Invincible Iron Man (1998 series) #87

Comments: Issue bannered “Iron Man Disassembled” on cover; tie-in to “Avengers Disassembled” event. Part two of four parts. Story arc takes place after the events of AVENGERS #500-503, minus the epilogues in issue #89. First appearance of Clarence Ward. Anti-Tony Senator Zimmer appeared in issues #84-85.

Review: And now a major villain is introduced out of nowhere (Clarence Ward) and we’re even given all of the backstory that should have led up to this issue. So all mystery is gone and we can predict what will happen next, possibly even the murder of the love interest. We’ve seen this all before: Tony’s armor used against him. At least Rumiko isn’t ugly anymore—for the limited time she has left.