Iron Man #2

Issue Details

Synopsis

New York. Stark Solutions building. Newly appointed secretary, Ms. Pepper Potts is working away at her desk, when her dog, Socrates suddenly starts barking. Pepper looks up to see what the matter is and finds her ex-husband, Happy Hogan standing in front of the doorway with his belongings. Pepper asks him what the matter is and he replies that Tony has asked him to come to his office. They feel embarrassed, facing each other and Happy decides to go to his office. Pepper directs him, saying that Tony is in Switzerland.Switzerland. Alps mountains. Tony is having a great time, skiing in the snow. His client, a former friend, Countess Stephanie De La Spirosa applauds at his skills. Tony is flattered when she tells that he should teach her skiing. She ask him to come out with her to the opera, dinner etc., but Tony declines her offer, saying that as her consultant, he has much pent up paperwork to do. Stephanie is embarrassed, saying that years ago they did not part on the best of terms. Tony asks her to forget those days and concentrate on the present and future.That night, as Tony dons his Iron Man armor, he thinks what has happened over the past week. He had got a call from Stephanie and decided to come over to her place in Switzerland. She took him to the Dufours Precision Manufacturing Corporation, the business she inherited from her late husband. Once inside the plant, she told him that she had a feeling something was wrong. She gave him a lot of financial books of the company, asking him to go through and find discrepancies.Tony thinks of the financial discrepancies. He had browsed through the books and found a lot of money coming and going without Stephanie’s notice. As he flies toward the Dufours plant, he scans the surrounding area. X-Ray reveals a large chamber built into the mountain behind the plant and joined with it. He scans for an opening and finds one soon enough. He drops inside and is looking around when suddenly, he is attacked by guards. He fights...