Iron Man #290 [Direct]
(March 1993)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.95 USD; 3.75 CAD; 2.00 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Nel Yomtov (editor); John Lewandowski (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Iron Man 30th Anniversary.
This issue has variants:

He's Back! The Return of Tony Stark! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kevin Hopgood (signed as KH)
Inks
Mike DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cardstock gold foil cover.

This Year's Model (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Man / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Len Kaminski
Pencils
Kevin Hopgood
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Ariane Lenshoek (credited as Ariane)
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cardiac command protocols.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark] (introduction of new armor); James Rhodes; Erica Sondheim; Abe Zimmer
Synopsis
Bed ridden Stark controls his new armor remotely to stop an assault on a Stark Enterprises facility.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of new Iron Man NTU-150 Telepresence Armor controlled remotely by Tony Stark.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Stark Enterprises Technical Database (Table of Contents: 3)

Neuromimetic Telepresence Unit / text story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Len Kaminski
Pencils
Kevin Hopgood
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Scott Benson

Genre
superhero
Synopsis
Technical drawings and specifications for Iron Man's new remote-controlled armor.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Printed Circuits / letters page / 1.7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Kevin Dermody, Rueben A. Ruiz Jr., Stuart Brynien, Thomas Long and Peter Tong.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.3 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 246,750. Single issue nearest to filing date: 238,900.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. He's Back! The Return of Tony Stark!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. This Year's Model
    Iron Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Stark Enterprises Technical Database
    Neuromimetic Telepresence Unit
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Printed Circuits
  6. 5. Statement of Ownership
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Dan Creel
  • Leonardo De Sa
  • David B. Elson
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore