Iron Man comic book artist Bob Layton has claimed that the third movie in the blockbuster franchise could see superhero Tony Stark slip into alcoholism. Layton, who co-created the War Machine character and consulted on the script for the forthcoming Iron Man movie, suggested that a further sequel will be based on the ‘Demon In A Bottle’ storyline from the original Marvel comics.

He told MTV:

“I think they’ve come up with a terrific segue to the third film, which I think is going to be fairly powerful. My understanding is that the third film could very well be the ‘Demon In A Bottle’ story mixed in there with everything and I’m kind of looking forward to that, if that’s where they wind up going.”