Tony Stark Faces His Demons
The major theme from The Demon In A Bottle is tackled in the final episode. Tony Stark must confront his alcohol problems and acknowledge what it means to be Iron Man.Back home, Tony celebrates his good fortune by living the nightlife and drinking heavily. He returns to the office and engages in an argument with loyal butler Jarvis, one that causes the faithful servant to tender his resignation.
The story arc ends in issue #128 with Stark contemplating his personal and super-hero life. He crashes through the windows of his office suite and soon finds a derailed train.
In
his drunken state, he ends up doing more harm than good when trying to
move a train car containing toxic gases. He returns to the office and is
confronted by Cabe.
Cabe confides in Stark about the destructive
behaviour she witnessed from her husband. She didn’t want her friend to
go down the same path. Stark agrees to try to change, and Cabe helps him
avoid the temptations of alcohol. It isn’t easy, but Stark succeeds.Jarvis eventually returns and asks for his job back. He admits to Tony that he sold his two shares of Stark Industries stock to pay for his mother’s mounting medical bills. The shares were owned by a greedy loan shark.
Realizing that ownership of those shares would give him primary control over his company, Tony decides to meet the loan shark as Iron Man.Iron Man destroys the loan shark’s office until the businessman admits that he already sold the shares in question. Stark returns home and picks up the bottle in frustration.
Cabe and Jarvis persuade him to put the bottle down and continue his fight to regain sobriety for the ones who care about him.
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