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Phase 2 · Film

Iron Man 3

In-universe
2013
Released
Apr 2013
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Origins & S.H.I.E.L.D.

Tony lives with post-traumatic stress from the Battle of New York. Aldrich Killian and Extremis hide behind a fabricated "Mandarin"; in the end Tony destroys his armors and removes the shrapnel.

Chronology

  1. December 1999FlashbackTony brushes off Aldrich Killian in Bern on New Year’s EveSource: Shown on screen
  2. December 2013Killian and Extremis, and the Mandarin turns out to be a performanceSource: Popverse MCU timeline

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