Synopsis
Invincible Iron Man (2008 series) #5 synopsis by
Rob Johnson
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Tours of Stark Industries are starting in LA, Tokyo, Valencia and Long Island. Iron Man knows the tours have been infiltrated by some of Ezekiel Stane's terrorists, because of trackers he tricked Stane last issue into incorporating into their tech. We see Stane himself at the Long Island site.
He's in contact with Pepper Potts, his Director of Operations at Stark International, and Maria Hill, his Deputy Director at SHIELD. He issues a command to evacuate the facilities. Tony has successfully guessed that Stane would pick the Long Island HQ, and has gone there.
Stane's girlfriend Sasha is in contact with all 4 terrorist teams, and keeps Stane updated. The Valencia team is the first to be ready, and takes out that site, with few casualties.
Stane has donned his new armour. He sees Iron Man searching the tunnels under SI, and decides to attack him. There follows a long fight.
Stark tries to gas Stane with nanosprites, but Stane doesn't need to breath anymore. Stane's organicly-boosted version of Stark-tech can deliver short bursts that are more powerful than Iron Man's. And he gradually wears Tony down.
With Stark on the ropes, Stane threatens to blast his head of with a repulsor blast, like the one that killed his father Obadiah. Tony tries to tell him that Stane Sr committed suicide after he lost their final battle. But Zeke won't believe it.
And he blasts Stark's head, and declares him dead.
CharactersGood (or All)Plus: Obadiah Stane.
Enemies
Ezekiel Stane, Sasha Hammer.