The Many Armors of Iron Man [First Printing]
(November 1992)

Marvel, 1992 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
15.95 USD; 18.45 CAD
Pages
212
On-sale Date
1992
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
ISBN
0-87135-926-X Search at WorldCat
Barcode
024885236293 01
Printer
Printed in the United States of America
Editing
Nel Yomtov (credited as Nelson Yomtov) (trade paperback editor); Richard Ashford (credited) (assistant editor); John Lewandowski (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
cardstock cover; Baxter interior
Binding
softcover
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Collects Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #'s 47, 142-144, 152, 153, 200, and 218.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mark Chiarello (credited) (signed as CHIARELLO) (painting)
Inks
Mark Chiarello (credited) (signed as CHIARELLO) (painting)
Colors
Mark Chiarello (credited) (signed as CHIARELLO) (painting)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Iron Man
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Contents & Credits (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

The Many Armors of Iron Man (Table of Contents: 2)

Iron Man / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Cefn Ridout (credited)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

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

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Iron Man's adaptability and intelligence are his real strengths.

Why Must There Be an Iron Man? (Table of Contents: 4)

Iron Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited)

Job Number
859Z
Feature Logo
The Invincible Iron Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Marianne Rodgers; Wong-Chu (flashback); Professor Yinsen (flashback); Simon Gilbert (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
After Kevin O'Brien's funeral Tony reflects on his origin and ponders his future.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Splash page notes: "Based in part on a story by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber from Tales of Suspense #39."

Apocalypse Then (Table of Contents: 5)

Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Joe Brozowski (credited); Bob Layton (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There comes a time in the life of everyone famous when he must face a gathering of his admirers and detractors.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; James Rhodes; Wong-Chu (flashback); Professor Yinsen (flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Escaping from Wong-Chu, Iron Man encounters James Rhodes of the US Marines and enlists his help getting out of enemy territory.
Reprints
Keywords
Vietnam

Indexer Notes

Flashback story telling how Rhodes met Tony Stark and came to be employed by him; takes place between Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 & 40

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The key to Tony Stark's character is that he's a technological hero...

Sky Die! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Monday morning, 9:00 am, as an elevator door hisses open in the administration building...
Genre
superhero
Characters
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Nick Fury
Bethany Cabe; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Edwin Jarvis; Scott Lang; James Rhodes; Bambi Arbogast; Vic Martinelli; Ling McPherson; Roxxon Oil (villain); Senator Glen Mountebank (villain); Mike Trudeau (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
After a radiation surge kills hundreds of people in a small town Iron Man ventures into space to investigate the source: Roxxon's new solar energy station.
Reprints
Keywords
Roxxon; space armor

Indexer Notes

First appearance of the Iron Man Space Armor.

The sequence of Iron Man approaching a shielded/cloaked space station in a slow reveal similar to one in the James Bond movie Moonraker (released in 1979).

Meter on the Sun! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ebony on black: The impenetrable darkness of shadows in space.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bethany Cabe; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sunturion [Arthur Dearborn] (villain, introduction); Jonas Hale (villain); Ludwig Schmidt; Wolfgang Kuhn; Ivan
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Iron Man encounters the Roxxon station's defender, Sunturion, and finds him a reasonable man - but unwilling to halt Roxxon's plans.
Reprints
Keywords
Roxxon; space armor

Sunfall (Table of Contents: 9)

Iron Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Two days ago, several hundred inhabitants of the small midwestern hamlet of Allantown, Iowa,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Bambi Arbogast; Sunturion (villain, death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Roxxon's station falls from orbit and Sunturion seems to die helping Iron Man contain the damage.
Reprints
Keywords
Roxxon; space armor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The changes to Iron Man's armor were necessary to make the stories contemporary.

Escape from Heaven's Hand! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited); Bob Layton (credited)
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
High above the midnight mountains of East Germany flies a man.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bethany Cabe; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Living Laser [Arthur Parks]; James Rhodes; Anatol Dubrov (villain, introduction)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
To liberate Bethany Cabe from East Germany, Iron Man dons his stealth armor.
Reprints
Keywords
East Germany; stealth armor

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Iron Man's Stealth Armor.

Light Makes Might! (Table of Contents: 12)

Iron Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At Heaven's Hand, the top-secret Communist research installation hidden deep within a mountain...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Beast [Hank McCoy] (flashback) (cameo); Black Panther [T'Challa] (flashback) (cameo); Bethany Cabe; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback) (cameo); Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria] (flashback) (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Living Laser [Arthur Parks]; James Rhodes; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (flashback) (cameo); Thor [Thor Odinson] (flashback) (cameo); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (flashback) (cameo); Yellowjacket [Hank Pym] (flashback) (cameo)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The East Germans have increased Living Laser's power to the nth degree - but in battle with Iron Man it proves more power than the Living Laser can survive.
Reprints
Keywords
East Germany; Heaven's Hand; stealth armor

Resolutions! (Table of Contents: 13)

Iron Man / comic story / 41 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils
M. D. Bright (credited as Mark Bright)
Inks
Ian Akin (credited); Brian Garvey (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nobody on Earth could have survived that bomb blast, Mr. Stark.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]
Bethany Cabe; Happy Hogan; Pepper Hogan; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Iron Monger [Obadiah Stane] (death); James Rhodes; Dr. Clytemnestra Erwin; Bambi Arbogast; Timothy Anders; Dr. Theron Atlanta (villain); Chessmen (villains)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Following the death of Morley Erwin, Tony Stark resumes the identity of Iron Man and defeats Obadiah Stane. Unable to cope with losing, Stane kills himself.
Reprints
Keywords
Avengers Compound; Stane International

Indexer Notes

First appearance of new "Silver Centurion" armor.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Layton (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The use of different armors is comparable to the way things work...

Deep Trouble! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited); Bob Layton (credited)
Pencils
Bob Layton (credited); John Romita (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited); John Romita (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In England, the ability to maintain one's dignity under stress...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Irina Tarasova; Carter Hastings (introduction, death); Mr. Kuttner (flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Iron Man uses his deep sea armor to retrieve undersea chemical weapons before their casings deteriorate.
Reprints
Keywords
chemical weapons; deep sea armor

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Iron Man's Deep Sea Armor.

John Romita Sr. redrew Carter Hastings' head/face in many panels. Original Bob Layton art under paste-up shows him with a full head of hair.

War Machine Blueprints (Table of Contents: 16)

Iron Man / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Kevin Hopgood (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Keywords
War Machine armor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Iron Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Iron Man
  2. 1. Contents & Credits
  3. 2. The Many Armors of Iron Man
    Iron Man
  4. 3. ["Iron Man's adaptability and intelligence are his real strengths."]
  5. 4. Why Must There Be an Iron Man?
    Iron Man
  6. 5. Apocalypse Then
    Iron Man
  7. 6. ["The key to Tony Stark's character is that he's a technological hero..."]
  8. 7. Sky Die!
    Iron Man
  9. 8. Meter on the Sun!
    Iron Man
  10. 9. Sunfall
    Iron Man
  11. 10. ["The changes to Iron Man's armor were necessary to make the stories contemporary."]
  12. 11. Escape from Heaven's Hand!
    Iron Man
  13. 12. Light Makes Might!
    Iron Man
  14. 13. Resolutions!
    Iron Man
  15. 14. ["The use of different armors is comparable to the way things work..."]
  16. 15. Deep Trouble!
    Iron Man
  17. 16. War Machine Blueprints
    Iron Man
  18. 17. ["This collection is a blueprint..."]
    Iron Man
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