Iron Man #6

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Synopsis

Iron Man travels to the Barrier Reef, Australia. He is worried about his assignment and his employer, because they seem to know that Tony Stark is Iron Man. As Tony surfaces from underwater, he prepares his weapons to counterattack if attacked. But he is rather surprised to see Natasha Romanoff a.k.a. Black Widow sitting on a yacht, waiting for him. As Tony comes down, he asks about his job. Widow tells that she is setting a trap for someone, and Tony will be acting as bait. Later, as they talk about the surreal beauty of Australia, Tony brings up the question of his job again. Natasha hands him a list of scientists’ names and photos, telling him that all of them have been kidnapped most mysteriously. S.H.I.E.L.D. has asked her to take the assignment. As Tony himself is a brilliant electronics engineer, he has to get kidnapped. That will lead them to the culprit. Only that Tony has to leave behind his armor, for he must be completely defenseless when being kidnapped. Tony accepts. Elsewhere, in the Stark Solutions building, Happy still continues to flirt with Dorleen. He has no qualms about her entrance to Tony’s firewalled office. When he and Pepper are busy talking, Dorleen secretly plants a wireless microphone, bugging the office. A week later, Tony is doing everything he can to expose himself to kidnappers, like going to parties, talk-shows, government offices, etc. This evening, he is dancing with Natasha at an opera in Sydney. They recount their earlier days, when suddenly Natasha senses danger. She alerts Tony to the presence of an assassin named Hauptmann and tells him to flee, should the need arise. Then she confronts Hauptmann. Tony flees, but is chloroformed and kidnapped within seconds. Hauptmann wastes no time in idle talk. He engages her directly, attacking her with an electrically charged glove. Natasha tricks him into falling into the water and he electrocutes himself. Natasha searches for Tony but fails to find him. She knows that the first part...