This series follows the journey of a brilliant inventor and billionaire whose life is irrevocably changed after creating an advanced armored suit. He confronts global threats, personal dilemmas, and an ongoing battle with his own ego. It's a story about technology, responsibility, and redemption, set within a thrilling world of action and intrigue. Witness the path of a hero who must protect the world while wrestling with his inner demons.
Tony Stark has returned from the dead and built a new corporation and Iron Man is back in a new suit of armor. With backup from his friends James Rhodes and the Black Widow, Iron Man takes on Flaming Sword terrorsts led by Firebrand and tangles with Tuatara while trying to help his friend Carol Danvers, aka Warbird, handle her alcoholism.
Tony Stark has created the most advanced suit of armor yet: one with artificial intelligence! The suit moves on its own, fights on its own - and makes decisions on its own. The new Iron Man has none of Tony's weaknesses...except for Rumiko Fujikawa, the woman Tony loves. The suit loves her too...and so, for it to take over Tony's life and "become" him for good, there's one more thing that has to happen: Iron Man must kill Tony Stark! Plus: Iron Man discovers the technologically advanced Sons of Yinsen, worshippers of the man who helped Tony invent his very first armored suit. But when he learns that his first foe, Wong Chu, still lives, Iron Man must team with the Sons to shatter Wong Chu's empire! COLLECTING: Iron Man (1998) 1/2, 26-32; Iron Man Annual 2000