Booze, Boobs and Robot Boots No. 10: Tales of Suspense 48

What's happening? Tony finds out some other rich dude won't supply him with needed materials, so he goes to the guy's house to investigate. (My guess is that "investigate" means to "aggressively renegotiate while using a hammer on your knee caps.") He finds the guy is under the sway of Mr. Doll, by far the dumbest costumed schmuck yet. He manages to, of course, whip Iron Man's ass. This leads Tony to reconsider being Iron Man. Instead, he radically redesigns the suit. Tony goes into precise detail about the changes of his suit, but I'll sum up for you. "Blah blah blah magnets. Something something transistors. Yadda yadda yadda ductile iron." I hope you were taking notes.

Since Mr. Doll has already strong armed the three other richest people in town for their cash, the police figure Stark is next. They warn Tony, but Mr. Doll shows up anyway and starts... I am not sure. But it fucks up anyone who he has made the doll to resemble. Tony finally overcomes Mr. Doll with some sorta ... *sigh* device.

ETC: Pepper and Happy continue to be ridiculously pointless. At one point, Tony is trying to dodge his own security detail so he can change into his brand new outfit. He lies to the guard about how he needs alone time to ask out Pepper, who naturally falls all over herself when she overhears this. When Tony does get her alone in some secret room, he immediately ditches her and then forgets all about her until the comic is over. Happy is even less useful than that.

MVP: Tony. Not only does he make himself some cooler looking togs (the classic red and yellow), but he creates another piece of imaginary technology that foils magic once again. Coming in second is the cop who managed to figure out the next rich guy on Mr. Doll's hit list would be Tony, by making a list of the four richest dudes in town and crossing off the three assholes who had already been hit.

MIA: The old suit. Technically, it appears in the first few pages, before Mr. Doll handles Iron Man, and Tony is forced to self-reflect. Honestly, the gold suit won't be missed. Tony even mentions how ungainly the outfit is. Tony looks much more sleek and aerodynamic in the new attire.

WTF: Tony beats Mr. Doll by creating a transistor-powered force beam that manages to remold the head of Mr. Doll's doll into Mr. Doll's head, all in the time it takes for Mr. Doll to drop the doll to the ground in an attempt to kill Iron Man, and THAT saves the day. In the other cases of bizarre shit science this book has drudged up, I could at least see where all this noise was headed. This scenario is honestly the dumbest fucking thing I have ever read.