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Pepper Potts Gets Her Own, New Armor

Rescue returns to INVINCIBLE IRON MAN.

 They do make such a cute couple, though.
 They do make such a cute couple, though.

Any movie fans who liked how Pepper Potts stepped up and took the reins of Stark Enterprises in IRON MAN 2 will probably want to put their hands in the air for this bit of news. Why should Ms. Potts settle for showing Mr. Stark up in the realm of business alone when she can also show him up in the arena of armored adventuring? A recent storyline saw Pepper get her own suit of armor and a codename to go with it - - Rescue. Now, Rescue’s back with a new summer outfit. Marvel’s just released a preview for INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #29, wherein the character not only gets a new suit from ol’ Shellhead, she also helps him battle against all those baddies bedeviling him… namely, Detroit Steel and the Hammer Girls.

Full confession, now. I haven’t read the storyline where Pepper gets the Rescue guise, so maybe there’s a reason for her picking that name that’s perfectly appropriate in context, but still… Rescue? Seriously? It doesn’t really fit in with the nominal tone set by the rest of these heavy metal characters. Iron Man. War Machine. Silver Centurion. Crimson Dynamo. Titanium Man. Iron Monger. And then… Rescue? The name conjures up images of her hauling water hoses to dose out brushfires in my mind’s eye. Anybody who’s kept up this with this corner of Iron Man’s own corner of the Marvel U, please… fill me in.

Regardless, this issue coming’s out in August and we’ve got a very slick cover by Salvador Larroca to give you a hint about how it’s going to play out.

-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Comics and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia. Pre-order the HYBRID BASTARDS! hardcover now on Amazon.com.

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can't wait for this one

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Her suit is completely non-lethal. Hence, Rescue.

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I like
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@InnerVenom123 said:
"Her suit is completely non-lethal. Hence, Rescue. "

This. Although, I remember reading an interview where Fraction wanted "Iron Maiden," but there were issues with that....
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You know what this basically means? I had been thinking about this recently. What purpose does Mary Jane serve to the Marvel series other then Peter's wife/girlfriend? Even Lois Lane has a plot related job as an investigative reporter.
 
Now, Pepper Potts is starting her own adventures. I don't know about her armor though.  It's far too similar to Iron Man. It's basically the Iron Man suit with a literal breast plate. At least it doesn't have heels. She looks more like a cheap side kick. Even the code name screams "support role".

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Introducing....IRON WOMAN!

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is it jus me or are they doing this because of the popularity of the movie
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LOVE IT!
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awesome

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Hate that Pepper's a hero now.
Is it necessary to promote every a decent supporting character?
Especially since she's really just IronWoman.
How very original.

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I really like the name, but it's something that i would expect from invincible

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thanks for the movie spoiler.....even if it is a small spoiler so I'll forgive you  : P

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As stated, her suit is completely non-lethal. She's all about going and getting regular people out of those life and death situations. 


To sort of take a line from her debut in the armor... People need help, they need... Rescue.


She did a pretty good job of it too in the initial story. 

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Iron Ma'm

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Interesting, although, I was kind of enjoying the way the Rescue suit was more or less a character unto itself being that it was fully mobile and capable of interacting and doing things without a pilot. It was kind of like J.A.R.V.I.S. finally had a body... at least until Rhody ripped it apart for parts.

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yes this is what I have been waiting for in this series.

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The armor's name is rescue because tony designed it to be completely non offensive, with only defensive properties, so during dark reign while tony erased his mind pepper could wear the armor and norman couldnt do anything about it legally because it was not a weapon.

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Like, but wasn't much of a fan of her first dialog between her and J.A.R.V.I.S.. Hopefully that will change.

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@Gylan Thomas said:
" Hate that Pepper's a hero now. Is it necessary to promote every a decent supporting character? Especially since she's really just IronWoman. How very original. "
I agree 100%. Marvel is making the mistake that DC makes by having to many 
"legacy heroes".
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@doordoor123: That's because you misquoted. "  Marvel’s just released a preview for INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #29." 
 
Anyway, an explosion led to her having a problem similar to the one that Stark initially faced when he created the Iron Man (metal fragments in chest). So they installed a chest piece like his and he made her a suit that was purely defensive (though, it still has strength and repulsors) to ensure that she would be able to defend herself from threats, lessening the dangers of her life. She chose to use the suit on rescue missions.
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@Nomadic Sprite:  yeah i realized after i finished the whole thing. Im just too lazy to edit my post. lol
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Another member to the Iron family!

