Iron Man Page #8

I'll be right there.

- Nice try.

Weapons status?

Repulsors are off line.

Flairs!

Very clever, Tony.

- Potts.

- Tony!

This isn't working, we're gonna

have to overload the reactor

and blast the roof.

- How are you gonna do that?

You're gonna do it.

Go to the central console,

open up bolt of circuits.

When I clear the roof

I'll let you know

and you're gonna hit

the master bypass button.

That's gonna fry

everything up here.

Okay, I am going in now.

Make sure you wait till I clear

the roof, I'll buy you some time.

This looks important.

I never had a taste

for this sort of thing,

but I must admit, I'm

deeply enjoying the suit.

You finally outdid

yourself, Tony.

It would've made

your father proud.

It's ready, Tony!

Get off the roof!

Tony!

How ironic, Tony!

Trying to free

the world of weapons,

you gave it

the best one ever!

- Pepper!

- And now...

I'm gonna kill you with it!

You ripped up my

targeting system.

- Hit the button!

- You told me not to!

Hold still, you little prick.

- Just do it!

- You'll die!

Push it!

Tony!

We've all received

the official statement

of what occured at

Stark Industries last night.

There have been unconfirmed

reports that a robotic prototype

malfunctioned and caused

damage to the Arc reactor.

"Iron Man", that's kinda catchy.

It's got a nice ring to it.

It's not technically accurate,

since it's a gold-titanium alloy,

but it's kinda attractive

name anyway.

Here is your alibi.

- Okay.

- You were on your yacht.

We told Pepper to put

you in Avalon all night

and sworn statements

from 50 of your guests.

I was thinking maybe we should

say it was just Pepper and me,

alone on the island.

That's what happened.

Just read it word for word.

There's nothing

about Stane here.

That's been handled.

He's on vacation.

Small aircraft have such

a poor safety record.

What about this whole story

that it's a body guard?

He's my body... ?

That's kinda flimsy.

This isn't my first rodeo,

Mr. Stark.

Just stick to the official statement

and soon this will all be behind you.

You've got 90 seconds.

Oh, agent Coulson.

I just wanted to say thank you

very much for all of your help.

That's what we do.

You'll be hearing from us.

- From the Strategic Homeland...

- Just call us S.H.I.E.L.D.

Right.

- Lets get the show on the road.

- You know, it's actually...

...not that bad... even I

don't think I'm Iron Man.

- You're not Iron Man.

- Yeah I am.

- You're not.

- Suite yourself.

If I were Iron Man,

I'd have this girlfriend

who knew my true identity.

She'd be a wreck.

She'd always be worrying

that I was gonna die,

and yet proud of a man

I become. She'd be...

wildly conflicted, which

would only make her more...

crazy about me. Tell me you

never think about that night?

- What night?

- You know.

Are you talking about...

the night that we danced,

and went up to the roof...

and then...

you went downstairs

to get me a drink, and you...

left me there by myself?

Is that the night

you're talking about?

I thought so.

- Will that be all, Mr. Stark?

- Yes, that'd be all, Ms. Potts.

And now Mr. Stark has

prepared a statement.

He will not be taking

any questions, thank you.

It's been a while since

I was in front of you,

I figure I'll stick

to the cards this time.

There's been speculation that

I was involved in the events

that occured on a freeway

and the rooftop...

I'm sorry Mr. Stark, but do you

honestly expect us to believe that

that was a bodyguard in a suit,

that conveniently appeared,

despite the fact that...

- I know that it's confusing...

It is one thing to question

the official story,

and another entirely

to make wild accusations

or insinuate that

I'm a superhero.

- I never said you're

a superhero. - You didn't?

Well, good, because that

would be outlandish and...

...fantastic.

I'm just not the hero type,

clearly. With this...

long list of character defects

and all the mistakes I've made,

largely in public.

- Just stick to the cards.

- Yeah, okay.

The truth is...

I am Iron Man.

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