Invincible Iron Man (1998 series) #32

Aboard the Sons of Yinsen’s huge ship, Sun-Tao explains further to Tony Stark/Iron Man that as he was dying, Professor Yinsen handed over to Sun-Tao his journals containing all his life’s work, including the Iron Man schematics. His host then shows him New Timbetpal, a breathtaking city of technological marvels based on Yinsen’s work. Sun then presents Iron Man to the assembled worshippers as the Chosen One, their promised deliverer. Tony wishes he had called Rumiko…

…who we see dancing in a nightclub and trying to convince her pal Solomon that she isn’t worried about Tony Stark. But when she gets home, she races to her answering machine to find no message from Tony….

Sun-Tao explains to Tony that Wong-Chu survived the explosion Iron Man put him through and is now the most powerful drug lord on the planet, ruling from his remote camp in the jungles of Southeast Asia. They want Iron Man to lead the Sons in an assault on his fortress to capture the baddie and turn him over to an international tribunal for justice. And then the attack begins. The Sons take down the guards, who are drugged into cooperation with Wong-Chu and Iron Man discovers that the people who inhabit the camp have been branded on the face with the villain’s mark. An increased assault on the temple brings them into the presence of Wong-Chu, fat and grotesque, his body half-scarred and seated on a throne of bones. Sun-Tao demands Wong-Chu’s surrender; Wong-Chu shows several hostages ready to be executed by his guards and demands that they surrender. Following Tony’s lead the Sons remove their armor—and Wong-Chu has the hostages killed anyway. The villain then tells Tony the real reason the Sons of Yinsen are there: it isn’t about justice, it’s the fact that Professor Yinsen is still alive and Wong-Chu has him prisoner….

Story concludes in IRON MAN ANNUAL 2000.