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The following contains major spoilers for Iron Man #4, on sale now from Marvel Comics.
Iron Man just uncovered an underrated Marvel villain, and she’s a major problem.
Iron Man #4 finds the titular hero still picking through the pieces of the hostile takeover of his company that he only barely managed to avoid. With the help of the likes of Riri Williams and the Scarlet Witch, Tony has been able to figure out what secrets the competition has been keeping, specifically regarding the Iron Monger’s efforts to move weapons through Stark Unlimited channels. After joining forces with former S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Melinda May, Iron Man and Ironheart have no trouble tracking down those who have been trafficking in Stark’s arms behind his back, and at the heart of it all is none other than Lucia von Bardas.
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Written by SPENCER ACKERMAN
Art by JAVIER PINA
Colors by ALEX SINCLAIR
Additional art by ROD REIS
Letters by VC’s JOE CARAMAGNA
Design by CARLOS LAO and STACIE ZUCKER
Main cover art by YASMINE PUTRI
Variant covers by DERRICK CHEW, STEFANO CASELLI & FEDERICO BLEE, and WHILCE PORTACIO & ALEX SINCLAIR
First seen in the pages of 2004’s Secret War #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Gabriele Dell’Otto, Lucia von Bardas is a Latverian native who followed in Doctor Doom’s footsteps by making her way to the United States in search of an education and career before returning home to put what she had learned to use. When Doom was deposed from his place as the reigning monarch of Latveria, it was Lucia von Bardas who the United States looked to as a useful replacement. While Lucia did indeed succeed in becoming Latveria’s next Prime Minister, she wasn’t nearly as much of an ally as the U.S. government had hoped she would be.
Rather than amicably working towards agreements that would benefit both countries, Lucia von Bardas only did so publicly, all while bankrolling U.S. based criminals such as the Tinkerer. When the truth of the matter came out and the government chose to look the other way, Nick Fury led a hand-picked team of heroes to infiltrate Lucia’s stronghold and bring her reign of terror to an end permanently. Unfortunately, this drove a deep wedge between Nick Fury and his allies, whereas Lucia survived her castle crumbling down on top of her by being transformed into the cybernetically augmented villain fans know today.
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Over the past few months, Tony Stark has been reliving his worst moments over and over again, largely thanks to the efforts of Roxxon Energy. Along with the likes of A.I.M., Roxxon has been attempting a hostile takeover of Stark Unlimited, not unlike the one Tony suffered less than a year ago at the hands of Orchis’ own Feilong. Fortunately, Tony was able to prevent Roxxon from taking control of his company by revealing the source of their unlimited resources to be none other than the demon Belasco, whose infernal cunning clearly saw the ongoing problem that going to war with an Avenger would lead to.
Iron Man #4 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel Comics
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