Iron Man

THE ORIGINAL HEAVY METAL HERO

Millionaire industrialist Tony Stark s genius for designing and building high-tech, ultradestructive weapons for America s armed forces has inspired critics to dub him the modern-day Leonardo da Vinci as well as merchant of death, a moniker he embraces with cool arrogance. But when he s ambushed and kidnapped in the middle of a war zone, Stark comes face-to-face with his own mortality . . . and his true destiny. Now, thanks to him, enemy forces are about to meet their maker. And the world of warfare is about to meet its future a weapon of mass destruction that walks and talks. When man and machine unite, it can only mean one thing: It s time to stand ready or stand back but don t stand in the way, or else risk the mighty metallic fury of . . .