Stark building a future of the city? Great plot. Granted, we never get to see the nuts and bolts, but still, Stark is at his best when he's the inventive futurist, and that's what we have here. The Mandarin's rings gone sentient and given themselves out to the greatest haters? Great plot. I was tired over the idea of yet another volume of Iron Man offering yet another look at the Mandarin, but this is actually a totally new take, and one that fits well with the heavier science-fiction focus of Gillen's Iron Man. 
 Beyond all that, we've got good characters, a good plot, and a great ending. I look forward to the next (last?) volume of Gillen's story.