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After many months of persuasion, Tony Stark has agreed to reveal the secret of Iron Man

to Senator Boyd's committee.

And now, Mr. Stark, our first question.

The strain.

Attention.

It's too much for my heart.

Pardon me, gentlemen.

Everything's spinning.

I'm blacking out.

It's a trick.

He's bluffing again.

He never wanted to testify.

Stand back.

Let the doctor pass.

This is just some stunt to keep from testifying.

It's no stunt.

Stark and I have had our differences, but he's always been a man of honor.

This is a very sick man, gentlemen.

I've sent for an ambulance, doctor.

It'll be here in a minute.

Maybe he'll make it to the hospital, Mac.

Write your letter.

And the inquiry, Senator.

Right now, hang the inquiry.

I'm praying for a brave man.

In another part of Washington.

Not here as soon as I heard the newspaper.

Any more bulletins?

Oh, happy.

His condition is critical.

He's been taken to the hospital.

I've got to be with him.

He needs me now.

How about this rumor that you are really Iron Man, Mr. Stark?

An absolutely ridiculous question.

Especially to a man with a heart requiring a chestplate.

We got here as fast as we could.

How is he?

Is he?

Pepper?

Is that you?

Tony.

Thank heaven you're all right.

I was afraid to hope.

If she loves him that much, it's time for Happy to cut out.

Oh, better stop thinking about Pepper and get back to the plant.

But a new problem comes to Happy's attention.

So?

That's why they suspect.

Rumors persist that alien Tony Stark is the alter ego of the invincible Iron Man.

They realize that whenever Iron Man is around, no one ever sees Tony Stark.

Natch.

It's the only possible solution.

I guessed your secret, boss.

I knew it was only a matter of time.

Look, let me borrow your armor and make a demonstration flight.

It'll kill those rumors and prove that you and Iron Man are two different people.

It's dangerous, Happy, but perhaps it is the only way.

Look, up there.

It's Iron Man.

And I just read that Tony Stark is still in the hospital.

Stark can't be Iron Man.

He was telling the truth, denying those rumors.

Look, he's diving towards us.

Boss can't control my jets, but they don't know it.

Hey!

Can I get help from the boss?

An alert on my concealed transceiver radio.

Happy's in trouble.

I'd better bring him down.

Now listen carefully, Hap, to regain control.

Press your left shoulder seam.

Take no more chances.

Get back to home base before anything else happens.

Got you, boss.

You don't have to tell me twice.

A short time later, after a harrowing descent on the slumbering city,

Happy Hogan slips back into the hospital unseen.

Now if I can just get this attaché case back before someone spots me,

the boss is pumped out.

Well, with that bum ticker he needs to sleep,

I'll try and sneak out without waking him.

But before loyal Happy can leave, a grateful hand reaches out.

Sorry, boss. Didn't know you were awake.

I couldn't let you go without thanking you.

Meanwhile, on the far side of the world,

one of the most dangerous men alive has been monitoring the flight of Iron Man.

I have seen enough to reveal that this Happy Hogan, Tony Stark's assistant,

is the real Iron Man.

I shall focus my teleporter upon him.

Soon I'll have him here.

Knowing my most dangerous foe, he shall be dangerous no longer.

Iron Man has escaped his doom for a rash time.

This time he dies in the most devious manner my imagination can conceive.

Thus, at the hospital, Happy Hogan becomes the target of the evil Mandarin.

Hey, what's happening to me? What's going on, boss?

You're fading away. It can mean only one thing.

Gone. Just the way I once vanished when the Mandarin captured me, that masked fiend.

He thinks he's captured the real Iron Man. Poor Happy is doomed unless...

I've got to rescue him and fast.

Trembling from the effects of his heart attack, Tony Stark stealthily makes his way from the hospital to save his friend.

The question is, will he be in time?

Well, where... where am I?

In my castle, fool. And finally, at my mercy, I now proceed with your ultimate requisition.

First, a blast from one of my matchless rings.

Ah, as I've always surmised, your power is nothing.

This oriental ape is cutting me to ribbons. A mighty Iron Man.

And at that very moment on the other side of the globe, I've got to reach the factory and make myself a brand-new suit of superpower armor.

It'll be far stronger than I've ever made. But can I do it in time?

The Stark industry is just over the bridge.

Own it, fella. No visitors.

I'm Tony Stark. I haven't owned this place.

Oh, it is Mr. Stark. Sorry, sir.

The impression of my thumbprint swings this lab door.

Right now, time means everything in saving poor Happy's life.

I'll take the elephant to the bottom level. Have to use our atomic reactor in sub-seller five.

I've got to work faster than ever to create a suit of armor far stronger than I've made in the past.

The Mandarin will be better armed than ever before, ready for anything this time out.

But if the Mandarin will be more dangerous, so will Iron Man.

