Tony Stark has leased his newly cleansed space station (once infected by an A.I.M. bacillus) to Cauwfield Chemical Co. but something has gone terribly wrong! The scientists at the station have apparently been infected with something -- but what?? Cauwfield neglected to inform Stark that his co. had been working with nanotechnology!!  To his dismay, Iron Man (Tony Stark, actually, as it was the Telepresence Armor that was dispatched for the rescue) discovers this little tidbit while on his obligatory rescue mission. The "nanobots" have combined to form the "Technovore" -- an ever-changing bio-mechanical construct only bent on constantly adding more power and matter to itself. And guess who's next? 'Ol Shellhead, of course!!

IM puts up a good battle, but eventually Technovore corners him and starts to add IM's substance to its own, causing Stark excruciating "neural feedback" through the telepresence connection. His armor is set to self-destruct and as it does, Tony is "rescued" by some omnipotent chick associated with the "Infinity Crusade" crossover. But at any rate, the Stark space station is finally, utterly destroyed.

First IM Appearance: Iron Man #294.