10 best Iron Man storylines in the comics
By Jason Hall
8. The Five Nightmares – Invincible Iron Man 1-7
Iron Man’s past comes back to haunt him in the beginning of Matt Fraction’s epic run with Tony Stark. The son of one of Tony Stark’s oldest enemies rises from the shadows to bring his world crashing down. Obadiah Stane was once the arch-nemesis of Iron Man and now Ezekiel Stane is taking on his father’s crusade. This was during the time period that Stark was also the director of SHIELD and had the world to protect along with his company.
Ezekiel Stane pits his genius and personal wealth to task tearing down everything that Tony Stark has built. Once again Stark technology is stolen and used for nefarious purposes. Stane alters Stark tech to turn people into personal weapons of mass destruction. The best Iron Man stories examine the personal struggles of Tony Stark and in this one he faces a sort of dark mirror image of his own brilliance. Ezekiel Stane is like a younger and more homicidal Stark with nothing to lose and fueled by his thirst for vengeance.