Iron Man Vol 4 15

Part of the "The Initiative" event Alternate Covers: Textless Granov Variant Granov Variant Textless Second Printing Variant Iron Man Vol 4 #15 Published April, 2007 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Gerald Parel "Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D." Writer Daniel Knauf Charles Knauf Penciler Roberto de la Torre Inker Jonathan Sibal Colourist Dean White Letterer Joe Caramagna Editor Molly Lazer Aubrey Sitterson Nicole Boose Previous Issue Next Issue Iron Man Vol 4 #14 Iron Man Vol 4 #16

Dum-Dum Dugan	Why aren't these men in uniform?
Tony Stark	It's Casual Friday. Uniforms are optional for support staff... didn't you get the memo?

Appearing in "Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Featured Characters:

• Iron Man (Tony Stark)

Supporting Characters:

• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Dum-Dum Dugan
  • Sal Kennedy
  • Maria Hill
  • S.H.I.E.L.D. Alpha Team (First appearance)
    • Bubba (First appearance)
    • Unnamed agents
• Maya Hansen

Antagonists:

• Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist cell (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Jack Kooning (First appearance)
• Cookie (behind the scenes)
• Doctor Chen (First appearance)
• Karim Mahwash Najeeb

'Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:'

• United States of America
  • Washington, D.C.
    • Pentagon
• Australia
  • Sydney
    • Sydney Opera House (First appearance)
  • Great Barrier Reef
• China
  • Nei Mongol Province
    • An Hu Po State Psychiatric Facility (First appearance)

Items:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Uniforms
• Stark Tech Airborne Nano-Cameras (A.N.C.) (First appearance)
• Alpha Team Armor (First appearance)
• Extremis Armor
• S.T.A.R. (Stark Tactical Assault Repulsors) (First appearance)
• Venox bombs

Vehicles:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Airborne Stealth Personnel Carrier
• Stark Foundation Deep-Sea Exploration Vessel
  
  

Synopsis for "Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Thaddeus Dugan (Earth-616) goes to the office of Defense Secretary Jack Kooning to formally submit his resignation from S.H.I.E.L.D. Kooning inquires about this seemingly rash decision, and Dugan goes on at length about his reservations concerning S.H.I.E.L.D.'s new director, Tony Stark.

Two days ago, Stark (as Iron Man) led a squad of armored agents on a mission to the Sydney Opera House in Australia. They engaged an Indonesian terrorist cell known as Jemaah Islamiyah who threatened to release an extremely dangerous nerve agent into the atmosphere. The mission proved successful, primarily due to Iron Man retrieving the nerve agent and securing it in a remote location at sea.

Kooning can't understand why Dugan would object to what appears to have been a successfully executed mission. Dum-Dum takes umbrage with the fact that Stark is taking such a hands-on approach towards the ops. He is also irritated by several of the changes that Tony has made concerning S.H.I.E.L.D. protocols, not the least of which includes creating a day-care center on board the Helicarrier. Kooning refuses to accept Dugan’s resignation and tells him that he will require him to act as his "inside man" at S.H.I.E.L.D.

Meanwhile at the An Hu Po State Psychiatric Facility in Nei Mongol Province, China, a man named Doctor Chen gives Karim Mahwash Najeeb a tour of the facility. He brings him to an isolated cell, which houses an elderly man with long white hair and a beard. Chen reveals that the man in Room 32 never eats or drinks or sleeps. He cannot even fathom how or why the mysterious individual is even alive.

Notes

• The events from this issue take place after Civil War #7.

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Recommended Reading

• Iron Man (Volume 1)
• Iron Man (Volume 2)
• Iron Man (Volume 3)
• Iron Man (Volume 4)
  

Links and References

• Iron Man biography page at Marvel Universe
• Iron Man article at Wikipedia
• Iron Man biography page at the Marvel Directory

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