Iron Man #165 [Direct]
(December 1982)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-09-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited as Michael Carlin) (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #14.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Meltdown! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Luke McDonnell (signed)
Inks
Steve Mitchell (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Reprints

Endgame (Table of Contents: 1)

Iron Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils
Luke McDonnell (credited)
Inks
Steve Mitchell (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A castle somewhere in the Scottish Highlands...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; James "Rhodey" Rhodes; Bambina "Bambi" Arbogast; Vic Martinelli; Indries Moomji; Virginia "Pepper" Potts Hogan; Hogan's son (intro); Dr. Ian Forsythe (intro); Laird of Glen Travail (villain); "the master" [Obadiah Stane] (villain, partially seen); Rook (villain); Pawn (villain)
Synopsis
Iron Man saves Rhodey who has been captured and poisoned by spider venom due to the machinations of the Laird of Glen Travail and Rook. Iron Man saves him but his armor is all-but destroyed and Rhodey has to be hospitalized. Tony Stark begins a romance with Indries Moomji. Behind the scenes, an unseen Obadiah Stane continues to be the true master of the plot against Stark Industries.
Reprints

Now Bubble Yum Is SuperYum (Table of Contents: 2)

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis
Inks
Jack Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Ad for Bubble Yum gum.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); Jim Shooter (signed as Shooter); ?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Items; The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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

Printed Circuits / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Brian A. Burlingame, Al Rapsys, Rick S. Jones, Jeff Francis, Mike Sopp, Shawn Patrick Bellamy, Greg Magarian, A.D. Yap and Jim Therry. Also, the "Special Announcements Section" includes a comment that Iron Man Annual #5 "is about to hit the stands."

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Meltdown!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. Endgame
    Iron Man
  3. 2. Now Bubble Yum Is SuperYum
    Bubble Yum
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Printed Circuits
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steve Coates
  • Dan Creel
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson