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"Hunted."
Cover art: "Haberlin." Script: Chris Claremont. Art: Michael
Ryan/Sean Parsons. "Black and
White." Script: Frank
Tieri. Art: Craig Wilson. In the first story,
Tony Stark is in the fictitious southeast Asian country of Sarawak
(as Iron Man -- yet no
definitive reason is given as to why) and government
armored troopers are after his armor! After being
zapped by a powerful EM pulse, Tony has to ditch the armor and escape as Stark.
The new armor successfully cloaks itself while Stark then has to devise a way to
get the armor back without tipping off Sarawak officials. He befriends one Anna
Wei, a electronics genius, who helps him get the
armor back. Decent tech talk and action, although Ryan's art seems a step down
from his "Heroes Reborn" work.
Perhaps this is due to Parsons' somewhat heavy inks -- he does have a Jim
Mooney-ish effect on pencils (in other words, his inks cloud the penciler's
true feel).
The second yarn
deals with recent Stark enemy Ty Stone
and his Dream Vision machine.
Tony receives a telegram informing him that he is still in Stone's
cyber-realm! Royally PO'ed, Stark dashes into Stone's office and demands an
explanation. Tony doesn't buy Stone's story, and then suddenly Rumiko
Fujikawa bursts into the room -- and disconnects a
wire hidden under Stone's desk! It's revealed that Stone is completely
dependent on his Dream Vision and was trying to trick Stark into helping
him. Rumiko pleads for Tony's help, but he refuses. The ending shows Ru turning
on Ty. Neatly done all in black and white, Tieri ties up some loose ends.
Wilson's art is cartoony, but the B&W "helps" him.
Hube's Recommendation: 
repulsors!
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