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@mightiness said:
" @Gylan Thomas said:
" Hate that Pepper's a hero now. Is it necessary to promote every a decent supporting character? Especially since she's really just IronWoman. How very original. "
I agree 100%. Marvel is making the mistake that DC makes by having to many  "legacy heroes". "
Kinda sucks 'cause marvel used to have such strong supporting characters.
In Ironman alone Happy's been killed and now Pepper's a hero.
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cool i think this is AWESOME! now she can  finaly hang and fight with the marvel ladeis like she-hulk and others
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I thought she was going to be called Iron Girl.

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Wasn't a big fan of the name, but it's growing on me. I do like this armor more than the old one too.

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@InnerVenom123: Was non lethal.  That is a new suit however.  You never know.
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@Yung ANcient One: It's just you.  Pepper has had her own suit for over a year now.
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@Love: nice
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 First IronMAN, then IronLAD....now IronWOMAN. Why don't they start an IRON-Family?

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I loved Pepper behind the Iron Mask.... but I do agree the name doesn't fit...
Can't wait for this!

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Totally STUPID... Introducing the IRON FAMILY
 
...stupidity or the sake of girl power...sad.

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Iron Woman woulda probably been too much. But with that said, Rescue is STILL maddd corny. Also, when's Rhodey gonna get his new War Machined out armor??? 

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I havn't been reading Iron Man buy my girlfriend loves Pepper Potts in the movie. Do they have that relationship in the comic still? What do you recommend for her? I noticed Pepper was in The Order.

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She has no weapons on her and the armor is built strictly for rescue missions. Hence the name.

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Dislike.

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I can't wait for a better artist to get on this.Pepper has looked pretty ridiculous in these armors.

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The Iron man Corps: The original Iron man and Iron woman, War Machine. Baby Iron man, Iron dog and Iron kitty. Zombie Iron man marks his return and even Iron boy comes back from the pre 'heroes return' story arc. Put in a Iron maitresse and some Iron hoodlums and you've got yourself a complete Iron Corps. Can't wait for the attack of the giant magnets or the anti-rust issue with holographic cover and a coupon for anti-rust spray. 
 
Maybe they oughtta put and Iron lad, Terminator and Robocop in it to. Then it'll even appeal to a greater audience. 

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I wish they would change the name though....."Rescue" just doesn't feel right

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Lovin it son!!!
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@Baraborn said:

" Totally STUPID... Introducing the IRON FAMILY  ...stupidity or the sake of girl power...sad. "

Have you even been reading the comic? This was all explained. 
 
@bingbangboom said:

" I havn't been reading Iron Man buy my girlfriend loves Pepper Potts in the movie. Do they have that relationship in the comic still? What do you recommend for her? I noticed Pepper was in The Order. "

Pepper is getting her own series called "Rescue".If you're not going to wait for that I would suggest the Order or Iron Man Vol.5.She had a big role in Iron Man's last volume.
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well i like it

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Pinchuk, you could have waited at least a week after the opening of Iron Man 2 before dropping a big spoiler on the FIRST LINE OF A NEWS ARTICLE.

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"Full confession, now. I haven’t read the storyline where Pepper gets the Rescue guise..."
Probably should have stopped there.

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Maybe this will help Tony and Pepper become a couple again.

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I love the Tony and Pepper couple in comics and I hope this helps to further that relationship. There a very few actual Superhero relationships I like, but this is about right up there with Batman/Catwoman. I did like Rescue, I just hope she decides to take on some repulsor rays into her suit, although I did like the elctromagentism that she used in the story arc as an alternative to weapons.
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wow I see a lot of people complaining about this, well I will toss a few facts out there.
 
First this went down before the movie was released, check Iron Man most wanted. So don't think that this is happening because the movie made mad money it was a plot that started ruffly a month or more before the movies was even released.
 
Second Tony didn't do this to make her his sidekick, he didn't even know if he could still pilot his armor when he gave Pepper the Rescue armor. If anything she was his back up in case he didn't make it, not to mention he made it a rescue armor so Osborn couldn't take it. He wanted Pepper to be a hero not a sidekick, that's why she is known lethal and why her name fits her. She has the only armor not meant to heart folks and thus why would she need a name to intimidate people. To be honest if I was stuck in a mind shaft and somebody said Iron Woman was coming I wouldn't feel half as safe if I had heard someone called Rescue was coming to save me.
 
Lastly, this is a pretty good original idea for the Iron Man books. The fact that they have Tony giving people armors who deserve them and not just folks who "qualify" for them makes more sense. Not to mention they have been playing this angle for Pepper since Five Nightmares when she was injured so please don't act like you didn't see this coming. The only other people I like in armors were WarMachin and Doc Doom so to see Pepper is a welcomed change because she is still a minor character, she just has a bigger rold now.

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