Comic Book: Invincible Iron Man (2005 series)

Invincible Iron Man #20

September 2007
"In Absentia"
Script: Chris Gage
Seeing Iron Man defeated, Dugan orders the SHIELD Helicarrier to attack the Hulk. Hulk boards the craft in search of Nick Fury. When told Fury is now an outlaw, Hulk gives the rest of SHIELD a free pass, to their humiliation. Later, Dugan meets with his advisers Lindsay and Quartermain. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #21

October 2007
"[Previously...]"
Script: Unknown
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Invincible Iron Man #22

September 2007
"Haunted, part 2"
Script: Charles Knauf
The SHIELD helicarrier is hovering over Omaha while Iron Man investigates what happened to 2 of the Nebraska Initiative team when they encountered Graviton last issue. The injured villain was put in a coma to stop him escaping. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #23

October 2007
"Haunted, part 3"
Script: Charles Knauf
Nebraska Initiative team member Paragon is fighting Tem Borjigin in the Prometheus building. Cooper Roth''s beef is that the Prometheus CEO has failed his promise to cure his mother, despite Coop doing everything Tem wanted. Borjigin fights back, and we see Mandarin''s Rings embedded in his spine. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #24

December 2007
"Haunted, part 4"
Script: Charles Knauf
Tony Stark has been suspended as Director of SHIELD because his mental condition is suspect. He's also got an adamantium ankle restraint which stops him from using Extremis to control his current armour. His mental problems include seeing ghosts and living in the armour for a week. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #25

February 2008
"[Credits and Recap]"
Script: Unknown
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Invincible Iron Man #26

February 2008
"Haunted, part 6"
Script: Charles Knauf
The Deputy Directors of SHIELD Dum-Dum Dugan and Maria Hill are at loggerheads. Director Tony Stark is on enforced psychiatric leave but he's told Dugan to ready a nuclear bomb to use on the Prometheus Gentech HQ in Omaha. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #27

March 2008
"Haunted, part 7"
Script: Charles Knauf
Tony Stark sees the ghosts of Ho Yinsen and his son who talk about clouds and rain. Then he wakes up in old Iron Man armour in a field near Omaha. The SHIELD helicarrier is in the distance, and they''re trying to contact him. Timothy ''Dum-Dum'' Dugan and Maria Hill are relieved when he answers. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #28

April 2008
"Haunted, part 8"
Script: Charles Knauf
US Secretary of Defence Jack Kooning has fled to Myanmar where he''s contacted an old Cambodia comrade and now drug smuggler Xang Kong. He wants to atone for his part in the Extremis mess by killing Mandarin. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #29

July 2008
"With iron hands, part 1 of 4"
Script: Stuart Moore
SHIELD Director Iron Man is getting ready to lead the armoured Team Alpha on a mission into Kirikhstan. While he waits Tony Stark remembers his old lover Bethany Cabe and is dying for a drink he can''t have ''cos he''s an alcoholic. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #30

August 2008
"With iron hands, part 2 of 4"
Script: Stuart Moore
Tony Stark remembers an evening with Nasim Rahimov and his wife, back when he was still drinking (and in control of it). We learn that Stark Industries is financing Rahimov''s weapons research while his personal fortune is tied up in Kirikhstan''s banking crisis. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #31

September 2008
"With iron hands, part 3 of 4"
Script: Stuart Moore
The SHIELD helicarrier is being menaced by the huge Overkill Mind. Tech-whizz Gaffer can''t tell Deputy Director Maria Hill much about it. Deputy Director Dum-Dum Dugan wants to deploy his new squad but Hill vetoes it. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #32

October 2008
"With iron hands, conclusion"
Script: Stuart Moore
Iron Man is blasting his way through the Overkill Mind that has taken a form like a giant brain. The tunnel he creates closes up behind him, but he reaches the control centre where he finds its creator Nicolas Weir trapped in an intimate connection with the Mind''s AI. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #33

November 2008
"War Machine weapon of SHIELD part 1"
Script: Christos N. Gage
We start with the Mighty and New Avengers in the Savage Land where Iron Man''s armour malfunctions because of the Skrull virus that is disabling StarkTech worldwide. And it''s killing Tony Stark. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #34

December 2008
"War Machine weapon of SHIELD part 2"
Script: Christos N. Gage
Last issue War Machine reached Tony Stark''s secret satellite. Both are immune to the Skrull virus that has closed down much of Earth''s technology, because neither contains StarkTech. But a fleet of Skrull warships followed him there. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #35

January 2009
"War Machine weapon of SHIELD part 3"
Script: Christos N. Gage
Skrulls have captured James Rhodes and removed his War Machine armour, revealing his heavily-cyborged body. They''re about to start dissecting the body when he wakes up, and kills the 2 Skrull scientists with his cybernetic eye. [...]