What th...?? How did Iron Man come to this?
We'd better run down some bullet points on just what's led up to this shocking scene:
- Tony Stark suffers a massive heart attack in the middle of Senator Byrd's hearing on the subject of Iron Man's true identity!
- Stark's friend, Happy Hogan, decides to suit up as Iron Man and let himself be seen in public in order to divert suspicion from Stark, since everyone has finally gotten a clue that Stark and Iron Man are never seen together!
- Happy's duplicity has been spied upon by the Mandarin, who, having seen Happy conferring with the bedridden Stark, believes he's finally learned Iron Man's true identity!
- The masked fiend transports Happy to his stronghold in Asia, where he attacks him on sight and severely damages his armor!
- Stark, realizing who's responsible for Happy's disappearance, leaves the hospital and returns to his factory to rush work on a new, more powerful suit of armor designed to better protect his heart from the strain of battle!
- The Mandarin continues to interrogate "Iron Man" without mercy!
- Stark's new suit tests out successfully, and he rockets to the Mandarin's castle to save his friend!
And just in the nick of time, as any hero will tell you.
And now, it's Iron Man vs. the Mandarin, in a battle to the finish!
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