Iron Man #173 [Direct]
(August 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
1983-04-26
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 (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #24, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-05-17.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Taking of Stark International! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Luke McDonnell
Inks
Steve Mitchell ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [James Rhodes]; Tony Stark
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A Cracker Jack Story [basketball] (Table of Contents: 1)

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
sports
Characters
Scottie

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for Cracker Jack snacks, on the inside front cover.

Judas is a Woman (Table of Contents: 2)

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
An alley somewhere east of The Bowery...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [James Rhodes]; Tony Stark; Bambi Arbogast; Artie Pithins; Yvette Avril; Mrs. Rhodes (James' mother); Obadiah Stane (villain); Indries Moomji (villain); Sisterhood of Ishtar (villain)
Synopsis
Obadiah Stane assumes control of Stark International and sends Iron Man to bring Indries Moomji back from the Sisterhood of Ishtar.
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Indexer Notes

Page count from Mike Lorentz on 1 August 2004.

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

Star Frontiers; TSR / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Elmore (signed)
Inks
Larry Elmore (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR.

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

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

Script
Jim Shooter (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jim Jackson, Arthur H. Bernstein, Matt Myers, Allen Kretschmar, Terry Nims, Phillip Smith and Rod Wahowske.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Taking of Stark International!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story [basketball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Judas is a Woman
    Iron Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Star Frontiers; TSR
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Printed Circuits
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Andre Heikamp
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
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