Iron Man #278 [Direct]

(March 1992)

Decisions in a Vacuum (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Len Kaminski

Pencils

Paul Ryan

Inks

Bob Wiacek

Colors

Mike Rockwitz

Letters

Michael Heisler

Editing

Nel Yomtov

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Microseconds ago, this Avengers Quinjet hurtled through a stargate found by the alien Shi'ar in Earth's solar system.

Genre

superhero

Characters

the Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton; Hawkeye]; Sersi; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Hercules; Crystal]; Supreme Intelligence; various Kree; Shatterax; Shi'ar commandos

Synopsis

A designated group of Avengers (including Iron Man in his space armor) enter a Kree space station in an attempt to negotiate a peace between the Kree and the Shi'ar. The Avengers run into some Shi'ar commandos with whom they battle, and Iron Man ends up battling a Kree soldier named Shatterax (who was sent by the Supreme Intelligence) outside the station. Iron Man decides to surrender the Avenger team to the Kree in hopes of survival.

Reprints

• in Avengers: Galactic Storm (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
• in Avengers Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #22 - Operation Galactic Storm (2017)
• in Iron Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #17 - War Machine (2020)
• in Marvel Comics - La collection (Hachette, 2014 series) #182 - Opération : Tempête Galactique - Première Partie (mai 2021)

Keywords

Operation Galactic Storm

Indexer Notes

Continued from Avengers #345 and continued in Thor #445. For a complete Operation Galactic Storm checklist, see Part 1 of the series in Captain America #398.

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

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Printed Circuits / letters page / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Sean Pasek, Heath McKnight, Mike Kalibabky, Mitch Lorens and Chris Maddicks.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 4)

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: 277,525. Single issue nearest to filing date: 263,800.