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The Avengers were almost killed by a monster who could possibly destroy the entire planet. The one chance we have of defeating this new enemy -- and your bigotry gets him killed on a suicide mission.
Any direct help I gave to you could be tracked back to me. I could be held liable for aiding and abetting a known criminal. It would undermine everything I've been trying to build since the war. The stakes are bigger than you, or me...or even May.
My kingdom for a Radio Shack. ... 3.8 design. 3.8 design. Yeah, yeah, I remember now. Digital fingerprint lock sequence. Ah. There we go. The self repair kit. I do love me sometimes. ... Actually, my kingdom for a coffee.
You don't understand... We're not going to find him. That's not how this works. Ultron is smarter than all of us. There's nothing I know, that any of us knows, that it doesn't. He will unveil himself to us when he is ready. And when he is ready, it will be because he has brought the human apocalypse. I have seen the future... This is going to happen and there's nothing we can do to stop it.
Prayer? You're going to pray? Who would you be petitioning precisely? Me? God? And what did God say to the people of Paris as you turned them into stone? When they said help me lord as you destroyed one of the greatest cities on Earth. Did God answer them? You know they say in certain rooms that God answers every prayer. Just most days, he says 'no.' ... That's not today. Today, God said something else entirely. Lucky you. Lucky us.
No! I can't accept this! We've been functioning for less than 6 Hours! We haven't even formally inaugurated the Team yet and they're all Dead or Missing!
Your drug of choice, Doctor... is rage. Over your rough childhood. Failed marriage. All the bad hands you've been dealt over the years, and you've suffered quite a string. Like most addictions, the Hulk is both cause and cure for your problems. Giving into him delivers release. At first. But then pain. Always pain.
It's all happening now. Chunks of stuff just...go. I can't remember any of third grade. I can't remember the names of any particular cars. They're all just..."cars." I have thirty-three cars all over the world but I can't remember a single name of a single one. But I know I have thirty-three.
I found what I almost always find: Genocidal goons with guns. Your tax dollars pay me to beat the hell out of people like this. (I decline the paycheck by the way.) The job is its own reward...
This isn't a bad guy. This isn't a villain. This is something monstrous and magical. Beyond science; beyond reason. This is the face of a miracle. A real and true and tragic-beyond-imagination miracle.
My point is -- in Norman Osborn -- we don't have a bunch of dropouts and failures calling the shots. We've actually got a real, dyed-in-the-wool, mustache-twirling looney-toon running the show.
I spent fifty years building Stark Universal into the global juggernaut it is today. Fifty years battling bombs, bullies and buyouts. Only to have a more subtle enemy slip through my defenses when I wasn't looking. Time.
I do have a responsibility to keep my inventions from evil hands – but I have a greater responsibility to oppose that evil any way I can. So, Tony Stark may have done his bit out there, but only Iron Man can do what has to be done...
When I was a kid, I didn't share the toys very well. Had a bad incident with some lincoln logs -- point is I've been holding back on you. You deserve better.
And I know registration won't stop every tragedy, but people in our position need accountability. Someone who, if I'd killed those men, would have thrown me in jail where I belonged.
Nick Fury and SHIELD have been my allies for years! My friends! And I still don't know why they'd want to trash Tony Stark. But they're not up against Stark any more -- they're up against Iron Man! And by God, they're going to -- know it!
Mister, you may not talk, but you will give me information. You'll write it, or type it, or beat it out in Morse code... or send it in smoke signals -- but give it you will!
I do have a responsibility to keep my inventions from evil hands – but I have a greater responsibility to oppose that evil any way I can. So…I guess Iron Man will be around for a while.
I've no idea what's been happening to me. It may be the work of some enemy... it may be the price I have to pay for the years I abused my body... wrecked myself with alcoholism...
Even though I know it's every bit as mad as you say, I've got to take this fight right into their arena. And show them when they mess with Tony Stark....they mess with Iron Man!
I could never... confess. There was no one to turn to all these Years, knowing how it would go... where the long, slow Fall into the Dark would take me... what it would cost me. But I had no choice. He broke me. He broke me from the very beginning.
Just call me a cock-eyed optimist, Rambunctious... and if a Rogers and Hammerstein reference is a bit out of style for you, I'll hum a few bars of "Break on Through to the Other Side!"
Ironic then, that... my greatest failure... is my only chance. Project: Prometheus Rising. A self-contained armory and mobile life support unit. A walking, flying, invincible body armor... it destroyed my best friend's life... will it save my own?
