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Invincible Iron Man #12: Review

Nov 2006
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[Credits and Recap]

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Rating:
3 stars

Invincible Iron Man #12 Review by (March 7, 2012)
Comments: Cameos by Power Man, Spider-Man, and She-Hulk.


Invincible Iron Man #12 Review by (June 18, 2014)
The tunnelling Argonaut is made of Antarctic vibranium, which dissolves other metals. This is why Iron Man was able to use it to destroy the battlefield Argonaut made of adamantium. Iron Man used a Hulkbuster armour in #303-304 to fight, of course, the Hulk. Tony will design a new version for World War Hulk. Stark may give up here on the idea of a troop of remote-controlled drone armours, but he'll revisit it later as the Trojan Guard in the Iron Metropolitan storyline. Tony's overconfidence in this arc plus the way his armour was used against his will turns him from an opponent of the Superhero Registration Act in Amazing Spider-Man #529-531 to its most rabid supporter in Civil War itself (which in publishing terms was half way through). There is debate where the meeting at the end of the Illuminati 1-shot fits in this progression - Iron Man there doesn't like the Bill but thinks it's politically wise for the group to support it. After this issue we leap immediately into Civil War. The 1st part of next issue will happen within CW#4.




 

Synopsis / Summary / Plot

Invincible Iron Man #12 Synopsis by Peter Silvestro
One-page entry consisting of the credits...and the recap. Any questions?


Story #2

Execute Program Part 6

Writer: Charles Knauf. Writer: Daniel Knauf. Penciler: Patrick Zircher. Inker: Scott Hanna. Colorist: Antonio Fabela. Cover Penciler: Adi Granov. Cover Inker: Adi Granov. Cover Colorist: Adi Granov.

Synopsis / Summary / Plot

Tony Stark briefs Nick Fury on the five rogue Argonaut drones, launched last issue by the death of Ho Yinsen’s murderous son. A battlefield unit, a submarine one, a stealth fighter, a tunneler, and a Hulkbuster on a rampage, all failsafe measures disabled—and only Iron Man can defeat them….

Shellhead first heads to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean where Namor the Sub-Mariner is struggling against the underwater Argonaut; Iron Man swoops down and rips the gyro out of the startled machine. On an oilfield in Saudi Arabia, the Fantastic Four is in battle with the tunneling Argonaut, trying to stop it from breaching the water table. The drone smashes into the ground, taking the Thing with it, until Iron Man swoops down and pulls the mad machine high into the air, blasts it, then drops it—giving him ten minutes until it hits the ground. Shellhead is then attacked by the stealth drone, the technology of which makes it impossible to detect. He waits until it attacks again, then fires back instantly. Carrying it toward the ground, he contacts the Human Torch to meet him in the air and cut it in two with his flames. He then catches the disabled tunneler and carries it to Russia where he uses it as a weapon to destroy the battlefield Argo which was threatening a nuclear plant. In New York City, the Avengers are having a very hard time against the last drone, the Hulkbuster (no kidding?). Iron Man follows the trail of carnage until he comes upon his quarry and engages it in battle; the problem is, it is controlled by Tony’s subconscious so they are perfectly matched in a fight. Then the monster grabs Captain America and begins to crush him in its claw. Tony realizes that the only way to kill the drone is to kill himself—so he sends a 10,000-volt charge into his own heart. The two armored figures fall together….

Later, we find Tony in the hospital, the Extremis virus having kept him alive and is now aiding his full recovery. Sal Kennedy and Maya Hansen tell him that the sending unit was destroyed when Yinsen’s son died, and Extremis is now breaking down the implant until it will be harmlessly absorbed into his body. The experience of having his armor controlled by an outside agency—an evil one—has given Tony a new idea, though—the idea that, like guns, super-powered beings need to be registered….




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Scott Hanna
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Characters

Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Captain America
Captain America

(Steve Rogers)
Human Torch
Human Torch

(Johnny Storm)
Invisible Woman
Invisible Woman

(Sue Storm)
Iron Man
Iron Man

(Tony Stark)
Mr. Fantastic
Mr. Fantastic

(Reed Richards)
Ms. Marvel
Ms. Marvel

(Carol Danvers)
Spider-Woman
Spider-Woman

(Jessica Drew)
Thing
Thing

(Ben Grimm)
Wolverine
Wolverine

(James Howlett)

Plus: Maya Hansen, Sal Kennedy.

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