Following the official announcement of the six-issue miniseries, Marvel Comics has unveiled some new details on Dan Slott, Christos Gage and Pete Woods' upcoming Iron Man 2020.
"In IRON MAN 2020, the future has arrived, and Artificial Intelligences present a clear and present danger to humanity and must be brought to heel!" Marvel revealed on its website. "As the Robot Rebellion battles for the establishment of robot rights, someone new will don the Iron Man suit: Arno Stark, the long-lost brother of Tony Stark."
"But Arno Stark won't be alone: War Machine, Rescue, Ironheart will all have roles to play in the new series. The Robot Rebellion will also feature some familiar robots from the Marvel Universe including Machine Man AKA Aaron Stack, Jocasta, the Vision, Albert (the robotic Wolverine character), Elsie-Dee, Machinesmith, Nick Fury LMDs, Death’s Head, the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android, Quasimodo, H.E.R.B.I.E., the Dreadnaughts, Brynocki, Alkhema, and M-11."
Dan Slott took over as the main writer for the Armored Avenger in June 2018 with the release of Tony Stark: Iron Man #1. However, Marvel has recently been teasing that January's Iron Man 2020 will be the culmination of Slott's run on the character and will leave ever-lasting changes to the Iron Man mantle. Most recently, Marvel released a variant cover for Tony Stark: Iron Man #19 that may hint at the fate of Tony Stark.
Iron Man 2020 #1, by Dan Slott, Christos Gage and Pete Woods, arrives in Jan. 2020 from Marvel.