Synopsis
Invincible Iron Man #18 synopsis by
T Vernon
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With the aid of lifting engines and massive scaffolding, Iron Man is able to raise the unconscious Fin Fang Foom and deliver him to the US Navy, where he learns that Sunset Bain is in charge of the transport work. She lets Shellhead know that she will see Tony at his upcoming party….
And at the party, Tony sees her—a vision in a sexy minidress with every man’s eyes on her. She asks to see Tony in private where she tells him of an AI project she needs his help with; they nearly kiss but they are interrupted by Abner Little who wants Stark Solutions to help in locating a lost treasure (as did Count Andreas Zorba in issue #16). Tony turns him down….
In Brooklyn the police are puzzled by a grave robbery—that of minor hood Rafe Michel….
Later Tony explains to Pepper Potts that he accepted the Baintronics job so he could look for proof that Sunset Bain was behind the second, evil War Machine. Feeling lonely, Tony calls Rumiko Fujikawa in Fiji; she invites him down but he can’t go. Tony, tempted to drink, puts the bottle away from him and wonders how Carol Danvers is doing with her drinking problem….
Iron Man finds Warbird atop a Navy sub, battling former foes Golden-Blade and Sapper. Tony realizes Carol is drunk but she resists help, even saving Shellhead from their enemies….
Interlude: Dr. Glenda Sandoval is helping James Rhodes search for her husband Parnell Jacobs…
…who is the new villainous War Machine, watching Iron Man and Warbird’s battle on TV and wanting to take Iron Man down now, but Sunset Bain warns him against arousing Tony Stark’s suspicions of his involvement with Baintronics….
As the heroes battle the villains, Sapper overloads and explodes; Shellhead allows the baddies to get away as he rescues Warbird from the deep. When she regains consciousness, she realizes she messed up because of her drinking and appeals to Tony for help….
Epilogue: Sunset Bain muses on drawing Tony into a trap, tricking him into unwittingly decoding the AI that is Jocasta….