Sunday, September 12, 2021

The What If? Festival, Part VIII: What If Iron Man Lost the Armor Wars?

Justin Hammer discovers Ant Man sneaking around his servers, learns that Tony has sent him, and then forces Tony to remove his armor and don a slave collar. Now under Hammer's control, Tony attacks SHIELD and the Avengers:






Then Hammer compounds the injury by forcing Tony to bombard Stark Enterprises, critically injure his best friend, and incinerate his own home:




After these humiliations, Tony manages to escape. But what is he going to do now? Once again, he's lost everything -- and really doesn't have anyone to turn to:



Ultimately, Tony assembles a group of villains who are using Stark tech and convinces them to forge an alliance of convenience to defeat Hammer:



Tony prevails -- but that doesn't mean he won't face the music for his unprovoked attacks on SHIELD, the Avengers, and Stark Enterprises:



Poor Tony. Here, Hammer hits him right where he lives by robbing him of his control. It's basically a replay of Demon in a Bottle -- but a thousand times worse. If we were to continue following this particular alternate universe, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Tony struggled to stay sober. 

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