>>At the end of Iron Man 3, didn't Stark renounce being Iron
>>Man? (Or have I completely misinterpreted the end of that
>>film?). I thought part of AOU would have been about him
>>making the decision to put the suit back on but there wasn't
>>really any mention of it.
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>Avengers tower is in New York, he was living back in Malibu
>when IM3 started, so likely he had some suits in tow.
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>And notice how after he threw the arc reactor into the ocean,
>he drove away TOWING his machine? I think the whole point
>was, as long as he lives, Iron Man will as well. Lord knows
>he can build a suit out of anything.
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>And keep in mind that there was still a SHIELD in place up
>until TWS. At that point, and with Hill going to work for
>Stark Industries, I imagine that Tony was brought up to
>speed.
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>And even though he wasn't at the helm anymore, Fury said to
>Hill at the end of Avengers that they would come back "because
>we'll need them to."
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