Just want to point out how his whole "all this time i was playing human" speech was awesome

The "Playing Human" monologue he gave to daredevil was easily one of the most iconic moments in modern comics even death battle had to reference it

You know... the Evil Good Guy is really terrifying... I need to read this comic. Because people really forget that you can be evil wouldn't doing overt crime. Even the closest example of this, Lex Luther, still falls into the Classic Crime tropes way too often. But seriously, Inverse Tony sounds terrifying... just manipulating people on so many levels without fully shedding the mantle and appearance of a public hero.

Who else played as superior iron man as a most used character in LEGO marvel avengers because his suit was bullet ,rocket and laser proof and because it had the shortest equipping animation

"I'm not playing god.....All this time I have been playing human." Said by Evil tony but it's 100% Tony lol.

$100 a day!? jesus christ.... Could've been nice and made it weekly... or monthly... He's evil.

I love the idea of inverted heroes becoming a villain. They aren't blood thirsty murderer, they are manipulative psychopaths. Evil Iron Man is one of the best example of it. He takes the publics trust and manipulates them to do what he wants. Its kinda scary in its way

Who here part of the “Evil Iron Man and took over” club before he fixes it

That original title lol. Disappointing to hear they didn't bothering explaining how Tony's personality was swapped back though

My best guess on how Tony snapped out of being in his superior persona is when the world was reset after the battle world secret wars he was effected by it somehow. Like how Dr. Doom no longer had a deadpool face under his face plate.

Ok, now I wanna see Superior Iron Man and Superior Spider-Man duke it out.

I think the closest we got to a resolution for how superior Tony turned back to normal was in the pages of the Amazing Spider-man book (which had Peter running parker industries) and a conversation between Peter and Tony where Peter tried to remind Tony that they had met before and that he (peter) had even lived in stark tower for a while - sort of possibly implying that the Tony we see after the secret wars event was (possibly) a A.I. back-up now driving Tony's body (which would have laid the ground works for post "civil war II" A.I. Tony helping Riri Williams), but this was never confirmed in the Bendis Iron Man book at all. This was not helped by the fact that during this run, which had Tony look like Santiago Cabrera which i think is awesome, the book itself tied into multiple crossover events which made the series feel less like a follow-up to Superior, and more like the poorly written foundation work for the future launching of Doctor Dooms and the RiRi Williams Iron Man books (both of which were more sequils to previous event comicsthan the Bendis Iron Man run was, in my opinion, poorly planned out as it failed to explain certain changes in the iron man continuity which were made universal throughout the other books i.e. not-evil tony, the plummeting of stark industries (and rise of parker) which meant that the Avengers now opparated out of a more bare-bones facility as opposed to stark tower). But all-in-all i find the "superior" books (thus far Spider-man and Iron Man) to be wonderful additions to these characters cannon as they've allowed for a change-up which we as readers know isnt going to be permanent, but which allow us to see the activities of our heroes through a different lense without having to go through the usual "oh but this was an alternate version from a different universe" cop-out. And also, out of the AXIS books/the titles which tied in, the Zen-buddhist Deadpool (funny) and the "worthy" Loki story arcs which were running at the same time were very good in my opinion.

This is exactly the kind of Iron Man Cap feared

I swear Superior Iron Man will always be my favorite version of Tony Stark. Really hope the writers bring this version back somehow 😢

In the words of Comichistorian: "Bendis puts story over continuity".

I hate that this storyline never got any actual resolution.

I'm glad you pointed out recap videos aren't a replacement for reading the full story. Keep up the good work

This is by far my favorite version of Iron Man, and his most compelling story. That armor is just insane.

Ironman good or evil is always interesting and fun.

Love the video! And the thread of Tony's AI backup is an endlessly fascinating one. The last arc in Tony Stark: Iron Man was awesome, and edged out Superior in my opinion for best Iron Man story ever told.

Can we just agree that the most badass comic book quote came from this story? "I'm the most intelligent, capable person on the planet. I'm not PLAYING god. All this time... I've been playing human"

"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain."

Evil Tony sounds really interesting. Are their any other Axis inversion s you think are worth talking about?

I would rather have the Meta-verse app than Ironman app

I agree with your closing statement. Before I got in to comics, I watched these kinds of videos on your channel, as well as some stuff on dorkly, comics explained, and nerdsync. But even now that I read comics on marvel unlimited and occasionally read physical comics as well, I still enjoy these videos, maybe even more so because I can make connections to other stories I've read, or if the video *is* about something I've read, sometimes I get a new perspective.

Yeah Bendis not explaining how Tony turned Good is super disappointing

It shouldn’t be funny to me but the idea of tony giving Matt his vision back just to take it away is hilarious

Please make a video on matt murdock's history of getting his eyesight back

I love your videos. I don’t have access to Comic book shops and what not, so you are my Go-To when I want to expand my comic-book intelligence. I wish you good luck with your channel, and that you Live Long and Prosper.

"Kicking Puppies IS THAT A JOJO REFRENCE?"

I'm not a big fan of Tony's solo comics, but this definitely sounded like worth reading. Thanks!

I'm here because of tom cruise become superior iron man rumor

As parallel as Superior Iron man and Spider man were i still loved the HELL outta this series

Hey love the videos keep up the good work man also I love this run of Ironman

I think it's also interesting that he has no faceplate most of the time cause that is a trait we have come to associate with Lex Luthor in his own suit.

This was my first comic, I loved it and I remember thinking tony was naturally an a-hole😂

I hope this video does well, I'd love to see more discussions of individual runs/stories from people who are passionate about them.

My guess on what happened is that when the marvel universe got recreated after the end of secret wars we got brought back to a world before the events of Axis. At the end of secret wars we can see black panther brought back to the events that happen right before the first incursion (which takes place at the start of Hickman's New avengers run, which also takes place way before the events of axis) so I just assumed everyone got back to that point in time in the 616 timeline, including Iron man.

