Tony Stark: Iron Man #16 Review

Writer: Dan Slott & Jim Zub / Artist: Valerio Schiti / Marvel Comics Alright y’all. The jig is all the way up. At long last, the big bad for this series has shown their cards. Ultron is back in the building with a new look and brand new outlook on life. Tony Stark: Iron Man #16 rechristens itself “Ultron Agenda: Part One” and delivers a crucial ethical moment in the arc. Knock, Knock We open up with Arno and Jocasta talking that futurist The Matrix conversation about ‘what real is’ regarding AI when, BOOM! Ultron busts through the door (with half of Hank Pym’s face on!) talking reckless about the blending of the biological and the mechanical to take what’s his. Apparently, Jocasta…Belongs to Ultron(??).

Days of Future Past Issue #15 left us with #TeamStark looking for an answer to the Vision/Wonder Man hybrid left behind to distract from The Wasps’ kidnapping. While looking for an answer Tony does his Sherlock Holmes thing and connects some old school dots. Back during those Avengers Silver Age days, Hank Pym based Vison’s humanity on Wonder Man via a digital engram. Tony remembers this and recalls that Jocasta Pym’s engrams are based on Janet Van Dyne aka The Wasp! Somewhere in that brain blast (respect the Jimmy Neutron reference!) the crew realizes they need to contact Jocasta to get to Wasp. In order to get to Jocasta, they need to find her wack boyfriend.

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