Iron Man V8 Issue 9 (#689) - We open with an introduction to Whiplash, Mark Scarlotti, a former engineer for Stark Industries who became a masked criminal. Then, he was killed seemingly by Iron Man with Tony Stark in the armor. Iron Man then tries to explain it wasn't him, it was the Sentient Armor but falls on deaf ears as both Whiplashes fight. Tony awakes tied up to tubes with half of his armor ripped off. He is talking to Citizen V, upside down and also tied up, who claims to be a concerned citizen, but Tony is not buying it. He reflects back on those he has lost, Yinsen, Rumiko, and Happy to name a few. The Whiplashes tell Stark they are turning him into a bomb to take out Tony's Stark Tower and everything around it. Tony mocks them for such a simple plan. Meanwhile at the Vault, the prison for the super powered criminals. Adam and Madame Masque meet up with M.O.D.O.K. in a cell. They are planning something big. We head to Gamma Base, home of Stark's School of Super Science. A discussion of what does Tony want them to build and Rhodey interrupts and tells them not to do what Tony want, but what do they want to build. Melinda May shows up to tell about the rumor that A.I.M. has a new leader trying to consolidate all of A.I.M. A student says she can build a new Stealth armor to help Melinda infiltrate A.I.M. At Stark Industries, LA, Pepper and Luna with Hugo go inside and Whiplash grabs Hugo who has wondered away. Citizen V begins to taunt Anton Vanko. Then, blasts him as he messes with the mask. Pepper walks in and helps Citizen V. Whiplash I has Hugo and threatens Tony and the boy. Then Citizen V offers himself as a trade and reveals he is Happy Hogan.
Iron Man V8 Issue 8 (#688) - We open with the Vault under attack from an electrified whip. We see several Guardsmen taken down by Whiplash, Anton Vanko who is there to free a prisoner there. Back at Tony Stark's school of super-science, the genius adult young people are there working on devices, specifically a force field that draws from Dark-Matter energy and is small enough to fit in a ring and sell to the public. Tony looks at the ring idea with some suspicion. Tony is late for a meeting and then a date with Luna. Rhodey offers to fill in for Tony at the school. Meanwhile, Madame Masque and Adam Ware are taking down A.I.M. sites and the Scientist Supreme.
Tony is at the last meeting seemingly bored and then he has his date with Luna in Paris, but Luna shows up with her son, Hugo. They will need to eat locally. She apologizes and Tony takes them on a tour of the facilities. Then Anton Vanko shows up with his whip looking to destroy Tony and Iron Man destroying much of the property. Tony directs the visitors to a safe location and suits up. Whiplash looks much bigger and has better tech with his whip. Iron Man takes him on and Whiplash is winning crushing Tony. Pepper begins to fall from a metal bridge and Citizen V saves her, but she says for him to move on as if knowing a secret about him not wanting Tony to find out. Then Tony gets free of Whiplash by turning his power to the outside of his armor and turns the whip against his opponent. Then Citizen V turns to stop Iron Man from beating Whiplash any more. And, then the original Whiplash, Marco Scarlotti, blasts Iron Man and Citizen V. He was presumed dead from Vol. 3 when the Sentient Iron Man armor struck him down.
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