One day near Indianapolis, police are
startled to see Iron Man zooming along on jet skates at 200 MPH. Tony
Stark is scheduled to drive in the 500 and he’s late because he had
to help the FBI catch a spy ring. He locates his car and changes into
his Stark identity and makes it to the racetrack. While driving in
the race, he has a heart seizure and crashes. As burly spectator
heads to his rescue and pulls him to safety before the car explodes.
Tony asks the stranger for a favor: to drive him to his hotel room
and leave him alone. The fellow reluctantly does so and Tony
recharges his chest plate in secret. Later he meets with his rescuer,
Harold Hogan, an ex-boxer nicknamed “Happy” for his dour
appearance, and offers him a generous cash reward. Happy refuses it
and asks for a job instead. Tony hires him as a chauffeur. A few days
later, Happy takes Tony to work at his main research center in
Flushing, N.Y. and the new employee is introduced to Tony’s
secretary Pepper Potts. The big lug is instantly smitten with the
perky assistant, though she finds him hideous; Happy immediately
realizes she has a crush on her handsome playboy boss and hopes to
win her heart….
Meanwhile, in his office Tony Stark
dons his Iron Man armor to test the systems; suddenly an alarm goes
off. Iron Man heads to the underground vault via a secret passage and
catches Stark researcher Professor Shapanka in the act of stealing
the formula [sic] for Stark’s transistors. Iron Man locks him in
the vault and summons the guards. As Tony Stark he declines to have
Shapanka arrested, instead, for his past contributions to the
company, he merely fires him….
After weeks of research, the bitter
Shapanka has perfected cryogenics as a means to immortality. He dons
a suit which lowers his body temperature and gives him freezing
powers, which he uses to embark on a crime spree, sealing anyone who
would oppose him in a block of ice. The newspapers dub the frozen
fiend “Jack Frost,” which Shapanka finds corny but appropriate.
His next step: revenge against Tony Stark. He heads to the Stark
plant where he easily enters the boss’ office freezing everyone in
his path, including Pepper and Happy. Tony manages to don his Iron
costume and confront the villain. He blasts Jack Frost with a heat
beam until he surrenders to the guards. Happy Hogan realizes that
Tony Stark will need extra protection since Iron Man won’t always
be around.
“I Come From Far
Centaurus!”
Writer: Larry
Lieber. Plot: Stan Lee. Pencils: Larry Lieber. Inks: Matt Fox. Colors: ?
Letters: Artie Simek.
Synopsis: An alien
from far Centaurus lands on Earth to make repairs to his ship and is discovered
by millionaire Victor Farrington who is interested only in profitable trade
which is of little importance to the alien. He displays a time sphere which
shows Farrington sitting on a pile of gold. The alien departs and Farrington
begins accumulating wealth by dishonest means. He is caught and exiled to a far
asteroid with his wealth, which is useless there. The alien stops by to
reinforce the moral lesson! Set in 1983!