STORY: The Secret History of the Marvel Universe is Revealed in ‘Original Sin’

“It's safe to say that a lot of this story is Tony trying to dive deep into this investigation and yet be careful about what he shares with Bruce," Waid told USA Today about the series, which launches in June. "You never know with Bruce what's going to set him off.”

This isn’t the first time that Marvel has teased a major change to the origins of a core character known as much for movie appearances than comic books; Gillen’s own Iron Man series completed a storyline last year that revealed that Tony Stark was, in fact, adopted and that Howard Stark’s true son, Arno, had been raised in secret for decades.

If this revelation turns out to be genuine in the comic books, it’ll be interesting to see if it moves over to the movie franchise. We already know that Iron Man and the Hulk will face off in Avengers: Age of Ultron -- could this be a potential reason why … ?