Fred Van Lente

As Tony Stark battles an Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.) siege engine, he reflects on how he became Iron Man following his capture six months earlier by A.I.M., who planned to force him to create weapons for them. To escape he teams up with Professor Gia-Bao Yinsen. The two build special iron suits to protect them on their way out of the A.I.M. facility.

Tony Stark deals with his difficult board of directors and fights Spymaster, the industrial sabateur who takes over the armor and tries to give Iron Man a bad name.

Dr. Doom has captured Pepper, Rhodey and other employees closest to Tony Stark and given him a simple ultimatum--turn over the one weapon Doom needs to destroy the Fantastic Four in four hours, or his friends' lives are forfeited!

Avast, ye swabs! Commander Kraken and his techno-pirates have captured Iron Man, stripped him of his deep-sea armor, and are attacking hydrobase with it! Unarmed and unarmored, can Tony Stark take out Kraken's scurvy crew all by himself?

Iron Man battles Commander Kraken and his group of pirates who are trying to destroy the platform where they test experimental marine technology.

Iron Man defeats Mandarin and restores the Stark employees to the Stark China facility.

"When the genius Tony Stark is held captive and forced to make weapons, his best chance of escape lies in building the greatest weapon of all - the very first version of the Iron Man armor! Then, Shellhead meets Web-Head as Iron Man and Spider-Man team up to take down the deadly Radioactive Man! And when Tony Stark makes a dramatic public return to start the next chapter of his business life, a newly souped-up Iron Man finds himself targeted for death!...

Spider-Man battles against a revengeful Eddie Brock, who united with the black stealth costume to create an identity called Venom.

Spider-Man defeats the Green Goblin and a thief who tried to become Hobgoblin, using Green Goblin's gear.

Spider-Man battles the Sandman at the Mega-Mart but gives the credit for the Sandman's capture to a man who needs the reward money.