Appearing in "Looking Forward"
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵ (Joins Stark Solutions) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- Leah Sheffield (First appearance)
- Stark Solutions (First appearance)
- ⏴ Pepper Potts ⏵
- ⏴ James Rhodes ⏵
Antagonists:
- Vittorio Silvani ⏵ (First appearance)
- Stark–Fujikawa
- ⏴ Morgan Stark ⏵
- Stark-Fujikawa Board of Directors (First appearance as Stark-Fujikawa Board of Directors)
- Death Squad (First appearance)
- Rocket-Launcher ⏵ (First appearance)
- Airborne ⏵ (First appearance)
- Smokescreen ⏵ (First appearance)
- Boobytrap ⏵ (First appearance)
- Firefight ⏵ (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- CBNC (First appearance) (Appears on screen)
- Chess Roberts (First appearance) (Appears on screen)
- California State Probate Court (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Thor Odinson (Referenced)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Referenced)
- Onslaught (Mentioned)
- Avalon Trading Company (First appearance)
- Georgie Avalon (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (First appearance)
- Ms. Denton (First appearance)
- NYPD S.W.A.T. Unit
- ⏴ J. Jonah Jameson ⏵
- ⏴ Dr. Marla Madison ⏵
- ⏴ Reed Richards ⏵
- ⏴ Sue Richards ⏵
- ⏴ Ben Grimm ⏵ (Behind the scenes)
- ⏴ Johnny Storm ⏵ (Behind the scenes)
- ⏴ Rosalind Sharpe ⏵
- ⏴ Foggy Nelson ⏵
- Osborn Chemical
- Baintronics, Inc.
- Elizabeth Braddock (Cameo)
- ⏴ Bethany Cabe ⏵ (Behind the scenes)
- ⏴ Bambina Arbogast ⏵ (Behind the scenes)
- Jerry Seinfeld (Behind the scenes)
- Happy Hogan (Mentioned)
- Stark Industries (Only in recap)
- Toshiro Kanada (Only in recap)
- Wong-Chu (Only in recap)
- Ho Yinsen (Only in recap)
- Kendricks (Stark Tower's doorman) (First appearance)
- ⏴ Bill (a Stark's security guard) (Death)
- Maria Stark Foundation (Mentioned)
- ⏴ Count Nefaria (Luchino Nefaria) ⏵ (Behind the scenes)
- Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- United States Government (Mentioned)
- A.I.M.
- ⏴ Madame Masque ⏵
- ⏴ Mordecai Midas
- ⏴ Mandarin ⏵
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Mutants
- Cyborgs
- Asgardians (Referenced)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Midtown
- Avalon Trading Company (First appearance)
- Flatiron District
- Stark Tower (First appearance)
- Flatiron Building
- Midtown
- Manhattan
- New York City
- California (Mentioned)
- Tony Stark's Estate, Malibu (Mentioned)
- New York
- Gulf Coast (Mentioned)
- Southeast Asia (Only in recap) (Topical Reference)
- Stark Industries Southeast Asia Facility (Only in recap)
- United States of America
- Heroes Reborn's World (Referenced)
Items:
- Iron Man Armor
- Iron Man Armor Model 16 (First appearance)
- Iron Man Armor Model 1 (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 12 (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 2 (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 8 (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 4 (Only in recap)
- War Machine Armor (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 9 (Only in recap)
- Promethean Armor (Only in recap)
- Iron Man's Briefcase
- * Mandarin's Rings
Events:
- Onslaught (Mentioned)
- Heroes Reborn (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Looking Forward"
Tony Stark and Iron Man have returned into the public eye, informing the media that Stark had been imprisoned by terrorists and recently arrested. Iron Man breaks up a robbery at Avalon trading by Vittorio Silvani, and Silvani swears revenge. Later Tony throws a housewarming party at his new Manhattan Tower and the festivities draw old friends such as Pepper and Rhodes along with rivals including Osborne and Bain. Morgan reappears, now head of Stark-Fujukawa's North American operations and asks Tony not to try and retake his old company. After the party Tony goes to inspect a new community center the Maria Stark Foundation is building, where he is ambushed by the Death Squad. He manages to evade them, become Iron Man and drive them off, but their fight wrecks the building. The next day, Tony announces he is not going to try and reclaim Stark Industries from Fujukawa, but is instead moving forward and forming a new company, Stark Solutions, in which he will serve as a freelance problem solver. Many of Stark's business and criminal opponents watch the broadcast, making plans to monitor, control or destroy him.
Notes
Legacy Numbering[]
- Based on the Marvel Legacy renumbering infographic, this issue is Iron Man #346