Iron Man V8 Issue 8 (#688) - We open with the Vault under attack from an electrified whip. We see several Guardsmen taken down by Whiplash, Anton Vanko who is there to free a prisoner there. Back at Tony Stark's school of super-science, the genius adult young people are there working on devices, specifically a force field that draws from Dark-Matter energy and is small enough to fit in a ring and sell to the public. Tony looks at the ring idea with some suspicion. Tony is late for a meeting and then a date with Luna. Rhodey offers to fill in for Tony at the school. Meanwhile, Madame Masque and Adam Ware are taking down A.I.M. sites and the Scientist Supreme.
Tony is at the last meeting seemingly bored and then he has his date with Luna in Paris, but Luna shows up with her son, Hugo. They will need to eat locally. She apologizes and Tony takes them on a tour of the facilities. Then Anton Vanko shows up with his whip looking to destroy Tony and Iron Man destroying much of the property. Tony directs the visitors to a safe location and suits up. Whiplash looks much bigger and has better tech with his whip. Iron Man takes him on and Whiplash is winning crushing Tony. Pepper begins to fall from a metal bridge and Citizen V saves her, but she says for him to move on as if knowing a secret about him not wanting Tony to find out. Then Tony gets free of Whiplash by turning his power to the outside of his armor and turns the whip against his opponent. Then Citizen V turns to stop Iron Man from beating Whiplash any more. And, then the original Whiplash, Marco Scarlotti, blasts Iron Man and Citizen V. He was presumed dead from Vol. 3 when the Sentient Iron Man armor struck him down. 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.
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