#25

Synopsis

Tony confesses to Samson that he has been talking to ghosts but the good Doctor has a reasonable explanation. Maya calls Kooning to demand to know why he ordered her to remove the fail safes on the Extremis project but he has no idea what she is talking about. Tem explains that he is the one who has been giving the orders because he wants to use Extremis to wipe out over 97% of the earth's population. Iron Man learns from Kooning that Maya is still alive and has been working on Extremis for the government. Iron Man hightails it to Omaha as he quickly realizes that Tem is really the Mandarin.

Reprinted from

• Iron Man #1
• Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas #1

Reprinted in

• Marvel Icons #42
• Iron Man: Haunted #[nn]
• Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. - The Complete Collection #[nn]

Credits

Script

Daniel Knauf, Charles Knauf, Jeremy Latcham, Bob Layton, Archie Goodwin, Jon Favreau

Pencils

Roberto de la Torre, Bob Layton, Jack Kirby, Gene Colan

Inks

Roberto de la Torre, Bob Layton, Don Heck, Johnny Craig

Painting

Gerald Parel, Adi Granov

Colours

Dean White

Letters

Joe Caramagna, Artie Simek

Editor

Tom Brevoort

Assistant editor

Molly Lazer

Associate editor

Nicole Boose

Editor-in-chief

Joe Quesada

Illustration

Butch Guice, Dean White

Other printings & variants

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