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Having just arrived home from his battle against Mandarin, Iron Man declines to see Dr. Birch of the New Products Division of Stark International. As he recharges his armor in privacy, Pepper and Happy to further mourn the loss of their boss Tony Stark (whom they are unaware is Iron Man, and believe he is dead, following the events of Tales of Suspense #61.)
In his lab, Tony Stark finally comes up with a solution to his energy output needs that up until now had him stuck wearing his armor all the time, and builds a transistor with triple the output power. Finally able to shed his armor, he shows up in his office as Tony Stark, telling Pepper and Happy that he was absent when his house was destroyed because he was in Boston getting engaged to a debutante that lived there. Alerting everyone at the plant that he’s still alive, Stark meets with Dr. Birch about his latest project.
That night a costumed being calling himself the Phantom begins sabotaging the Stark International plant. Soon he has caused a number of accidents that threaten to injure the workers at Stark’s plant, prompting the union to pressure Stark to capture the Phantom through fear of a workers strike.
The following night Iron Man confronts the Phantom and after a battle that takes them across the plant and endangers one worker, Iron Man manages to beat the Phantom by trapping him in a rocket. Capturing the Phantom and turning him over to the police, he is revealed to be Dr. Birch, who took up the Phantom guise to sabotage Stark International because he was jealous of both Stark and Iron Man.
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