Tales of Suspense #73

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Iron Man learns that Hogan has been kidnapped from the hospital, and he follows the clues to a secret castle.Iron Man Story - "My Life for Yours!"At the start of this issue, Iron Man goes into the hospital where Happy Hogan has been kept since he helped saved his life during his fight with Titanium Man. However, when he reaches the room, he's told that Happy has mysteriously vanished, and that no one knows where he is. Iron Man has a look around to find a hoofprint on the windowsill, and correctly guesses that the Black Knight has captured Happy, so that he can use him as a hostage against Iron Man. He leaves the hospital, and after some more looking, finds a castle nearby where the Black Knight must be holding Happy hostage. Iron Man then makes his way through the castle incredibly easily, as the Black Knight is so confident of victory that he hasn't prepared any traps for Iron Man.In the main section of the castle, Iron Man finally finds the Black Knight, but when he tries to punch him, he disappears. The same thing happens again, and Iron Man deduces that the Black Knight must be using some sort of hologram against him, so that he wastes his transistors' power. However, when another image appears and he fails to hit it, the Black Knight manages to shoot a laser blast from his lance which badly damages Iron Man's transistors. Iron Man is forced to turn them off to conserve power, but in doing so is rendered helpless. The Black Knight then grabs his body and takes it up into the air on his flying horse, ready to drop Iron Man to his death. However, when he drops Iron Man, Iron Man turns on his transistors again, and manages to pull the Black Knight off his saddle. Iron Man then falls in a river, and makes it to shore, but doesn't know what's happened to the Black Knight.Meanwhile, Senator Byrd visits Pepper Potts, looking for Tony Stark. Although Pepper doesn't know where he is, Byrd says that he's planning on forcing Tony to tell the secrets of the Iron Man armour...