Iron Man's appearance in this book is the kind of thing that never ceases to irk me. Isn't he occupied erasing his brain over in "Invincible Iron Man"? Isn't he public enemy #1 right now? Call me a continuity nerd if you want, but this type of thing bothers me! Sure, The Hulk is otherwise occupied in his own title, but his status quo is not being influenced by "Dark Reign". "The Hulk" takes place in "Astonishing X-Men"-ville, where the creative team shits out an issue every three months and it doesn't affect anything. Iron Man's status quo, on the other hand, is being HEAVILY influenced by "Dark Reign" over in his own book. Osborn has a bullseye on his ass. Tony is scrambling and in damage control mode. He doesn't have time to have a "World War Hulk" Rematch in "Mighty Avengers". And I know Slott is setting up a confrontation between Pym and Stark over leadership, because it was foreshadowed last issue, but can't that wait until after Fraction has shown us how Tony has gotten out of the woods with the whole Osborn thing? I know I might be splitting hairs here, but it's just my opinion. Anyway, rants aside, it was good to see USAgent back to being nutty, and Jarvis walking in on Hank, um, "doing diagnostics" on Jocasta after Hulk pulls a Chris Brown on her was another peek into Pym's creepy personal life. Pham's art was decent. I'm sure he'll get better as time goes on. All that being said, I want to see what Slott has got in store for this book. Maybe I will be surprised. I hope so.