decade - Men during theFall of X.In Gerry Duggan and creative person Juan Frigeri’sInvincible Iron Man ( 2022 ) , Tony went through much of the same struggle , as he temporarily lost his fortune to the supervillain Feilong , who startedmanufacturing mutant - hunt Sentinels . The difference in this newIron Manvolume is that Tony does n’t have any real way of life to agitate this coup d’etat . It ’s all effectual , which means thathis only veridical recourse is blowing up pipelines and work up braggart swords out of them .

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Iron Man’s New Sword Holds A Deeper Significance For The Character

Tony Stark’s Legacy As An Arms Manufacturer

There is a great mountain of interesting subtext to Tony ’s sword as well . Tony has spent his superhero careerpivoting away from Starktech making weapons , but he bumble for one second and memorize that his own board are more than glad to still make them . Tony Stark remain stuck in a cycle of violence – so , as coolheaded a man of comic iconography as his sword is , it alsosignifies that he is first and foremost a warrior . Rather than defeating Roxxon in the boardroom , Iron Manwill take them out on the field of honor .

Iron Man ( 2024)#2is available now from Marvel Comics .

Iron Man # 2 ( 2024 )

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Anthony " Tony " Edward Stark , AKA Iron Man , is a Marvel Comics superhero who has enjoyed several year of the limelight and has become a mainstay in several Marvel sensitive franchise . After suffer a vital injury , Tony create a specialised armored suit power by an arc reactor , which sustain him alive . vain but good - hearted , Tony utilizes his crack intellect and innovation to fight to protect humanity from various threats , eventually becoming a founding appendage of the Avengers . In 2008 , the Marvel Cinematic Universe was kicked off with the movie Iron Man , which starred Robert Downey Jr. as the superhero .

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Iron Man reveals his stempunk sword made out of a blown up Roxxon Oil pipeline in Iron Man (2024) #2

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.

Tony Stark is accused of blowing up a pipeline in Iron Man (2024) #2

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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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