Iron Man #171 [Direct]
(June 1983)

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
1983-03-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief); Mike Carlin (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #21.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

It's the New Iron Man's First All-Out Slugfest-- --and Thunderball Is Determined to Make it His Last! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Luke McDonnell (signed)
Inks
Steve Mitchell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [James Rhodes]; Thunderball
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Ball and Chain (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Denny O'Neil
Pencils
Luke McDonnell
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Rick Parker
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I said... where are they?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [James Rhodes]; Morley Erwin; Dr. Clytemnestra Erwin (introduction); Tony Stark; Heather Glenn; Tarkington Brown; Rhonda Leffingwell; Ted "Billy" Leffingwell Thunderball (villain)
Synopsis
Rhodey is still learning how to use the armor with the help of Morley Erwin, but he has to stop the rampaging Thunderball. Tony Stark sinks deeper into alcoholism.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued from Avengers #231; a party scene in this issue is continued in Daredevil #195.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Wallace Lee Hopkins, Chris Green, Delmo Walters Jr., Bill Vey, Craig Springer, John Barresa and Stephen Scott Beau Smith.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. It's the New Iron Man's First All-Out Slugfest-- --and Thunderball Is Determined to Make it His Last!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. Ball and Chain
    Iron Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Printed Circuits
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