Invincible Iron Man #88: Review

Nov 2004

Mark Ricketts, Tony Harris

Story Name:

The Singularity part 3

Review & Comments

Rating:

Invincible Iron Man #88 Review by T Vernon (June 19, 2021)

Comments: Issue bannered “Iron Man Disassembled” on cover; tie-in to “Avengers Disassembled” event. Part three of four parts. Story arc takes place after the events of AVENGERS #500-503, minus the epilogues in issue #89. Pepper refers to herself and Happy as “Lucy” and “Ethel” the scheming protagonist of the classic sitcom I LOVE LUCY and her reluctant sidekick.

Review: Well, that didn’t take long: Tony has been cleared of murder as the news discovers the rogue Iron Man. Seen it all before. Other than Happy coming off as a total idiot when hearing about technology. Though we do finally get to Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity, when “technological advancement will one day become so overwhelming, so uncontrollable it’ll threaten all life on this planet.” Maybe I’ll go read his book; it’s sounds more creative than this story arc.

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Synopsis / Summary / Plot

Invincible Iron Man #88 Synopsis by Julio Molina-Muscara

Tony Stark wears a second Iron Man armor to battle the original one, operated by an unknown individual. U.S. Soldiers in older Iron Man armors are standing by, with orders to kill the last standing Iron Man. While the two Iron Men battle, Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan enter Stark's secret "War Room" at the Stark building, from where she hopes to help Tony.