Virtually every mainstream title at Marvel has been touched (or perhaps I should say stained) by the overarching Dark Reign story.One of the titles that has managed its tie-in with the most skill is The Invincible Iron Man, which has been carrying the subtitle, "World's Most Wanted."
The story has Tony Stark on the run from Norman Osborn and his HAMMER army. Osborn wants some information that can only be found in Stark's brain, so in an effort to protect his friends, Stark has initiated a process that slowly breaks down his mind's thought process.
As a result, he's moving backwards through his career as Iron Man, using earlier versions of his armor as he loses the ability to manage the newer, more sophisticated versions.
It's been an exciting (and somewhat sad) story, as Stark goes on the run while his mind slowly goes away.
This issue features two other elements of the past - two of his old girlfriends, Pepper Potts (the heroic Rescue) and Whitney Frost (the wicked Madame Masque) face off and complicate his life.
This has been an outstanding series, with excellent art and story and lots of plot twists and turns. The next issue will apparently take Stark back to his beginning (or at least a beginning) - should be interesting.
I'm ready for Dark Reign to end, but I'm really enjoying this little corner of the event.
Grade: A-
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