For years, “I am Iron Man” was the line that ended it all. Tony Stark snapped his fingers, saved the universe, and died doing it. He left behind a wife, a daughter he had just started to know, and a life he had fought hard to build. It felt final, and it was supposed to stay that way.
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige once told Vanity Fair, “We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again,” talking about Iron Man‘s death. That was the promise, and fans believed it. Tony Stark was done, and that was supposed to be a good thing.