I think at some point, I need to post the part from Busiek's run where Tony's meeting with Duane Freeman's brother after Kang levels DC. That whole incident, where Tony honest to God feels horrible that they never got the chance to clear things up, instead of lording the fact that he was right in assuming there was corruption in the Triunes, reads so much better than this issue does, because it's so very Tony.
Re: YMMV, but...