Synopsis / Summary / Plot
Iron Man And The Armor Wars #3 Synopsis by
T Vernon
General Rostov, the Red Barbarian, opens the casket recovered from the American sub and gathers his henchmen around it: Darkstar, Ursa Major, the Gremlin, and others. The casket contains the corpse of Omega Red but, feeding on the life energy of the other villains, Omega Red regains life and strength as the others pass out from their lives being leeched out. Darkstar objects to the way Rostov treats his minions but he no longer needs them now that he has Omega Red….
At FBI headquarters, Agent Keith Dekker has gotten a full confession from Ivan Krushki (captured last issue) but now they have a report that their stolen aircraft has been located by an FBI copter; Director Stone orders them to hold their fire…
…as the copter fires on the craft carrying Tony Stark in the Iron Man Mark 2 armor and James Rhodes. Just before the missile hits, Iron Man carries Rhodey away from the doomed craft then deposits him in a tall tree because his energy level is dropping quickly. The pursuing FBI copter crashes in the narrow valley and Shellhead returns to rescue the two crewmembers. Tony’s tracking device emits a very loud wail, alerting him to the presence of several armors nearby. He traces the signal to a missile silo, an obvious trap, and is then attacked by Vanguard, wielding a hammer and a sickle, and Fantasma. He is able to defeat both of them before being seized by Omega Red, who wants to drink the blood of a Stark. O-Red batters the rapidly weakening Shellhead around and Vanguard warns against damaging the equipment for the launch but O-Red doesn’t listen. Iron Man blinds the monster with a blast of the Unibeam as the rocket lifts off. Iron Man pursues it, disables the tracking system, and then blows it out of the sky. The power of his armor depleted, he plunges into the ocean. A figure in the Peacekeeper armor rescues him and carries him to the shore. The rescuer reveals himself to be Rhodey—before electrocuting Tony….