Superior Iron Man is still one of my favourite marvel arch, I really wished we could've had more of it ... god damn secret war :(

The title is still under construction

5:10 Is that an unintentional ROM, the Spaceknight reference? XD.

7:32 someone has completely forgotten the entire Cold War.

Man. This is amazing

“Evil Tony stark” so like regular Tony stark

thank you for the video , I have fond memories of this story arch when it happened. P.s. Stay safe out there.

9:29 certified silver centurion moment, gotta be my favorite armor

Been fascinated by this story ever since seeing it on shelves.

I got a little action figure/comic book combo pack for one of my birthdays. Even tho I mostly used the figure, the comic was not only my first marvel comic, but also so confusing for me at a younger age, with the whole app thing and daredevil thing and mean iron man thing...

Thank you drake. Finally. I was curious what happen to tony stark before & after secret war. So it the Marvels version of Flashpoint.

Great Video! I need Superior Iron Man vs Infamous Iron Man... I honestly think those two series were short changed and should be explored further. Just an FYI: Since the end of Secret Wars 2 reset the timeline of Marvel to 2013 New Avengers 1 (ie: the precurser to Time Runs Out) AXIS never actually happened for Marvel characters (Richards/Doom/etc being the exceptions to this). Cheers!

It is possible that evil Tony died while fighting Captain America in Avengers # 44. After all, a hellicarrier crashed while they were fighting. I think good Tony came back because Reed Richards remade him as he was before the inversion. Remember that Reed Richards remade the Marvel universe and it would make sense form him to bring back the good Tony.

watching this again I wonder if Comic Drake will someday made a video about person behind the comic he like and why.

@7:17 Comic Drake: **mentions megalomania** Me: **Immediately thinks of the Undertale song Megalovania**

I clicked this the second I saw this guy did Superior Iron Man. It was the best comic with an unsatisfying conclusion I've ever read.

Will you cover IDWs 2005 transformers continuity or MTMTE?

It actually makes sense when Reed Richards turned everything back to normal with the power of the beyonders he essentiallybrings people back to life with any recollection of how they were altered before the secret wars event basically soft rebooting things to the way they truly are

Okay, now I really want to read this comic.

Superiror Iron man is now in MCU. Watch the DS2 trailer.

I need this version of Iron man on the new Doctor Strange movie

Love that armor bring it back

gotta say the transition to the sponsor was slick af

Did you guys hear that is super super overwhelming conclusion without explanation a perfect opportunity for the MCU

One of my first ever comics was a superior iron man signed by Tom Taylor that i got at a con, fun idea for a comic

Suit made of Liquid Metal sounds so cool.

Superior iron man was NOT evil he was a jerk but NOT evil

I love comics so much

I'd love to have Tom Taylor come back to write Iron Man

I always said the axis storyline best tie ins were the superior iron man,deadpool and carnage books I'm glad someone else gets what made the superior iron man so interesting

Tom Cruise will have a field day playing him.

Could you please do a video on Big Bang Comics. Issues 24 and 26 especially.

I’m honestly more of a DC fan when it comes to comics but AXIS kind of turned me onto Marvel a bit more

Deus Ex Machina of Comics: "Because Comics"

talk about the ultimate tease do you think were see evil tony again maybe in the marvel multiverse movie?

Superior Iron man ' armor is amazing!

now this is how you write an evil character not doing anything overtly evil but just using and manipulating people for his own ends

That titles a bit wack, but I like the premise of the video.

If Iron Man and the Superior Iron Man were separated, they would fight it out by who's the better hero.

Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Misleading brought me here 😠

His father must be so proud. 😆

so as one who only really absorbed the lesser known characters and variations from crossover games like LEGO marvel series, i am assuming that the silver stark empire from the kang takeover is from this series. now i am just trying to remember which game it was... LEGO marvel superheroes 2?

AXIS part 3!

Nothing like an evil billionaire charging you $100/day for a drug app Amazing

He should be the villain of what if season 2

Nice ExpressVPN Segway

1:34 Why wasn't Red Onslaught in MvCI?

Holy sh!t😳Man,I really wish this story continues in a alternate universe or something or on a *animated* tv show adaptation🧐

His armor looks like it was designed by Apple, I love it.

Huh. When you posted a video about an evil Iron Man taking over, I assumed it was going to be about the first Civil War storyline. That's kind of when I decided Tony was just a villain with good publicity, so this Superior Iron Man stuff doesn't exactly surprise me.

Superior Iron Man was an interesting anti hero,Superior Iron Man becoming a self absorbed hero would be entirely different from many other anti heroes with this version of Tony Stark always promoting himself and making rival companies invest into him.Tony could quickly build himself as “The Peoples Champion” but secretly is “The Corporate Champion”.Tony Stark moving to San Francisco would be to launch the EXTREMIS program,the Symbiote Costume would be due to Iron Man having left over strands of the symbiote after studying it during the Superior Spider Man story.

I might read this

No matter ,this is still the most beautiful Iron Man armor till date

0:22 I guess they never miss, huh?

Tony Stark: Apple

Is this the version of Tony that I saw in a "evidence of Tony Stark's potential bisexuality" compilation, where he wakes up in a pile of mostly naked people of both the male and female variety? Or was that a different evil Iron Man arc?

Does anyone else feel like Tony would just write his own VPN?

I liked the armor.

Huh, pretty cool alternative character.

That express VPN Segway was flawless

At least they didn't replace him with a teenager version this time.

As popular as it is, I still think we don't talk about this enough. Taylor knows his shit. Especially now with how weird Tony's life has gotten, I could see this coming back around if Tom is open to it but not sure what his deal with DC is