Iron Man Legacy #1-5

[Col_Fury]

IRON MAN LEGACY #1 (June 2010)
By Fred Van Lente & Steve Kurth

APPEARANCES:
Iron Man (also in fb), Edwin Jarvis (in fb), Pepper Potts, Henry Gyrich, Nick Fury, Jessica Drew, Foggy Nelson, Jim Rhodes (also in fb), Dr. Doom

FLASHBACKS:
Jarvis consoles a young Tony Stark after Tony’s dog Leo has died (page 1-2). Jim Rhodes serves in the armed forces (page 13, panel 4).
SYNOPSIS:
Activists armed with Melter harnesses attack Stark Enterprises, but Iron Man quickly defeats them. Later at a press conference, Tony Stark learns that people wearing knock-off Iron Man suits are committing genocide in Transia. Tony holds a conference call with Nick Fury, Henry Gyrich, Foggy Nelson, Jim Rhodes, Jessica Drew and a Stark employee to see what he can do about the knock-off Iron Man suits. Later, Iron Man arrives in Transia. Meanwhile, Dr. Doom hopes Iron Man will discover his involvement in the situation in Transia.

IRON MAN LEGACY #2 (July 2010)
By Fred Van Lente & Steve Kurth

APPEARANCES:
Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Henry Gyrich, Tony Stark LMD, Svarog (Dragana)

SYNOPSIS:
Gyrich bursts into Tony Stark’s office, demanding that Iron Man stop what he’s doing in Transia because it could cause an international incident. Tony says he has no control over Iron Man’s actions. Gyrich leaves and Pepper pauses the Tony Stark LMD so she can call the reall Tony, who’s in Transia as Iron Man. Iron Man continues to battle the knock-off Iron Men and he discovers they’re remote-controlled, but he’s eventually overpowered. He’s captured by Transian militants who plan to put him to work making weapons for them. At their camp, Tony meets Svarog.

IRON MAN LEGACY #3 (August 2010)
By Fred Van Lente & Steve Kurth

APPEARANCES:
Iron Man (also in fb), Edwin Jarvis (in fb), Dreadknight, Hellhorse, Svarog, Dr. Doom, Pepper Potts, Henry Gyrich, Tony Stark LMD, Radioactive Man

FLASHBACK:
After Tony’s parents have died, Jarvis gives a statement to the press (page 1-2). Dragana walks over a land mine in Transia and loses her legs (page 8, panel 1-2).
SYNOPSIS:
In Transia, Dreadknight finds Iron Man’s equipment for Dr. Doom. Meanwhile, Tony works with Dragana, who uses technology and holograms to make herself look like ancient smith god Svarog. Tony escapes, promising to return for Dragana. Dreadknight finds Tony but accidentally steps on a landmine. Tony steals Hellhorse and blows up an oil pipeline to get international attention. Meanwhile, Gyrich walks in on the Tony LMD giving Pepper a pedicure. Elsewhere, Radioactive Man is sent out to deal with the pipeline explosion.

IRON MAN LEGACY #4 (September 2010)
By Fred Van Lente & Steve Kurth

APPEARANCES:
Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Foggy Nelson (bts), Dr. Doom, Hellhorse, Radioactive Man, Crimson Dynamo (Lev), Titanium Man (Cpl. Gennedy Ovinnik)

SYNOPSIS:
Pepper leaves a message for Tony Stark, telling him Gyrich put her and some of the Stark Enterprises staff in jail for helping Iron Man in Transia. In Latveria, Dr. Doom manufactures new knock-off Iron Men with the technology Dreadknight found. In Transia, Tony Stark realizes that his technology is gone, so he calls an old suit of armor from an orbiting satellite. As Iron Man, he finds where the knock-off Iron Men are being remote-controlled from, but Radioactive Man beat him there. Iron Man discovers the same people who attacked Stark Enterprises with Melter harnesses are also remote-controlling the knock-off Iron Men and tricks Radioactive Man into destroying the signal amplifier. IronMan and Radioactive Man’s ensuing battle is interrupted by the arrival of Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man, who have been sent in to deal with the potential war Iron man has started by interfering in Transian politics. Meanwhile, Dr. Doom invades Transia with an army of Iron Men.

IRON MAN LEGACY #5 (October 2010)
By Fred Van Lente & Steve Kurth

APPEARANCES:
Iron Man, Dr. Doom, Titanium Man (Gennedy), Crimson Dynamo (Lev), Radioactive Man, Svarog, Pepper Potts

SYNOPSIS:
Dr. Doom announces to the United Nations that because of the atrocities in Transia, Latveria is invading Transia. Meanwhile, Doom-manufactured Iron Men battle Iron Man, Radioactive Man, Titanium Man and Crimson Dynamo. When Dr. Doom enters the fight, Iron Man accuses Doom of building the first army of knock-off Iron Men. Doom denies it, saying the Transians built them themselves, but he did fund them. He planned to annex Trania into Latveria so he could gain access to Mount Wundagore. Svarog arrives and helps Iron Man defeat Doom’s Iron Men. Defeated, Doom begins to plan a new attack: Venom Symbiote satellites. Later, Iron Man arrests one of his janitors for stealing his designs and selling them to Transia. Later, Tony gets Pepper out of jail.

