Revenge is a dish best served cold in this story, when a sacked Stark Industries scientist returns to settle scores as the icy villain called Jack Frost. Long-time supporting cast members Harry "Happy" Hogan and "Pepper" Potts also make the scene in this issue.
Notes:
- Stark's chest plate runs out of juice while he is behind the wheel of the Stark Special during a 500-mile race. Suffering a heart attack, Stark loses control and the car plows through the railing and flips, trapping him under the flaming wreck. Risking his own life, retired boxer Hogan pulls Stark free just before the fire reaches the gas tank. Hogan parlays his heroism into a full-time job as Stark's chauffeur.
- On Hogan's first day on the job, he runs afoul of Stark's bitchy secretary "Pepper" Potts, who offers many, shall we say, unsolicited critques of Hogan's face. (No wonder Professor Shapanka makes it a point to freeze her solid.) Nevertheless, Hogan is instantly smitten with the sharp-tongued secretary, who harbors an unrequited crush on Stark.
- S.I. scientist Professor Shapanka attempts to steal plans for his employer's miracle transistors from a vault in order to fund his off-duty experiments with ice as a means of life extension. Stark as Iron Man catches him red-handed but decides to just fire him instead of turning him over to the police. To show his gratitude, Shapanka develops his ice technology's super-villain applications and attacks his ex-employer. Iron Man thaws him out rather quickly with a chest-mounted heat ray. Despite Shapanka's unpromising debut as a costumed criminal, he is the first adversary with a future in the strip and will return.
- Trivia: We see Shea Stadium and the '64 World's Fair under construction in this issue. S.I.'s main research facility is nearby, just off the Grand Central Parkway.
This is another Lee/Berns/Heck production . . . sigh.
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