As Tony Stark enjoys his new lease on life, a whole host of his oldest foes have resurfaced to bring Iron Man down for good.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Iron Man #3, by Christopher Cantwell, Cafu, Frank D'Armata and VC's Joe Caramagna, on sale now.
Sincereclaiming the mantle of Iron Man from his villainous brother Arno, Tony Stark's life hasn't been much easier. The Armored Avenger's return has been marked by many of his oldest, most obscure foes resurfacing to make life living hell for the superhero. And as a familiar cosmicenemy rises to reshape the Marvel Universe in his image, Tony quickly discovers that many of his one-note villains have banded together to finally attain their revenge.
Things came to a head in Iron Man #3, where several villains from Stark's life remerged in what amounts to a multi-pronged attack on his life.
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The first antagonist on this list proved to be more a nuisance than a genuine threat. After enduring a grueling series of missions while earning the scorn and ire of an ungrateful general public, Tony was at his wit's end. Returning to his personal garage, Tony discovered it had been broken into his old foe Melter, with one his prized cars completely melted down.
Melter was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1963's Tales of Suspense #47 as a rival industrialist and arms dealer who repurposed one of his weapons to melt virtually any substance, including Iron Man's armor. Frustrated by Melter's attack on his car collection, Tony knocks out his longtime foe with a single punch and nearly kills him by dropping him from a great height only to catch him at the last possible second.
Ever since the start of the Iron Man's latest solo comic book series, he has been menaced by a reborn Korvac. Created by Steve Gerber and Jim Starlin in 1975's Giant-Size Defenders #3, Korvac fought the Guardians of the Galaxy from an alternate future before fleeing to the main Marvel Universe and facing the Avengers, including Iron Man, during "The Korvac Saga."
Resurrected through cybernetics, Korvac took on a civilian guise and approached Tony with a business proposition, only to be rebuffed. Infuriated, Korvac went to Oklahoma where he had established a field of receptacles that would channel the pure energy from lightning bolts to boost his power where he confronted Iron Man and Hellcat with his assembled supervillains.
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