Synopsis
Iron Man (1968 series) #150 synopsis by
T Vernon
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Having been hurled back through time by a vengeful Gert Hauptmann, Iron Man and Doctor Doom finds themselves in Camelot, home of King Arthur. Several knights come to investigate this odd happening and ask them to submit. Doom’s arrogance flares up and he fights with the knights until Iron Man can persuade him that a more peaceable response is better. Soon they are taken before the King, where Iron Man tries to explain that he and Doom have a grievance to settle then they will be gone. He then uses a bit of magnetic technology to levitate the king‘s throne. Doom, however, refuses to do tricks, proclaiming himself the king of his realm. Arthur puts off a ruling until the next day, offering the two visitors his hospitality….
In has room, Tony Stark worries about getting home from a different time. He takes solace in the female servitor he has been given. Doom is revealed to have intended this time period as his destination (in the time cube boosted by the stolen tech) and hypnotizes his servant girl in telling him how to find Morgana le Fay. When Arthur hears that Doom is the villain and has escaped; Iron Man volunteers to bring him back. Meanwhile, Doom arrives at Morgana’s castle where the sorceress is imprisoned. After discovering that the drawbridge is an illusion, Doom uses his jet pack to enter the highest tower where he finds her. He explains that he is visiting all of the great magicians and sorcerers of history to find if there is some way he can release his mother from hell. She agrees to help him if he will perform a small task for her: kill King Arthur.
She uses a small chip taken from Arthur’s mighty sword Excalibur to raise from the dead an army of men who had been killed by that fabled weapon. The undead army then marches on Camelot with Doom at their head. The two armies meet on the plain outside the castle and battle is joined. Realizing that Doom cannot raise the dead, he jets off to find Morgana le Fay. Approaching her castle he fights off crystals that wrap him in tendrils of black light. He then encounters Morgana’s pet hawk, which grows into a giant prehistoric beast; he defeats it by freezing it with a Freon tube. The sorceress vows vengeance against the hero after she learns to counter his “magicks” and vanishes into another dimension. With her and the Excalibur chip gone, the undead army disintegrates. Iron Man and Doom reunite where they discover they can use their combined tech to recreate the workings of the time cube, forcing them to call a truce and work together. Returning to the 20th century their makeshift time machine disintegrates and they part, Doom vowing vengeance.