Iron Man #1 [Direct Edition]
(November 1996)

Marvel, 1996 Series
| Next Issue >
Volume
2
Price
2.95 USD; 4.15 CAD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1996-09-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606043583 00111
Editing
Michael Heisler (credited as Mike Heisler) (editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Whilce Portacio (signed as Whilce)
Inks
Scott Williams (signed as Williams)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein (sourced) (logo design)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Universe
Marvel : Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Iron Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 [Direct Edition] Cover Thumbnail for Iron Man (1996 series) #1 [Direct Edition Variant]
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Heart of the Matter (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Man / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Lee (credited) (co-plot); Scott Lobdell (credited) (co-plot, script)
Pencils
Whilce Portacio (credited)
Inks
Scott Williams (credited); John Dickenson (credited as JD)
Colors
Joe Chiodo (credited); Martin Jimenez (credited); Wildstorm FX (credited as Wildstorm Effects) (computer colors)
Letters
Dave Lanphear (credited as Dave); Richard Starkings (credited as Rich); Comicraft (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's try this again.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Victor Von Doom (picture); Happy Hogan (first appearance); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (origin); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (origin, also in flashback); Madame Hydra; Conner "Rebel" O'Reilly (first appearance, death in flashback); Pepper Potts (first appearance); Reed Richards (mainstream) (picture); Liz Ross (first appearance); Dr. Leonard Samson (first appearance); Jasper Sitwell (first appearance); Dr. Jennifer Walters (first appearance); Braydon; Jack (death)
Universe
Marvel : Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)
Synopsis
The criminal organization Hydra attacks industrialist and playboy Tony Stark's research complex in Buffalo, trapping scientist Bruce Banner and head of security Liz Ross with a ticking gamma bomb. Banner tries to minimize the damages by sacrificing his own life, but ends up being transformed into a big green monster, a "Hulk". Tony Stark arrives at the scene and is fatally injured by the Hulk's rampage. He saves his own life in the only way possible – he dons an experimental armor, effectively becoming an "Iron Man".
Reprints
Keywords
Heroes Reborn; origin
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Iron Man
  2. 1. Heart of the Matter
    Iron Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Fred Beels
  • Dwayne Best
  • Gregory Fischer
  • David Haglund
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Andre Heikamp
  • Adam Knights
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.