Synopsis
Iron Man (1968 series) #140 synopsis by
T Vernon
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Tony Stark is on a fishing trip with James Rhodes. Tony hooks a huge swordfish and struggles to capture it but once the fish is defeated, he lets it go again. They head back to Tony’s private resort island where he has more guests waiting, Bethany Cabe, Ling McPherson, recovering from injuries sustained in the previous issues and her physician Dr Ehrmann. Tony and Beth have a private moment, with him being unaware that she knows he is Iron Man….
Left alone that evening, Tony dons the Iron Man armor for some flight maneuvers and a reverie. Not far away, a pleasure yacht is hijacked by a band of pirates led by an armored villain called Force….
The next day, Tony and Rhodey go scuba diving while Beth suns herself aboard the boat. She is surprised when Force and a handful of men board the boat to capture it. Beth fights them off long enough to hurl Tony’s briefcase into the drink. Force, suspecting she has friends underwater, tosses a couple of concussion grenades down. Rhodey pushes Tony out of the path of the grenades and is knocked unconscious by the detonation. Tony puts on his armor underwater, leaves the stunned Rhodey on a raft and heads off after his yacht. He spies it being towed behind a huge sub; Force sees him coming and dispatches henchmen on flying jet-skis to destroy the hero. Iron Man defeats his foes in an aerial dogfight but when it is over, the yacht is nowhere to be seen….
Epilogue: In the small town of Allantown, Iowa, suddenly all the inhabitants keel over dead….