Synopsis
Iron Man #50 synopsis by
T Vernon
Rating:
Iron Man, drained of energy after his battle with the Super-Adaptoid, is dying; he appeals to Marianne Rodgers for help but her visions of the hero’s death cause her to panic and run away. As the clock ticks down, the desperate Tony forces himself out of the clumsy bits of armor and reaches a socket just in time to plug in. Hearing someone coming, Tony manages to put on shirt and pants to cover the chestplate as Jarvis arrives to investigate the reports that Iron Man was fighting a villain on the premises. Tony spins a yarn that the hero has to make a quick exit and he is picking up after him. Tony stores the armor pieces in his briefcase and leaves. Witnessing his departure is a femme fatale who seizes the opportunity to knock at the door of Avengers Mansion in the guise of a delivery person. When Jarvis answers the door, she opens the back of the van and a giant snake leaps out and enwraps the hapless butler—and Princess Python demands to know where Tony Stark went…..
Iron Man flies back to Stark Industries; musing on mortality he decides he has no place for women in his fragile life. In Tony’s office, Marianne agonizes over the curse of her visions. In the park, the Super-Adaptoid frees itself from the rubble it was buried under and flies after its foe—but its powers suddenly fade and the android crashes to the ground in a field on Long Island. Suddenly the scene shifts to a sub-microscopic world, devastated by a nuclear war. There we find two scientists, Tyrr and Jarr, in control of the Super-Adaptoid. One, Jarr, has revived the monster as part of a scheme to rebuild their desolate world and rule over it; Tyrr thinks they should learn the lesson of the past and leave technology alone….
At Stark Enterprises, Tony is giving an interview to a news crew about his company’s transition from weapons manufacture to more beneficial research and industry when he is seized by a giant snake. Princess Python arrives with ransom demands for the release of her billionaire hostage. As she’s backing up the van (how far away did she park?), Tony unleashes a static electric charge from his briefcase, zapping the serpent. Freed, he dashes off into the bushes and emerges as Iron Man. He beats up the snake but the villainess and her pet escape into the plant; atop a catwalk, Iron Man battles the snake and sends it plunging into a vat of acid below. Princess Python, shattered at the loss of her beloved, tries to leap in after but the hero snatches her to safety despite his malfunctioning boot jets. Elsewhere, the Super-Adaptoid evolves into a new form: a cyborg executioner which heads for Stark Industries. Marianne, who has been watching the entire ordeal over the monitors, sees her dark prophecy coming true….
Characters:
Plus: Marianne Rodgers.
Enemies
Additional Enemies: Princess Python (Zelda DuBois).