Synopsis
Iron Man (1968 series) #62 synopsis by
T Vernon
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Prologue: The villainous Whiplash is practicing with his new steel whip, shredding a statue of his enemy Iron Man, preparing for round 2….
Tony Stark and Pepper (Potts) Hogan visit his Cincinnati plant and are greeted by the manager Vicki Snow. They also meet researcher Mark Scott, secretly Whiplash; Scott is engaged to Vicki, but only to get her job, expecting her to quit after the wedding. As Vicki takes Tony on a tour of the building, Scott switches to his Whiplash identity and attacks Tony. When the villain is distracted by a security guard, Tony dashes off and returns as Iron Man. The hero then discovers that Whiplash has micro-shields to protect him from Iron Man’s repulsor rays. The baddie quickly destroys the ray devices in Iron Man’s hands with a few flicks of his whip and moves in for the kill. The Avenger removes his damaged gauntlets and tosses magnetized discs at the villain and they hinder movement of his whip. Iron Man then punches out his foe, who staggers back and topples a huge piece of machinery onto the hero and escapes….
Epilogue: Vicki, inspired to a new dedication to her work by Iron Man’s example, breaks her engagement to Mark Scott over his sexist attitudes and scheming, leaving the embittered villain to go back to lashing a statue of Iron Man in his spare time….