Synopsis
Iron Man #83 synopsis by
T Vernon
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Happy Hogan in the Iron Man armor has been knocked from the penthouse roof and crashed to the pavement below. His wife Pepper has him taken inside where she can see to his wounds. They are interrupted by Michael O’Brien who is seeking revenge for his brother Kevin’s death (as the Guardsman in issue #46) and is here revealed to be a police detective. As Iron Man, Happy sends him off but the then collapses from his injuries.
Meanwhile, Tony Stark is a prisoner of the Red Ghost in his underwater lair. Seems the baddie’s latest attempt to increase his powers has left him in a permanently intangible state; he had sent his gang to steal Stark’s Cosmitronic Cannon (last ish) but they were defeated by Iron Man. Now he wants Tony to devise a cure. Tony insists that the cannon is the only hope so they all repair to Stark Industries where they break in and head for the lab. The Cannon does indeed cure the Red Ghost but Tony also detonates a smoke bomb so that he can change into Iron Man under cover. Shellhead duels with the super-apes (strong gorilla, shapeshifting baboon, orangutan with magnetic powers) and defeats them. Red Ghost shifts to his immaterial form to do battle but finds himself fading into nothingness as a side effect of the treatment (Tony tried to warn him).
Epilogue: Tony meets with Pepper and Happy. The big guy insists he’s all right but then collapses….
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Additional Enemies: Michael O'Brien.