On the grid
After almost reaching some fruition in the previous issue in terms of this story arc getting all the push behind it that it needs, it sort of falls off again here. It is not so much that it has fallen back into the territory of teetering between good and average as the last issue gave the story arc a bit more bite, but here it is almost a long drawn out buildup to the action to come and that was almost promised the last issue. Of course Tony's armour in the last issue manifested itself and saved him from the explosion, but most of this issue gets used up trying to figure out who is responsible for the inside job. With at least the prototype ready to go, the Hammer women are forced to adapt their plan as Tony doesn't react as planned. The video game connection now becomes apparent to the team, but they are not necessarily fast enough to react. The issue ends promising more action but to get there it was some slow going at times.
