- Pencils
- Bob Layton
- Inks
- Bob Layton
- Colors
- Moose Baumann
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Reprints
Art is an homage to the cover of Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #39.
- Script
- Matt Fraction (credited)
- Pencils
- Kano (credited)
- Inks
- Kano (credited)
- Colors
- Kano (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Caramagna of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Joe Caramagna)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Synopsis
- Inside a cave in Afghanistan, his memories failing, Tony Stark labors over a replica of the original Iron Man armor while trying to recall his own origin.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Afghanistan
This story is set between the events of Invincible Iron Man #17 and 18.
- Script
- David Michelinie (credited) (co-plot, script); Bob Layton (credited) (co-plot)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited); Chris Ivy (assist); Don Hudson (assist); Harry Candelario (background assist); Bob Downs (background assist); Dave Simons (background assist); Marc Siry (background assist); Gavin Curtis (background assist); James Brock (background assist)
- Colors
- Paul Becton (credited); Marc Siry (assist); Mike Rockwitz (assist)
- Letters
- Janice Chiang (credited)
- Editing
- Howard Mackie (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's probably a sunny day.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (cameo); Fixer [Norbert Ebersol]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jim Rhodes; the American Freedom Front (terrorist organization); Bambi Arbogast; Brie Daniels; Clay Wilson [as Carl Walker, also wears a black Iron Man armor] (circuit designer); Darlene (friend of Rae LaCoste); the Ghost (cameo); Howard Finch (Joanna Nivena's husband) & his two children; Joanna Nivena; Justin Hammer (cameo); Mr. Hale (Roxxon executive); Mrs. Fruitbagel; Quint (Tony Stark's head of security); Rae LaCoste; the Rhino (cameo); Sally (Tony Stark's secretary)
- Reprints
Only Bob Layton is credited with the inking and Paul Becton with the coloring. The other inkers and colorists are credited in the letters page of Iron Man #245.