Iron Man #178 [Direct]
(January 1984)

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
1983-09-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Cover sports MC Iron Man Marvel Comics brand. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #32, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-10-18.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Shame of the City! (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Luke McDonnell (signed)
Inks
Steve Mitchell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Tony Stark

Battlezone (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Battlezone / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Once an Avenger, Always an Avenger! (Table of Contents: 2)

Iron Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Harras
Pencils
Luke McDonnell
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Rick Parker

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Summer vacation, Brooklyn, U.S.A...
Genre
superhero
Synopsis
A group of kids playing Avengers boot out their Iron Man because the real Iron Man has left the real team, but they later reconsider.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Michael Carlin's Page O' Iron Man Stuff (Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Carlin
Pencils
Mike Carlin (signed)
Inks
Mike Carlin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Mike Carlin
Synopsis
gag page talking about the two stories in this issue

Struggle! (Table of Contents: 5)

Iron Man / comic story / 11 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
And now, Tony Stark pauses to hear the sounds of Sunday morning in the city...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Tony Stark; Morley Erwin; Vic Martinelli; Bambi Arbogast; Ozzie Sanborn; Gretl
Synopsis
A day in the life of Tony Stark finds him alienating old friends and making new ones.

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Popeye / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Shame of the City!
    Iron Man
  2. 1. Battlezone
    Battlezone
  3. 2. Once an Avenger, Always an Avenger!
    Iron Man
  4. 3. Star Frontiers
    Star Frontiers; TSR
  5. 4. Michael Carlin's Page O' Iron Man Stuff
  6. 5. Struggle!
    Iron Man
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  8. 7. ["Ya doesn't gets muskles like these doin aerobixs, mate."]
    Popeye
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Andre Heikamp
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk