Synopsis
Invincible Iron Man (2012 series) #1 synopsis by
Rob Johnson
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Tony Stark's having a mid-life crisis. Pepper Potts complains that he's left her to run the Reslient company for weeks now, and there's no sign of him coming back to work. But Tony's questioning the whole basis of his life. Which doesn't stop him from picking up a girl in a bar.
In Buenos Aires Maya Hansen is killed by an AIM agent. But not before she triggers a failsafe message which interrupts Tony's latest fling. The pre-recorded message indicates that someone has made her tell them about the Extremis process.
Stark infiltrates an auction where AIM is selling Extremis. They tout it as a treatment that can be programmed to modify people in any way you choose. They detect him invading their system with a computer virus.
Tony's briefcase contains a type of memory plastic, which expands to form a version of his new Iron Man armour. He faces some generic demo examples of Extremis-modded agents, just enhanced strength and speed with fiery breath. But Stark has had years to develop countermeasures to such simple versions, and takes them down with tasers.
He persuades the AIM auctioneer to admit that they have already sold Extremis 4 times.
CharactersGood (or All)Plus: Maya Hansen.