Appearing in "The Darkest Page to Turn"
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Hawkeye (Clint Barton) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Jim Rhodes ⏵
- ⏴ U.S. Agent (Jack Daniels) ⏵
- ⏴ Neut ⏵
- Avengers
Other Characters:
- Howard Stark (Mentioned)
- Maria Stark (Mentioned)
- Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara) (Only in recap)
- Marilla (Only in recap)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Bethany Cabe (Mentioned)
- Hank Pym (Only in recap)
- Stark Enterprises (Mentioned)
- ⏴ Edwin Jarvis ⏵
- ⏴ Luna Maximoff ⏵
- Gilgamesh (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Force Works (Mentioned)
- Liam O'Lynch (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Angels (Statue)
- Inhumans (Main story and recap)
- Space Phantoms
- Robots
- Synthezoids
- Human-Inhuman Hybrids
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- California
- The Works, Ventura Highway, Ventura (Mentioned)
- New Mexico
- Albuquerque
- Calexico (First appearance)
- Mesa Viento (First appearance)
- Calexico (First appearance)
- Albuquerque
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Midtown (Main story and recap)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and recap)
- Avengers Mansion (Main story and recap)
- Fifth Avenue (Main story and recap)
- Midtown (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Long Island
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- California
- Arctic Circle
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
Items:
- Hawkeye's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Eidolon Warwear (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 15
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
Events:
- Hex-Ship Chimera (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Darkest Page to Turn"
Tony Stark visits his parents' grave, where he is approached by teenaged Luna, who Tony mistakes for his mother. She corrects him, saying that she is not his mother. "Luna" says that she is the one he needs and never has to fear. He remembers her from his recent blackout and can't believe she is real. She tells him she's not an illusion, reassuring him that everything is happening for a reason. Tony asks her for help, because he doesn't want to do anything bad again. Stark then blacks out.
At the abandoned Mesa Viento airstrip, War Machine and U.S. Agent talk with the fugitive Hawkeye about the possibility that Tony might be the murderer. Tony comes out of his blackout to find himself in his armor in Bethany Cabe's apartment, but there's no sign of her. He has no idea how he got there.
In Stark's Arctic bunker Machinesmith watches over Masque and a calmed down Marianne Rodgers, who has been outfitted with a psionic baffler to restrict her telekinetic powers. Marianne explains to Masque that she was driven insane through her psychic bond to Tony Stark, and thanks Masque for stopping her from killing Stark in her rage.
Meanwhile Iron Man has learned that Bethany, suspicious of Stark's sudden departure to Avengers Mansion, planned to follow him to New York, and hopefully left her apartment before the attack. Returning to Avengers Mansion, he witnesses Neut appearing through the door in the basement. Neut attacks Iron Man, defeating him and damaging his armor. Iron Man travels to the Wasp's home to warn the Avengers of Neut, but the Wasp kicks him out for bankrupting her. That night, Hawkeye contacts the Black Widow to explain that Iron Man framed him, and asks her to meet him.