Yinsen

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Professor Yinsen was a Chinese physicist in Vietnam. Vehemently anti-communist, Yinsen was captured by communist forces in Vietnam in 1963. He and Tony Stark were blackmailed into developing a weapon for communist leader Wong-Chu, but instead designed the original Iron Man suit together. Yinsen sacrificed his life distracting communist soldiers in order for Stark to don the life-saving suit in time, allowing him to become one of the world's greatest heroes.[1]

References

  1. Tales of Suspense #39a: "Iron Man Is Born!" (March 1963) Lee, Stan and Larry Lieber (w), Heck, Don (art), Goldberg, Stan (i), Simek, Artie (let).