Appearing in ""The Uncanny Challenge of the Crusher!""
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Antagonists:
- The Crusher (First appearance)
- "El Presidente" (First appearance)
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Unidentified Country south of America's Border
- New York City
Items:
- Centrifuge Machine (First appearance)
- Iron Man Armor MK IV
Synopsis for ""The Uncanny Challenge of the Crusher!""
However, when the scientist presents the formula to the dictator, he senses treachery and so forces his own scientist to drink it at gun point. When it works, they try all manner of artillery to see if the scientist (now dubbed "The Crusher") has any weakness. Thoroughly convinced, they send him out to destroy Iron Man.
Arriving in the United States, the Crusher repels all attacks on him as he makes his way to the Stark Industries building. There he gets into a fight with Iron Man, who finds that the Crusher is impervious to whatever weapon he uses against him. Thinking quickly, Iron Man then attaches the centrifuge device to the Crusher, causing his gravity to exponentially increase. This increase in gravity makes the Crusher break through the floor and plummet down to points unknown.
When repairing the floor as Tony Stark, Happy Hogan and Pepper Potts arrive to tell him that they eloped and are now married, Stark congratulates them.Appearing in "The Return of the Titanium Man!"
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Other Characters:
- United States Government (Mentioned in narration)
- Happy Hogan (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
- Colonel Nick Fury (Mentioned)
- NYPD
- Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) (Mentioned)
- Soviet Armed Forces (Topical Reference)
- Numerous unnamed military personnel
- Pepper Potts (Mentioned)
- United States Air Force
- Unnamed Pilot
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Items:
- Iron Man Armor MK IV
- Iron Man's Briefcase
- Titanium Man Armor MK I (Modified)
- D-3Y Missile
Synopsis for "The Return of the Titanium Man!"
—Titanium Man (Boris Bullski)I hope you got a good look, comrade! I'm the last sight you will ever behold again!
Continued from Tales to Astonish #82... After having defeated the Sub-Mariner, Iron Man (As Tony Stark) turns himself in to the authorities so that he can finally reveal the secrets of the Iron Man armor to a US Senate Committee for the sake of national security.
Repairing and recharging his armor, Stark then allows the police to escort him to the airport to catch a plane to Washington D.C., however, Stark opts to instead don his Iron Man armor and fly to Washington under his own power. As he travels, Senator Harrington Byrd and his associates and the press eagerly await Stark's arrival.
Learning of this, the Soviet Union then sends off the revived Titanium Man in order to disrupt the session, and launch him into US airspace inside a rocket which lands him in Washington D.C. Where the giant Titanium Man locates and instantly attacks his arch-foe: Iron Man.Appearing in "By Force of Arms!"
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Other Characters:
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- Capitol Rotunda
Items:
- Iron Man Armor MK IV
- Titanium Man Armor MK I
- Iron Man's Unstable Freon Bomb (First appearance)
Synopsis for "By Force of Arms!"
As the two armor-clad titans clash, the entire city of Washington D.C. looks on, including Senator Harrington Byrd who called the committee meeting, as well as Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan, who have just arrived in D.C. to support their boss, Tony Stark.
As the Titanium Man attempts to destroy Iron Man, the Golden Avenger attempts to bring Titanium Man into a secluded area outside of the town to prevent any innocents from getting injured. However a crowd (including Pepper and Happy) soon appear to watch the fight, and Titanium Man manages to catch Iron Man in his paralysis ray.
As Iron Man tries to break free, Pepper cheers him on and offers to find Tony Stark to help him, however when Iron Man thinks his built-in live wire has allowed him to break free of the paralysis ray, he soon learns that in reality, the Titanium Man is no longer training the ray on him, but on Pepper Potts instead.