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"Tony Stark has always possessed an inner darkness \u2014 now he's unleashing it on the world.\nMarvel is on a character transformation tear, first announcing a female Thor, followed by the revelation late Wednesday of a black Captain America. Now, as Mashable can exclusively reveal, Tony Stark's massive ego is about to boil over, causing Iron Man to unleash a version of his volatile Extremis technology on the entire population of San Francisco.\nSEE ALSO: 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier': 9 Key Details You May Have Missed\nBeginning in November, Superior Iron Man will take the place of Marvel's Iron Man comic book for an indefinite run, with Stark relocating to the City by the Bay. The storyline has Stark releasing a mobile app \u2014 a version of his Extremis tech that was largely the basis of the film Iron Man 3 \u2014 which offers users the promise of beauty, perfection ... and possibly immortality. \nThose things will, of course, come at a terrible price \u2014 and throw Stark's status as one of the good guys into question. In fact, Stark's mad-genius move will pit him against Daredevil, also a recent transplant to San Francisco, as the \"Man Without Fear\" won't take kindly to Stark's vision.\nExtremis first appeared in a 2005-2006 Iron Man run that introduced a version of the armor that came from within Stark's body, a sort of embedded, on-demand physical transformation technology that will now be in the hands of tens of thousands of ordinary people. Stark also gets an all-new armor for the series, which is equal parts Apple computer and Tron:\n\nIron Man's new armor for the upcoming title \"Superior Iron Man.\"Image:  MarvelWriter Tom Taylor and artist Yildray Cinar will collaborate on the book, which spins off of upcoming Marvel event series Avengers &amp; X-Men: AXIS. \n\"What we\u2019re doing here is a little different \u2014 it\u2019s Tony Stark, the one and only Tony Stark \u2014 and in the aftermath of the Axis event, he will surrender to his id and his legendary ego,\" Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso tells Mashable. \"You\u2019ll see Tony in a new place spiritually and intellectually.\"\nAnd this new Tony Stark isn't an \"alternate universe\" creation, nor is he being replaced or mind-controlled, like Spider-Man was (by arch-enemy Otto Octavius in the book's spiritual predecessor, Superior Spider Man, the 2013 title that was initially met with nerd-rage but lasted a whopping 31 issues.)\n\"Yes, this is Tony,\" Alonso said. \"What you're seeing in Superior Iron Man is a Tony Stark who\u2019s seen both his worst and best impulses all let loose. It is Tony, but he\u2019s going to be in a zone now where he\u2019s never been. He's more ambitious, cunning, egotistical ... all of those quantities are unharnessed. He has a vision for the world. I like to think his position is defensible \u2014 controversial, but defensible.\"\nAnd this new, hubrissed-out Tony Stark won't just be confined to Superior Iron Man \u2014 he'll show up in crossover Avengers titles, rub shoulders with Captain America and make his special brand of trouble all the other Marvel titles with which he's involved.\n\"Don\u2019t look for anything to contradict this Iron Man for the foreseeable future,\" Alonso said.\nIn other words, this Silicon-Valley mogul version of Tony Stark is here to stay.\nWhat do you think of Marvel's sweeping character changes? Let us know in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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