Synopsis
Invincible Iron Man #11 synopsis by
T Vernon
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Iron Man faces his assembled enemies—Whiplash and the Espionage Elite capture him and hold him down for a grinning Mandarin—and then Tony Stark is awoken by his pilot James Rhodes; they have arrived at his new home on Evergreen Island near Seattle. The bruised Tony disembarks from the copter in a hover-chair to be greeted by Happy Hogan and Pepper Potts. He is taken to the house’s medical center where Doctor Jane Foster awaits. After looking over his recent injuries, she prescribes complete rest so he can recover….
Not far away, Sunset Bain is informed of Tony’s arrival and that he has refused their request, citing a full schedule. So Bain calls in her “consultant” Stuart “Rampage” Clarke to see about arranging a hole in Stark’s schedule….
Warbird, having quit the Avengers over her alcohol problem, has arrived in Seattle for a fresh start. Changing back to Carol Danvers she meets with old friend Tracy Burke, editor of Tech Support magazine, who offers her a job as a freelance writer. Carol orders some liquor to celebrate but remembers that Tracy is in recovery herself...then she spots Tony Stark outside. Dashing out, Carol accuses Tony of spying on her for the Avengers. Surprised, Tony denies it and an angry Carol jets away leaving a threat behind….
Tony has been called to meet with the police and he arrives to learn they want him to identify a body. He does—it’s Whitney Frost, Madame Masque, whose body he had also identified a year ago. Tony then gets an emergency call from Rhodey: War Machine is attacking the Astrodyne Systems plant, which is Stark Solutions’ next customer. Over the protests from Pepper and Happy, Tony dons his Iron Man armor and hurries to the scene of the crime….
Shellhead smashes into the fake War Machine, who is underwhelmed by Iron Man’s power. As they battle, Tony realizes this guy in the War Machine armor is very good with weaponry and aerial maneuvers. Watching remotely, Rhodey recognizes the villain’s voice. And just when Iron Man seems defeated, Warbird arrives to take on the bad guy—who is impressed but uses his stealth tech to dodge her…and threaten to hurl the injured Iron Man off the roof unless she backs off….