Marvel Origins #28

In "Der Tod von Tony Stark," Pepper and Happy, shaken by Tony Stark’s sudden disappearance, confront Iron Man and hand in their resignations. The next day, Happy breaks into Stark’s home, only to find Tony hiding in bed—still alive, but desperate to keep his armor hidden. When the Mandarin unleashes a massive space laser that destroys much of the mansion, Tony appears to die. In the aftermath, the man in the battered suit and long coat boards a plane to China, setting out to face Koto, the Mandarin’s robotic enforcer—only to be overpowered.

In "Die Ursprünge des Mandarin" from Marvel Origins #28, Iron Man finds himself trapped by the Mandarin, bound to a massive spinning wheel as the villain recounts his past. As the Mandarin reveals his grand ambition to conquer the world, Iron Man uses the spinning motion to recharge his armor—turning captivity into a chance to strike back.

In "Irgendwo lauert das Phantom!", Pepper and Happy grapple with the weight of Tony Stark’s presumed death while he secretly works on a transistorized chest device that lets him appear in public without his armor. When Stark finally reveals he’s alive, tensions rise—especially when he dismisses Dr. Birch, a disgruntled employee whose bitterness may be the key to a new threat. As Iron Man hunts the mysterious Phantom, Pepper and Happy step out on a date, unaware their lives are about to intersect with a dangerous secret.

In "Hawkeye und die neue Black Widow schlagen wieder zu!", Hawkeye teams up with a newly costumed Black Widow in a daring assault on Iron Man. Though Tony Stark emerges victorious, the duo vanishes into the shadows—leaving behind a tense reunion between Stark and Pepper, whose warm embrace hints at unresolved feelings, while Happy watches, quietly questioning his own place in the story.

In "Wenn Zwei sich streiten...", Tony Stark temporarily leaves the city to give Happy the chance to win Pepper’s heart—only for a small-time thief named Weasel Wills to hijack Iron Man’s armor and wreak havoc in his name. When Tony returns and dons his classic gold suit, he faces off against the imposter in a clash of tech and tactics. The story pits legacy against ambition, with Tony’s mastery of the suit proving decisive—but not before the confrontation leaves him reflecting on what it truly means to be Iron Man.

In "Versage ich, geht die Welt unter!", Tony Stark’s latest underwater prototype puts Iron Man in a tense showdown with Attuma, who’s preparing a deep-sea assault on the surface world. With Senator Byrd watching from above and Happy’s pride on the line, Iron Man must survive the wreckage and face the senator’s scrutiny—no matter the cost.

In "Wo Schurken wandeln!", Iron Man is trapped in a series of vivid hallucinations orchestrated by the Dream-Maker—Count Nefaria—forcing him to battle past foes in his sleep. After the nightmare ends, he journeys to Ireland to track down a frustrated Happy, only to find himself still ensnared in the Dream-Maker’s schemes. Though the machine ultimately explodes, Iron Man dismisses the ordeal as a dream—until Pepper calls, urging him to return home.

In "Ein Mann dreht am Rad," Happy returns to Stark Industries, greeted with relief by Pepper—but her warmth feels uncertain to him. As Tony’s cousin Morgan, jealous of Tony’s success, conspires with Count Nefaria to frame Stark for faking an alien invasion, the line between deception and reality begins to blur. When Senator Byrd dismisses Tony’s warnings as delusions, the truth may be stranger than anyone imagined.

In "Wenn ich schon sterben muss, dann als Ehrenmann!", Iron Man answers a deadly challenge from Lagerkommandant Boris Bullski, who frees prisoners to forge a Titanium Man suit. With Pepper and Happy at his side and a flirtation with the Gräfin de la Spiroza stirring tension, Tony pushes his armor to the limit—only to be caught in a hidden minefield and caught in an explosion.