Synopsis / Summary / Plot
Baron Tony Stark has decided it's time to have words with his brother Arno. As Iron Man approaches Arno Stark's HQ he dodges (laser?) blasts and is met by an army of Machine Men.
Meanwhile Kiri Oshiro visits the new grave of her boyfriend Peter Urich with her friend Lila Rhodes. Her grief at his murder is mixed with anger that he never told her he was Spyder-Man. Lila trots out the standard explanation that Spydey kept his identity secret to protect his loved ones like Kiri from his enemies.
They are interrupted by Lila's uncle James, Marshal Rhodes the local representative of Dr Doom's Thor Corps. He wants to ask about the recent attack on Kiri's tech facility (by Stingray last issue). But Kiri demands to know who killed Peter. The recording system in the Spyder armour was damaged, but the cops are working on retrieving as much data as they can. What they do know so far (as we learned last issue) is that Peter discovered who was responsible for the sickness that condemns the inhabitants of Technopolis to live permanently in armour.
Extra to last issue is that Peter believed his uncle, reporter Ben Urich, found out the same thing - and he was killed for it. And that Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime, was involved. Rhodey says that rumour has Arno Stark in cahoots with Fisk. And Stingray's armour was based on ArnoWare tech. So the Marshal thinks it's all connected. (And this is why Baron Stark is 'visiting' his brother.)
Iron Man destroys all the Machine Men. Next up is a flight of missiles. Shellhead counters with an equal number of mini-missiles which take them out. Then he smashes through a window into his brother's top-floor office. The armoured figures collide, and exit through the opposite side of the building. Tony tells Arno to keep his 'hands' off Kiri. They fight as they plummet crashing to the ground. Then they share a laugh and agree to talk.
Kiri, with Lila's help, resumes work on her big project - a new suit of armour which she can now use to deal with Peter's murderer. We learn that her company's name Mobairu Yosai is Japanese for Moving Fortress. And her project is a giant armour.
Marshal Rhodes drops in on Wilson Fisk to arrest him. Fisk's guy Turk ducks out of the way as Kingpin unleashes an armoured army. The Marshal responds with a load of War Machines.