Strange Spécial Origines #196
In "Le retour de la Veuve Noire," a Soviet agent clad in advanced armor launches a high-stakes assault on Iron Man’s world, abducting Pepper and injuring Happy to lure the hero into a deadly trap. With Stark’s factory threatened and the stakes rising, Iron Man confronts the enemy aboard the Unicorn’s plane—only to turn the tide in a dramatic showdown. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Don Heck, with a striking cover by Jean-Yves Mitton, this 1986 issue delivers a tense, action-packed chapter in Iron Man’s saga.
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A Soviet agent with high-tech armor comes to the US to capture Iron Man. He kidnaps Pepper and injures Happy to draw Iron Man out, and then threatens to blow up Stark's factory unless Iron Man comes with him. Iron Man boards Unicorn's plane, but then destroys it, though the Unicorn escapes.
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