Synopsis / Summary / Plot
Iron Man Vs. Whiplash #2 Synopsis by
T Vernon
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….