Efter dagens ossanolika mängd steg, fick jag det första vykortet från Avengers – Arc Reactor utmaningen.

Anthony Stark is a billionaire, a playboy, and genius inventor. He appears to have everything a man could desire and the power to get whatever he doesn’t. But his fortunes are about to change. While on a trip to demonstrate one of his new weapons in the jungles of Vietnam, he trips a wire and sets off a booby trap bomb.

When he wakes, our hero is in the hands of enemies and, worse, his brilliant mind has become their prize. Not only has Tony been wounded by the blast, but in a few days, shrapnel from the bomb will reach his heart and kill him. Wong-Chu, a ruthless warlord, promises his surgeon will save Tony’s life if Tony builds him a weapon.

Tony begins to work alongside the brilliant Professor Ho Yinsen. What Wong-Chu believes to be a new tool for his army is, in truth, a formidable suit of armor. This first creation, later known as the Mark I, not only keeps the shrapnel from reaching Tony’s heart but is powerful enough to take on Wong-Chu and his entire army.

Pushed by necessity, courage, and the will to survive, this is the beginning of an iconic Super Hero and a complicated man.