Iron Man #5

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Synopsis

Firebrand has just activated an extinct volcano back to life. He has come to Isla Suerte with the mission to destroy the island’s tourism industry and the millionaires gathered here and seems to have hit upon quite a plan. As lava makes it way towards the city, the mountainous regions are in the most danger. Iron Man is busy plucking people off the path of the lava flow. As he sees the already damaged hotels and resorts, he thinks how the people will rebuild them. He sees James Rhodes, former War Machine, now actively evacuating people from the endangered area. He sees Rumiko Fujikawa, organizing instant hospitals and tending to the wounded. He thinks that he was wrong to see her as a flirtatious and careless girl. Meanwhile, Morgan Stark comes forward and orders Iron Man to evacuate him instantly. Iron Man rejects his order and goes to aid the wounded elsewhere. Morgan grumbles. Iron Man places a call to Pepper while going above the radio damping field over the area. Pepper tells him that Firebrand was active in the East recently. Also, he is associated with a group named the Flaming Sword, who appear to be linked with the Arms Merchant. Iron Man finishes gathering the report and asks Pepper to talk with Happy. Pepper cuts off and accuses Happy of making their divorce public. Happy goes into a rage and walks out of the office after Pepper accuses him of supposedly projecting her as a betrayer. As Iron Man accesses the files on Firebrand, he learns that the new one’s name is Richard Dennison, a former terrorist. He was abandoned in a factory containing supercharged plasma. When the bombs were set off, his body merged with the plasma. The Flaming Sword made use of this incident to mutate him further and gave him a containment gear to control his powers. Iron Man hears the sound of gunfire and comes down to be briefed by Rhodey that they are holding the Flaming Sword at bay from escaping with the island’s money. Iron Man blasts into the casino and attacks the group....