Tales of Suspense #77

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The Mandarin and his prisoner Tony Stark converse in his castle about the Mandarin's construction of the giant android called Ultimo.Iron Man Story -"Ultimo Lives!"Tony Stark has been kidnapped by the Mandarin, since he's about to unleash something he calls Ultimo onto the world, and couldn't find Iron Man to see him take over the world. Unfortunately, when he was captured the Mandarin threw Tony's briefcase into his castle moat, thinking that it could contain an explosive, when it actually contains the Iron Man Armour. Tony decides to stall for time, and asks the Mandarin what Ultimo is. Mandarin explains that Ultimo is a gigantic android, which he built in an extinct volcano. He then has a flashback to when he finally finished creating Ultimo, how when turned on the switch to activate Ultimo, Ultimo absorbed more energy than he was expected to, making him more powerful than he had thought. The Mandarin then says to Tony that he'll reign supreme from this day on.The Mandarin then turns to his control panel, where he sees some Chinese soldiers about to attack his castle, since he refuses to serve them. Whilst his attention is on the screen, Tony starts backing up in the hope that he can escape and reach his armour, but the Mandarin notices straight away. He then blasts Tony with one of his rings, knocking him down some stairs, and assumes that Tony is killed by the fall. However, the chestplate of the Iron Man armour manages to save Tony, by acting as a shock-proof vest. Tony then hears giant footsteps, and runs and dives into the moat, looking for his briefcase.Meanwhile, the Chinese soldiers which Mandarin saw on his screen have arrived and are ready to attack his castle, but before they can, they encounter Ultimo, who has emerged from the volcano where he was built. Despite the best efforts of the Chinese, their guns do nothing against Ultimo, who then starts shooting lasers from his eyes at them. Iron Man then appears, but when he sees Ultimo's sheer size and the...