What If? Iron Man: Demon in an Armor

In this standalone 2011 Marvel one-shot, writers Bob Layton and David Michelinie reimagine the origin of Iron Man with a dark twist, exploring what might have happened if Tony Stark’s life-saving armor had been built with a demonic soul instead of a mechanical heart. Artist Graham Nolan brings a gritty, supernatural edge to this alternate take on a classic Marvel tale. A single-issue curiosity from the long-running What If? tradition, it matters as a chilling character study that tests the boundaries of the hero’s defining struggle between man and machine—and the soul within.