Issue 10 - We open with Iron Man in his improvised armor standing with Crimson Dynamo (Bucky), Black Widow, and Melinda May talking to Vishte is his Dr. Doom bone armor that last issue absorbed the black magic. Tony asking Vishte if he killed all those people in Latveria to save him. Vishte says this is horrible but this is what victory looks like. The whole point he says is to keep Tony from making and selling arms that would have killed many more. Melinda throws a dagger at Vishte calling him a rationalizing murderer. It is melted. A dialogue ensues with accusations against Vishte and him calling the group hypocrites. Bucky says that he saw kids burned. Vishte talks about a small sacrifce and how he will kill Dr. Doom and rule in his stead, the least amount of bloodshed. Iron Man threatens to stop Vishte. Vishte says he doesn't want to fight but strikes at Iron Man and melts the Crimson Dynamo armor. Tony wants to save Vishte feels he set a tone that implied any means necessary against Doom. Belasco the demon appears and takes them to limbo because Vishte has brokered a deal to get the power to defeat Doom claiming Tony Stark is onboard. Iron Man takes offense to being used. Iron Man attacks Vishte while he explains how his goal was to get enough power from the demon Consortium to kill Doom, rule Latveria, become Sorcerer Supreme so he could stop the demon Consortium. One failure and all die in the whole world exclaims Iron Man. He claims this is the best redistribution of power. Iron Man hasn't been upgrading his armor just his sword. It stops Vishte. He has failed at every turn. The demon Consortium binds Vishte and will use him as a bargaining chip against Stark. Vishte vows revenge against Stark and Doom. Back home, Tony plans with Melinda May to find the code deep within the Black magic and all the armors. When Doom activates all the Stark contracts, the armors will be freed and the black magic will infiltrate Doom's servers. Dr. Doom rejects Tony's offers and each have veiled threats against the other. Ramon comes as a board member and of the union and offers to make carbon neutral resources, but it be affordable, it has to be done at a large scale, which he says that's what Tony's company is all about. Ramon asks for May to stay on to train the union; she agrees. Tony talks to the Black Widow who offers her support. Tony lost the improvised armor but has the other armors coming back online. The End. Issue 9 - We open with Iron Man flying in his Improvised Armor. He is going to try and free Melinda May from the Red Widow. Vishte is to stay behind. He begins to reflect when his parents told him they were agents of Latveria and his Latverian name was Artem. His life as a Symkarian child was a lie. He now stands before Dr. Doom, and his parents are taken away. Then, we go back to Azerbaijan at a Winter Guard safe house where Melinda May is tied up but offered a drink. The Red Widow offers Commander Hunyadi a deal leaving Tony's group cut out. The Black Widow and Winter Soldier attack. They fight and take down the Winter Guard. Doom uses magic to defeat the uprising through phones and through the area. Bucky puts on the Crimson Dynamo armor. Then, Iron Man shows up with Victorious to stop the traitors of Doom. Tony adds additions from his armor to the Dynamo armor Bucky controls. They want the appearance of a Russian victory over traitors of Doom. Viste shows and kills Hunyadi. Victorious takes the Winter Guard away to a Latverian prison. The additions were the recent Iron Monger armor infused with black magic. Viste takes away the black magic out of the armor and makes an armor powerful enough to take on Doom - Viste wears the armor that looks like another Dr. Doom with the evil magic.
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