Synopsis
Iron Man Noir #1 synopsis by
T Vernon
Rating:
1939: adventurer Tony Stark is leading a party through British Honduras; his companions are James Rhodes, naturalist; Gialetta Nefaria, assistant and lover; and Virgil Munsey, chronicler of his adventures for Marvels magazine. They are searching for the fabled jade mask of the Mayan underworld. Tony discovers the entrance and unlocks the secret entrance. They travel underground through a watery cave and Tony fights a giant snake. At a pyramid, Tony discovers the jade mask—and Gialetta reveals she is working for the Nazis. Baron Zemo and Baron Strucker arrive with back-up and start by murdering Virgil. Gialetta dons the mask and Tony sets off explosives and the villainess is caught in their wake. Tony and Rhodey escape through the water-filled tunnels and surface in the sea where a pair of attractive young women discover them….
Back in New York, Tony and Rhodey are introduced to the new writer who will be chronicling their adventures for Marvels magazine—and a stunned to find it is a woman, Ms. Pepper Potts, who is eager to start….
Tony and Rhodey go to Stark Lab where they are met by a suit of weaponized armor. It is Jarvis, sidekick to Tony’s late father the inventor Howard Stark. Jarvis is working on perfecting Howard’s designs for a suit of battle armor. Jarvis then performs his most important activity: recharging Tony Stark’s damaged heart with a huge battery….
Later, Tony looks through Gialetta’s things and finds maps and a notebook on the lost continent of Atlantis and he has the idea for his next adventure….