My name is Hogan Potts. I was once a billionaire, playboy, and industrialist by the name of Tony Stark. And now I'm a current Sherlock Holmes wanna-be.
Thor gave me that enchanted jewel fragment in hopes that it would be a source of energy to serve mankind, but now it's become a weapon...and I may have to use it against my friend.
Rahimov was right. But I was right, too. "How many have died?" he asked. "Too many", I said. But I didn't tell him the rest. What happens when you... make those decisions. All those people I've touched... I remember them. I remember them all.
I could create almost anything with the liquid tech... but a specialized tool works better at its specialist task. I could morph a repulsor cannon, sure... But a one-purpose unit ups the kick. This is swapping flexibility for effectiveness.
So, Tony. You killed their "God". Nice one. But don't worry. I'm sure the Voldi will just freeze you in carbonite and eventually your friends will turn up and pull you out of this mess. And then you'll get to make out with the princess. It's all going to be fine.
The world needs the Avengers. The best of the best. The best and the brightest. Symbols. Icons. It's a time of healing. It's a time to tell people we're looking out for them.
That's the name of a top red general, noted for his brutality! He controls this vast commie spy network, and heaven help the undercover man who flubs an assignment!
Pepper and Happy, bless their hearts, were probably looking after things for me at the plant during my absence!...And knowing them, someone could have stolen the whole factory from under their noses while they argue about which of them is my most alert assistant!
What cruel trick of fate is this?? I'm one of the strongest, most powerful, most feared humans on the face of the Earth! There is nothing I cannot accomplish... nothing I would not dare! And yet, I haven't the courage to remove my iron armor... I don't dare gamble with my damaged heart!
You made the same mistake all tyrants and bullies make! You thought you'd just have to flex your muscles and show your strength, and your enemies would fall by the wayside!
I got a rundown on the Warheads weapons systems for you, Fury...but there's something you should know - But no matter how dangerous these Warheads and Mys-Tech are, believe me, they're nowhere near as dangerous as some of the things they go up against!
Wait! Before we separate, the Wasp and I have something to say! Each of us has a different power! If we combined forces, we could be almost unbeatable!
I'm sick of bein' hunted and hounded! I'd rather be with you than against you! So, whether you like it or not, I'm joining the... the... Hey! What are you callin' yourselves?
Okay, okay. Listen...this is delicate stuff...write this down. Make sure your biofeed readers are completely stabilized and double-check your power level on the RT-97.
No matter what the Avengers do, half of America blames us and half the world hates us. No matter what we do, it feels like we're not doing enough. We make just as many messes as we clean up. And you know as well as I do, as mad as we ere at Simon for blaming the Avengers for the world's problems... Part of us agrees with him.
As far as I'm concerned, Stamford was our wake-up call. What alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity. Becoming public employees makes perfect sense if it helps people sleep a little easier
Maybe I'm just a pasteboard playboy... maybe I come on with a manufactured line... but I know a real woman when I hold one... and I know there's a kind of beauty that can't be destroyed... because it's on the inside!
I don't know, Carla! Yet, ironically, he did do one good thing! He gave the world a lovely, courageous girl...which is perhaps the strangest achievement of the insidious Dr. Strange!
Oh, wondrous stranger, whoever you are, say you will remain and share my throne with me! For though I do not know your real identity...I, Cleopatra, have lost my heart to you!
Cold feet! That's it!! I wanted money...and you just handed me a million dollar solution for nothing! Thank you, Stark! And one day, I'll personally demonstrate my gratitude to you!
The M.S.F. accountants are all that stand between us and the I.R.S., Cap. Believe me, rather than deal with the guys they deal with I'd fight Ultron barehanded. In my underwear.
--Avengers vol. 3 #56
Iron Man
Nice thing about built-in radar: You can see where you're going -- when you can't see where you're going!
And while I'm bonding with [King] Arthur, Doctor Doom is out there somewhere bonding with Morgan le Fey of the evil $%#@ing #$## le Feys and they start a zombie war. Of course!! Right? It's Doom!! Why take this miracle of an opportunity to go sight-seeing or on some sort of sociological expedition in a time long lost... when you can start a zombie war!!
--From Civil War: The Confession #1
The U.S. Government paid Stark Industries close to a billion dollars to make that bunker impregnable. This is your chance to make me look like an idiot. Commence firing!
There's a whole new master of magnetism in town. 
Cocktail party guest
