for selling weapons to the Jade Dragons; Howard Stark, Tony's father, sent Rhodes weapons to provide enhanced security for the site against Tony's wishes, and, with the Dragons having stolen the shipment, he has apparently used Tony as a scapegoat to maintain his position. Befriending Li Mei, a member of the group, Tony learns that she has a great duty that has been passed down her family from father to son - she had no brothers - but she will not reveal what it is. To spare Tony this fate, she leads the Jade Dragons in attempting to destroy the city, but the rest of the Dragons are killed and she is confronted by a shadowy dragon-like creature. Taking an underwater suit of armor to the third temple - located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, their locations determined thanks to a map provided to him by the shaman - Tony manages to defeat the Fire Elemental by throwing it into the water, but the other three escape with the ring. As his armour is torn even further apart by the assault, Tony begs Li Mei to remember who she is, managing to convince Li Mei to turn against the Mandarin.
Although Tony vanquishes the soldiers, he is subsequently forced to fight a vast dragon as Li Mei makes contact with the Mandarin's spirit. Invincible Iron Man 13 Variant Edition High Grade Marvel Comic CL44-141. Should four rings created by the Mandarin - their purpose being to grant him power over death - be brought together after the city rises, the Mandarin will awaken and the world will be in great peril. The Invincible Iron Man is an animated movie, featuring the famous character Iron Man. Traveling to China to investigate, he is captured and badly injured by the Jade Dragons, his life only saved thanks to a Chinese shaman and Rhodes' skills as an army medic after a piece of shrapnel damages his heart. Returning to the U.S, Tony is cleared of all charges by the Chinese government and S.H.I.E.L.D., subsequently buying up all available shares in Stark Enterprises, bringing the company under his complete control. This page contains a list of all the comics included in Invincible Iron Man Vol 4: (2017-2017) (published by Marvel Comics). When the weapon that Stark and Rhodes have been developing is revealed to be a fake, the Jade Dragons leader is about to shoot Rhodes, but Li Mei shoots the leader from behind. The Mandarin is the main villain in the 2007 animated superhero movie The Invincible Iron Man. This is the first series that also lists the "Invincible" part (of the cover), in the ofiical index. Invincible Iron Man #15 July 1969 "Said the Unicorn To the Ghost" Script: Archie Goodwin Flashback to the climax of issue #4: the Unicorn has defeated Iron Man and he then raised his fallen foe over his head and hurled him off the cliff to his death—but that’s not how it happened—a mysterious voice forces the Unicorn to recall how the battle really played out. Having returned to New York, Tony is confronted by Li Mei, who begs him to give her the ring to prevent the Earth Elemental from attacking Tony. If you have found something that is not seen on this page, please add it to this list. Williams later starred in the third volume of Invincible Iron Man, starting in late 2016, under the codename Ironheart, using armor designed by Stefano Caselli, the artist of the new volume. Adaptational Badass: The Mark One armor is arguably this, it's bigger and looks more badass.Although it being more competently made than the actual Mark One's is actually justified by the fact that, Tony already had experience creating Power Suits . The Invincible Iron Man is anchored around a bland, two-dimensional Tony Stark, barely bothers with the Iron Man armor, crams in a bunch of uninteresting badniks, struggles with a stale, muddled modern-versus-magic theme, and limps to a lifeless conclusion that at the end of the day has nothing to do with Tony or his bleeding-edge tech anyway." Studying a painting of the prophecy, Li Mei realizes that Tony is the 'Iron Knight' who it was foretold would battle the Mandarin, but this brings her no comfort, as the prophecy only states that one of the two shall die without specifying who.
Saying that he's always regarded the company as a father/son enterprise, Howard and Tony shake hands, Howard subsequently firing the board of directors to free him and Tony from the bureaucracy that nearly tore them apart.
Iron Man made his first appearance in the comic book Tales of Suspense #39 in 1963. personnel in the building, Tony and Li Mei return to China using the armour Tony developed while being held prisoner, which remains on the plane he and Rhodes used to return home.