Synopsis
Mighty Avengers, The (2007 series) #6 synopsis by
Rob Johnson
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We start by backtracking to insert a scene before the end of last issue. Henry Pym explains he's written a virus in an old programming language that Ultron won't know about that will reverse the changes the robot made to create the female body it's using now, and hopefully get Tony Stark back. Ares will be miniaturised to deliver the virus before Ultron manages to get control of another nuclear missile.
Cut to the end of last issue as little Ares drives a sky-sled down Ultron's throat, and Ultron panics as she detects the virus inside her. Her missile site hacking attempts stop, and Black Widow calls the Mighty Avengers off to avoid damaging the body that they hope will soon be Stark's again.
Ares flies through Ultron's bloodstream, fighting off antibodies. But he's suddenly buffeted as Sentry returns from Pittsburg (where a punch from Ultron sent him last issue) and resumes his attack on the killer of his wife. Wonder Man tries to stop him, and then Ms Marvel.
But Ares fights through everything and attaches the necessary device to Ultron's brain. And the virus starts working. Ares now has to fight his way out again as Ultron's form starts spasmodically morphing. Wasp dives in to help him.
Everyone else watches as Ultron seems to explode. Wasp flies out of the explosion carrying mini-Ares. And stark-naked Tony Stark falls to the ground.
Tony wakes up later in a SHIELD hospital bed surrounded by his teammates, Henry Pym and Reed Richards. They have to explain about Ultron taking him over and turning him female. (Stark hurriedly checks that he's male again.) Extremis pulled him through the transition and removed any problem side-effects. Reed gives him a clean bill of health. Wasp says ex-husband Hank saved him.
After the others leave Ms Marvel reports to Tony on the team's performance. As she expected Ares isn't a team player, but he had a lot to do with getting rid of Ultron. And Sentry is the loose cannon she feared he would be.
As Tony falls asleep Carol Danvers muses on his weather-controlling satellites that Ultron used to nearly destroy civilisation. And she wonders what other secrets he has up his sleeve. And what will happen when he goes too far.
What follows is a series of epilogues.
Sentry returns to his Watchtower and is shocked to find his wife Lindy is alive again. It suggests that he unknowingly brought her back when he touched her body last issue.
Ms Marvel meets up with Wonder Man and we learn that they are in a relationship. Simon Williams accuses team leader Carol of trying to keep him out of danger. (In #3 she wouldn't let WM stay with Sentry to fight Ultron.)
Jan Van Dyne has a prickly conversation with her ex Henry Pym. She pays him a back-handed compliment about saving the world from the monster he created. Then makes snide remarks about his current affair with Tigra. (We also see Ultron's normal robot face briefly on a computer screen.)
Tony Stark's recuperative sleep is disturbed by Spider-Woman breaking into the room carrying the body of a Skrull dressed as Elektra.