Iron Man V8 Issue 7 (#687) - Tony Stark is out on a date with Luna at an expensive restaurant. He thanks her as it was her recipe that was prepared. He gives a present. It is a Madame Masque mask, and she puts it on in glee and tries to kill Tony. Tony awakes from the nightmare and calls Rhodey to talk. Rhodey says he's on his way. Rhodey calls Captain America and tells him that Tony will talk to him. Virginia Pepper Potts takes care of the daily business and Melinda May is hunting down A.I.M. Tony runs a learning workshop where they can all learn from each other. Chuck Armstrong - Stealth, Arjun Brahmin - Intergalactic Travel, Emi Gan - Hydro engineering, Daniel Buss - Sustainability, and Melrose Morrison - Biodegradation. Rhodey asks for the real talk. They all show him a new project that puts all their ideas together to attract metal and be used for clean up after battle. They start it up and it grows claiming all the metal around even Iron Man and War Machine. Rhodey ejects and gets to the core to shut it down. Even with the glitch, the team thinks it can be used. Rhodey wants to talk in private. Rhodey confronts Tony on how this new team is just making potential weapons. Tony disagrees and tries to leave. Rhodey won't let him. Tony feels guilty and wants to do something, and Rhodey says something always gets through. Tony invites Rhodey to help. Meanwhile, Adam Ware as the new head of A.I.M. has built a new secret city and Madame Masque talks to him. He is mentally stealing resources from cities to find out how long it takes to get help. And they are beginning to get all A.I.M. under Adam's control with a diversion for Iron Man. Then, an electronic whip snaps. Iron Man V8 Issue 6 - We open with Melinda May talking to Tony Stark, Norman Osborn, and Spider-Man. Iron Man and Iron Patriot were in a fight and Spider-Man was trying to break it up. Exposition: Iron Man and Melinda May were investigating break-ins to old storage facilities that Iron Man had used in the past, an armor stolen, evidence of a pumpkin bomb. Osborn is in his office working when Iron Man flies by. Then Spider-Man is looking for a NY bagel and happens to go to Oscorp to get one. Iron Man and Norman are fighting when Spidey stops it and they all talk. The Iron Patriot armor is missing and even though Norman denies it, in a back room, they find it. Norman thinks he is being set up. Then, the Iron Patriot armor activates and attacks. Iron Man flights the Iron Patriot armor outside, while Norman accesses the goblin helmet to analyze things and Spider-Man helps when the get attacked by the Ghost. They fight, then Norman gives him access to the Osborn files and Ghost solidifies to access them. They are gone, but Iron Man uses Spidey's web shooters to wrap up Ghost and electrify him and deactivates the Iron Patriot armor. They wrap things up and Tony offers Norman to visit his new school but Norman is starting his own new school. It ends with Norman securing himself and calling his team, James Rhodes (War Machine), Captain Marvel, Anthem, Steve Rogers Captain America, Sue and Reed Storm. Norman realizes that they all have been manipulated by someone after Stark. We see an image of Citizen V.. Iron Man V8 Issue 5 - We open with a recap from the previous issues explaining Madame Masque got the idea from "you" (Tony Stark) to make a new Tony Stark. With A.I.M.'s help they kidnapped geniuses that were put through extreme stresses to see what they could create under the duress. Iron Man comes to the rescue and gets trapped. Advanced Iron Man (the Fixer in Iron Man armor) reminds Tony Stark that he will die with the rest of them as he blasts away. Tony takes an injured Adam and hides with the others while the Fixer drones on about the new armor. The Helicarrer is on fire and going down. The Fixer tells Masque to escape while he takes care of her ex. Tony goads the Fixer as not able to create but just rip off Iron Man armor. Tony has a hand repulsor that he uses to keep the AIM armor off balance as he reminds Fixer he has always had help and taught to work together and selflessness as he lures him into an escape room. Tony and the geniuses trapped AIM Fixer in the room to think his way out. Tony gets an A.I.M. shuttle to let the rest free safely. Madame Masque confronts Tony.
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