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Iron Man Vs. Whiplash #2

Feb 2010
Marc Guggenheim, Philippe Briones

Iron Man Vs. Whiplash #2 cover

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(no title given)


Synopsis

Iron Man Vs. Whiplash #2 synopsis by T Vernon
Rating: 4.5 stars
In his holding cell at the Hague, Tony Stark studies surveillance photos of the attack on Volstok and recognizes that the pieces of armor shot off the attacker were his own creation. There doesn’t seem to be a good explanation as Tony’s tech safeguards are designed specifically to prevent anyone from stealing and using his armor. He is called back to court to hear the verdict: Tony is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Reed Richards, Matt Murdock, Ezekiel Stane, and Pepper Potts are interviewed for their reaction by reporters. Anton Vanko also has a reaction: he is planning to murder Stark in prison. Tony’s lawyer tells him an appeal would be useless….

Mystery villains discuss the problems of Stark’s conviction: no one should have known of Iron Man’s involvement in the Volstok attack, least of all Stark and now his imprisonment will make it harder to employ armor the next time lest they prove Stark’s innocence. Then they enter a chamber filled with Iron Man armors….

Vanko goes to the International Criminal Court Detention Center and uses special polymorphic infrared lenses to look through the walls to observe Stark’s tedious daily routine. But what he can’t detect is how Tony is secretly accumulating metal as part of his daily routine and building a makeshift armor in his cell. Pepper comes to visit him and suggests that someone could have duplicated his DNA for his biosignature. Tony scoffs but she has also discovered logs that show he was in his private lab on three dates when he was clearly out of town. Then Whiplash breaks into the prison and comes looking for him. Tony fires a guard’s machine gun at Whiplash’s chest plate, causing it to lock up until it reboots (a known bug with this model), buying him a few seconds to get to his cell and put on his emergency escape armor. He has all of six minutes of power in which to defeat his foe….


 

Review / Commentaries


Iron Man Vs. Whiplash #2 Review by (November 6, 2021)
Comments: Ezekiel Stane battled Iron Man in IRON MAN (2008 series) #1-6. Tony’s fellow prisoners include Thomas Lubanga, Germain Katanga, and Jean-Pierre Bemba; all are real war criminals and inmates of the ICC prison. Script by Marc Guggenheim and Brannon Braga. Chris Chuckry contributed to the colors.

Review: Another exciting issue with clever plotting and epic action sequences. And the issue ends with Tony creating a rudimentary suit of armor to escape imprisonment a la TALES OF SUSPENSE #39 but with the added complication of having to fight a supervillain. See you in thirty!



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Philippe Briones
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Brandon Peterson (Cover Penciler)
Brandon Peterson (Cover Inker)
Unknown (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Dave Sharpe.
Editor: Bill Rosemann. Editor-in-chief: Joe Quesada.

Characters

Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Iron Man
Iron Man

(Anthony Stark)
Mr. Fantastic
Mr. Fantastic

(Reed Richards)
Pepper Potts
Pepper Potts

(Pepper Hogan)

Plus: Ezekiel Stane, Whiplash (Anton Vanko).

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