Missed Opportunity: Iron Man's True Story

Marvel completely missed the chance to give Iron Man the prestige television treatment he deserved.

While Robert Downey Jr dominated the big screen, the MCU overlooked adapting the most

powerful Iron Man story ever told. Demon in a Bottle is the comic storyline that changed everything

for Tony Stark. This arc dives deep into his battle with alcoholism and self-destruction.

It shows his greatest enemy is himself, not some supervillain with world-ending plans.

The problem is this story needs time to breathe. A two-hour movie cannot capture the

slow erosion of Tony's life, his relationships crumbling, and the painful

journey to recovery. Television could have given us that depth. Iron Man 2 barely