Invincible Iron Man #20

This is part 1 of 5 of Stark: Disassembled, wherein Tony Stark's friends rebuild the mind that he destroyed in World's Most Wanted.

Howard and Maria are Tony's long-dead parents, but he doesn't remember who they are. But then he doesn't remember who he is either.

Did Tony know which Captain America he'd be addressing when he made the recording? Because he talks about always looking up to Cap and Thor, which hardly applies to Bucky.

He lists heroes who've died (although some have come back):- Cap, Bucky, Thor, Bill Foster, Wasp, Hawkeye. At the time he made the recording Cap would still have been dead. But he knew Hawkeye was back because he offered him the Cap job in Fallen Son #3.

There's been some confusion over the source of Pepper Potts' chest implant. It was said to be Rand tech in #4. But then Tony said it was Stark tech in #13. The 2nd story here says it's Rand again. But the 1st story suggests it's Stark. Next issue will resolve the problem by saying it's a joint Rand/Stark device.

Tony says Pepper has the only working repulsor power source left. But what about War Machine's armour? In Secret Invasion Stark said that armour wasm't susceptible to the Skrull virus that took down all other Stark tech. And it also turned out that it was partially Stane tech (presumably Obadiah not Ezekiel). So maybe he doesn't have a repulsor power source.

I don't really buy Pepper not wanting to revive Tony.

Pepper has her own Rescue 1-shot which fits somewhere around Stark Disassembled. I'll speculate where in my comments on that issue itself.

As well as Hood, Madame Masque and HAMMER agents at Osborn's meeting, there are Answer, Basilisk, Brothers Grimm, Death Adder, Razor-Fist and Squid. There's also a guy in civilian clothes who no-one seems to be able to identify.
Hood last had a cameo in Mighty Avengers #32, but before that had a mystic battle in the Dr Voodoo mini-series after getting a new source of magic in New Av #56-60.
These particular minions were last all together in the 2009 Punisher series but only Basilisk and Death Adder played a large role (after being resurrected by Hood along with several other dead villains). Answer and Squid were in the Dark Reign: Mr Negative limited series while Brothers Grimm and Razor-Fist featured in several issues of Av: Initiative. Answer, Brothers Grimm and Razor-Fist were in Hood's gang during NAv#55-60.

Now that he's called off the hunt for Tony Stark Osborn leaves the series at this point, as do all the assembled villains bar Masque.
Osborn still has many more apps before the Siege of Asgard ends his Dark Reign, starting with Dark Av: Ares #3, Vengeance of Moon Knight #2 and Dark Av Annual #1. Hood will join him for VoMK#2-3 and then show up in Amazing Spider-Man #626 which will take him to the edge of Siege.
Answer, Brothers Grimm and and Razor-Fist will continue in Hood's gang into Siege in NAv#61. The other minions will avoid Siege and show up afterwards (Basilisk in Hercules #3-6, Death Adder in X-Men: To Serve & Protect #2-4 and Squid not until Secret Avengers #29-32).

Ghost is supposedly an anti-capitalist vigilante, but strangely pursues his calling by hiring himself out to capitalist organisations. He uses the Ghost tech he invented to become invisible and intangible. That last bit enables him to phase through things like Kitty Pryde and Vision. During Dark Reign he joined Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts from #128 but he's been shown to have his own agenda.

The titanomechs in Tony's dreams will be built for Mandarin after the series switches to cumulative numbering from #500.

The 2nd story puts most Iron Man adventures since Civil War in a sequence. It might have made even more sense to go back to the origin of the Extremis armour. There is an early Director of SHIELD tale not mentioned, involving some Mandarin-backed terrorists. And the sequence of the DoS stories is wrong, because World War Hulk comes before the Mandarin/Extremis plot and the Overkill Mind. And no mention is made of the Avengers Initiative. But apart from that it's OK.

*** The rest of the Comments are earlier versions of parts of this Comment that I can't get rid of.

There's been some confusion over the source of Pepper Potts' chest implant. It was said to be Rand tech in #4. But then Tony said it was Stark tech in #13. The 2nd story here says it's Rand again. But the 1st story suggests it's Stark. Next issue will resolve the problem by saying it's a joint Rand/Stark device. Tony says Pepper has the only working repulsor power source left. But what about War Machine's armour? In Secret Invasion Stark said that armour wasn't susceptible to the Skrull virus that took down all other Stark tech. And it also turned out that it was partially Stane tech (presumably Obadiah not Ezekiel). So maybe he doesn't have a repulsor power source. I don't really buy Pepper not wanting to revive Tony. Pepper has her own Rescue 1-shot which fits somewhere around Stark Disassembled. I'll speculate where in my comments on that issue itself. As well as Hood, Madame Masque and HAMMER agents at Osborn's meeting, there are (according to ComicBook DB) Answer, Basilisk, Brothers Grimm and Razor-Fist (who I recognise), and Bird-Man, Death Adder and Squid (I only see 2 extras, but I'm not sure which 2). There's also a guy in civilian clothes, who isn't one of those last 3. But I'm also I'm pretty sure he isn't Clay Quartermain (also mentioned in ComicBook DB). Ghost is supposedly an anti-capitalist vigilante, but strangely pursues his calling by hiring himself out to capitalist organisations. he uses the Ghost tech he invented to become invisible and intangible. That last bit enables him to phase through things like Kitty Pryde, and Vision. During Dark Reign he joined Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts.

This is part 1 of 5 of Stark: Disassembled, wherein Tony Stark's friends rebuild the mind that he destroyed in World's Most Wanted. Howard and Maria are Tony's long-dead parents, but he doesn't remember who they are. But then he doesn't remember who he is either. Did Tony know which Captain America he'd be addressing when he made the recording? Because he talks about always looking up to Cap and Thor, which hardly applies to Bucky. He lists heroes who've died (although some have come back):- Cap, Bucky, Thor, Bill Foster, Wasp, Hawkeye. At the time he made the recording Cap would still have been dead. But he knew Hawkeye was back because he offered him the Cap job in Fallen Son #3.