Not gonna lie: when I got to this part of Iron Man: Legacy, I actually got a little emotional.

Tony Stark: Bad Ass Mother-Effer, Part 2 (Iron Man: Legacy)

Oh, man. These right here? These are fighting words. Don't ever tell Tony he can't control what the world does with his stuff. I mean, he obviously can't, but that's never stopped him from trying! (And yes, we're still posting panels from Iron Man: Legacy.)

Tony can't stand to see his inventions misused. That's actually a pretty foundational facet of the character (as established by the original Armor Wars arc). Good to see the creators of Iron Man: Legacy keep that in mind -- and use it as a major plot point.

More recent comics sometimes lose sight of this, but Tony has a moral core. (Iron Man: Legacy)

Tony Stark: Bad Ass Mother-Effer (Iron Man: Legacy)

In the opening arc of Iron Man: Legacy, Tony discovers that his tech has, once again, been stolen and is being used in an ethnic conflict in Eastern Europe.  And what does he have a nightmare about shortly thereafter? Mass graves and bodies stacked like cord wood. I swear to God, this man's guilt complex is truly next level!

Reading Iron Man: Legacy this week, which features this beautifully concise summation of Tony Stark as a character. He's a human being; he struggles with pain and frailty. But: "You'll create your way out." Yes! Yes!