NOTE:
Iron Man is not publicly known as Tony Stark, so this has to happen before IM3 55/2, where he reveals his secret identity. This is before Radioactive Man joins the Thunderbolts, so that works out fine.

CRIMSON DYNAMO VIII/LEV
IM:LEG 4
IM:LEG 5

*CRIMSON DYNAMO IX/GENNADY GAVRILOV
CRIMSON DYNAMO 1-FB
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*CRIMSON DYNAMO X/
SECWAR 3
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*CRIMSON DYNAMO XI/
IM4 7

*CRIMSON DYNAMO XII/VADIM
H4 1
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DOCTOR DOOM/VICTOR VON DOOM
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JLA/A 1
*IM:LEG 1
*IM:LEG 3
*IM:LEG 4
*IM:LEG 5
A3 59
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DREADKNIGHT/BRAM VELSING
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ASMU 16
*IM:LEG 3

FURY, COL. NICHOLAS "NICK" JOSEPH
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ORDER 6
VENOM 14
VENOM 15
*IM:LEG 1
A3 58
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GYRICH, HENRY PETER
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CA3 50/6
M/VAULT:TB
*IM:LEG 1
*IM:LEG 2
*IM:LEG 3
BP3 41
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HELLHORSE/ELENDIL
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ASMU 16
*IM:LEG 3
*IM:LEG 4

HOGAN, VIRGINIA "PEPPER" POTTS
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IM3 50
*IM:LEG 1
*IM:LEG 2
*IM:LEG 3
*IM:LEG 4
*IM:LEG 5
BP3 41-BTS
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IRON MAN/ANTHONY EDWARD "TONY" STARK
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IM 313 (4:1 - 6:3)-FB
*IM:LEG 1-FB
A:C (15:5:3)-FB
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IM3 40 (7:2 - 7:3)-FB
*IM:LEG 3-FB
IM3 44-FB
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ORDER 6
T:V 3
*IM:LEG 1
*IM:LEG 2
*IM:LEG 3
*IM:LEG 4
*IM:LEG 5
BP3 41
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JARVIS, EDWIN
*IM:LEG 1-FB
IM3 29 (16:3)-FB-FB
IM3 40 (7:2 - 7:3)-FB
*IM:LEG 3-FB
IM3 44-FB
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NELSON, FRANKLIN P. "FOGGY"
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DD2 65-FB
*IM:LEG 1
*IM:LEG 4-BTS
DD2 34
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RADIOACTIVE MAN/DR. CHEN LU
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TW 13
*IM:LEG 3
*IM:LEG 4
*IM:LEG 5
ALIAS 26-BTS
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RHODES, JAMES RUPERT
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DD 258-FB
*IM:LEG 1-FB
IM3 20-FB
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SPIDER-WOMAN/JESSICA DREW
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S-W3 11
*IM:LEG 1
ALIAS 19
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STARK, TONY LMD III
IM:LEG 2
IM:LEG 3

SVAROG/DRAGANA
IM:LEG 3-FB
{IM:LEG 2}
IM:LEG 3
IM:LEG 5

TITANIUM MAN III/CPL. GENNEDY OVINNIK
IM:LEG 4
IM:LEG 5

WAR MACHINE/JAMES RUPERT RHODES
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IM3 45
*IM:LEG 1
CREW 1
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[Michael]

Is that Doom or Kristoff at the end of Iron Man:Legacy 5? In issue 4 of the 2010 Spider-Man/Fantastic Four series, we learn that it was Kristoff, not Doom, who triggered the Venom symbiote attack. Kristoff sold Doom the Venom symbiotes through an intermediary, Doom had them installed and then Kristoff triggered the attack.

[Col_Fury]

Well, it's obviously intended to be Doom in Legacy #5.

My reading of it is, after the events of IM: Legacy #1-5, Doom is now going to start working on an idea he has about Venom symbiotes involving satellites and work it into a plan (or however you want to parse it). The actual mechanics of it haven't been worked out yet, as of IM: Legacy #5. And then, the actual obtaining of symbiotes and stuff happens later. That way, Kristoff's involvement (as revealed in SM/FF, as you pointed out) is still valid.

And besides, there has to be a bit of time between IM: Legacy #1-5 and Mighty Avengers #7-8. IM: Legacy #1-5 is before Radioactive Man joined the Thunderbolts (before HoM) and Mighty Avengers #7-8 is after Civil War. So it took a while for Doom to put it all into motion, anyway.

Good point, Michael. Thanks!