From this moment on, Iron Man is more invincible than he's ever been.

I'll make a recording of my formula for the senator, in case I don't return this time.

If only I won't be too late.

Once at the launching pad, Stark blasts off on a one-man rocket ride to confront his implacable foe in the Orient.

At this velocity, I'll reach the China coast within the hour.

Three seconds. Two seconds. Now.

The Mandarin, come in to finish me off.

Now, my fallen foe, there are questions you must answer.

Get lost, you creep. I excuse your insolence, considering that you face death.

Where do you keep all the plans for your newest inventions?

Take a big fat guess.

The Mandarin does not guess.

Consider well. My next blast will not miss.

Quickly, a combination to your fault.

Go take a run and jump.

My patience ends.

Prepare to meet your fate.

True to his word, Iron Man is at his goal.

I suspect his hidden sentries will give my armor a battle test before I face my adversary.

Well, I've got company.

Then one iron-gloved blow sends the first guard sprawling.

Try my new electro-stun ray.

Hold tight, happy. I'm on my way.

Now I'm bracketed by deadly beams of high-voltage laser rays.

A good chance to give a demonstration of my static jammer.

I worked. I'm free.

Meanwhile, in far-off Washington, a matter of some interest to Iron Man takes place.

Senator, election time is a good time to drop the Iron Man investigation.

He's mighty popular.

No. Our nation's welfare comes first. We must learn the secret of that armor.

Oh, gosh!

Remove this bio-carrion to the price of execution.

If anyone gets executed around here, it won't be him.

Oh! Another Iron Man?

Not another, you murderous madman. A real Iron Man.

At last you are completely in my power.

Now begins that you are to the death, which only I can win.

Thus the last deadly conflict looms.

Will the countless deadly devices of the Wile A. Mandarin send Iron Man down to his final defeat?

No.

You defeated a decoy, Mandarin. Now you face the real Iron Man.

What? Remove the imposter.

I shall deal with the most hated one of all.

He still doesn't suspect I've modified my armor.

It's more powerful than ever before.

One bolt from my impact ring will end the charade before it begins.

Your eyes to your feet?

I'll be doing more than that, mister.

My impact ring was ineffective, but I have other resources.

Well, you'd better start using them murderer and fast.

Recisely.

How can your armor thus resist me?

Perhaps it's because I planned it that way.

I shall render you helpless with a blast of some freezing gas.

Now your armor will crack open as you grovel in abject surrender.

Get back and just move my hand two inches before the frost hardens.

Ah, made it.

I'm no human torch, but I can generate enough heat to handle you.

Touching a certain stone in the wall, the fleeing Mandarin drops a solid steel wall behind you, almost trapping his pursuer beneath it.

Now I close the walls and crush Iron Man between them.

Steel walls, a closing enemy, and moving with tremendous force.

He's jammed by the trolls. The walls have stopped moving, but the Mandarin is infallible.

Nothing could have saved that accursed Iron Man.

Don't bet on it, Mandy.

Suddenly, Iron Man makes an unexpected move.

I'm going to beat you to a pulp bare-handed.

Fool!

Against me, in karate combat, you are helpless.

As helpless as a barracuda in a tank full of tiny guppies. Just watch.

You insufferable, armor-shieved clod. I'll do more than watch.

I'll peel your armor off like I peel a cashew knot.

Nothing beats a good old one-two to the kisser. Mandy's cool for now.

I must get Kathy out of here before it's too late.

Guards talking. A radio.

A certain missile command is now testing the Mandarin's newest weapon.

Little do they know, the Mandarin ordered me to divert its flight.

And wrap it on a big American base.

Very clever. Cause big war between east and west. Mandarin will pick up pieces afterward.

Not if Iron Man can help it.

Tony, I knew you'd get here somehow.

Save your breath. I'm getting you out of here. I'll pre-set your navigational controls.

You'll make a perfect landing on Okinawa.

And I've blasted a hole in the ceiling. Your escape route, Hap?

I'm on my way.

But why is he staying behind?

Now to redirect the Mandarin's missile. My transceiver signal must be right on the button.

I've done it. It zeroed in on a new target.

Nothing can save you now. There's no defense against my disintegrate array.

If I can just stall them a few seconds longer.

Ah, flight can't help you. My beam has a range of miles.

I'm gambling you'll keep toying with me just five seconds more.

The missile hit the Mandarin's palace just as I planned.

The Mandarin has fallen. For the sake of all humanity, may he never rise again.

Now that I've safely disposed of the Mandarin, there's no reason to keep this tape.

Compending the secret of Iron Man's armor.

Which means the secret of Iron Man and Tony Stark is safe again.

For now.

Tony Stark makes you feel he's a cool exec with the hottest deer.

As Iron Man, all gems a-flaze. He's light and slime could be closer to race.

A mason armor, as Iron Man, a mason power.