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.

Iron Man dons his space armor to rescue a Stark orbital platform from his old enemy, the Living Laser, but during their zero-G battle they unleash an even deadlier threat: the all-new, all-terrifying swarm!

"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!...