Extremis was the second story arc after the "Avengers Disassembled" crossover event, not to be confused with "Stark: Disassembled", a later story in The Invincible Iron Man. See more

Tony Stark is a weapons designer whose weapons are being used against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan in the years just prior to the second Gulf War. He is injured during an inspection tour when one of his own … See more

Extremis is referred to as a "virus" throughout the story. The verbatim description offered by its inventor Maya Hansen, goes: "...Extremis is a super-soldier solution. It's a bio-electronics package, fitted into a few billion graphite nanotubes and … See more

Extremis received favorable reviews and is often listed as one of the best Iron Man stories. See more

Television
• The Extremis mini-series was loosely adapted as an Iron Man: Armored Adventures episode of the same name. Mallen, an ex-agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. rather than a terrorist, injects himself with the formula after being … See more

• "Extremis" at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Extremis at Marvel.com
• Extremis on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki See more