Synopsis
Invincible Iron Man #51 synopsis by
T Vernon
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A teenage prostitute is murdered on the streets; she is listed as “Jane Doe.” Tony Stark picks up teen hooker Shelly…and takes her to The Haven, a place run by Abby St. Clair, a former prostitute, to help other girls escape the dark life. Shelly is skeptical but Tony pays for her time while Abby shows her around….
Tony assembles several industrialists and entrepreneurs for a conference to create a plan for helping the nation formerly run by General Radanovich (see last issue) and rebuilding the economy. He chats with up-and-coming American political whiz Randall Johnson Jr. and his supportive wife Helen, French businessman Jean Claude de Beaubienne, British Thomas Adkins and his abused assistant Mary Reilly, and Japan’s Anjira Shigeta. Playboy Jean Claude hits on Pepper Potts but she shuts him down with some cold beverage to his pants. The men debate the suitability of women for business which annoys Tony….
Abby tells Shelly about her own experience in the streets, how a “client” brutally beat her, leaving her in a coma; she has been painting as therapy but cannot recall the man’s face clearly. Abby gets a call that Tony left his briefcase (not the one with the armor) at The Haven and Abby volunteers to bring it to him….
Later that night, a massive warehouse fire breaks out, with several firefighters trapped inside. Iron Man shows up and leads the men to safety. A quick scan of the building shows someone in the basement. Iron Man goes down and finds Abby—with a bullet wound to the chest—as the burning building collapses around him….