Iron Man (Marvel NEW)/Issue 1

Rise of Iron Man is the first issue of Iron Man, being set in the Marvel NEW continuity.

Synopsis
After being captured by terrorists, Tony Stark ends up developing a powered armor, using it instead to defeat them. After returning to the United States, he faces an hostile takeover of Stark Industries by Obadiah Stane to use it for illicit purposes. With the help of his old friend Pepper Potts, Tony starts a battle to retain the company's ownership in his own hands.

Plot
The comic starts somewhere in the past as a younger Tony Stark is greeted by his father Howard Stark's butler Edwin Jarvis, inforning he has bad news, revealed to be his and his mother Maria Stark's death due to a car accident. He quickly gets shocked about it and tries to hide his true feelings from Jarvis, requesting to leave him alone. During the funeral, Tony is confronted by his longtime friend Pepper Potts, questioning Tony about the future of Stark Industries after Howard's death.

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