MARVEL STUDIOS IRON MAN 2 MARVEL marvelkids.com 2016 MARVEL All rights reserved Published by Marvel Press an imprint of Disney Book Group No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the publisher For information address Marvel Press 125 West End Avenue New York New York 10023 ISBN 978-1-368-00558-6
0 Tony Stark was a genius and inventor and the CEO of Stark Industries a multibillion-dollar company known for its development of advanced weapons and defense technologies At a press conference Tony had just revealed his biggest secret to the world his alter ego The truth is I am Iron Man
Halfway around the world in Russia a dying old man named Anton Vanko was watching Tony's press conference With his last breath he handed his son Ivan blueprints for an arc reactor The blueprints had Anton's name alongside Tony's father's name Howard Stark This arc reactor was similar in design to the one Tony wore in his chest Ivan quickly got to work
