Iron Man
#178
[Newsstand]
(January 1984)
Marvel,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983-10-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 0714860245401
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #32, with shipping date of 1983-09-27.
This issue is a variant of Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #178 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #178 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
Shame of the City!
Iron Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Luke McDonnell (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Mitchell (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Tony Stark
![Cover Thumbnail for Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #178 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/23/w200/23586.jpg?-3809253070416668336)
![Cover Thumbnail for Iron Man (1968 series) #178 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/902/w100/902034.jpg?1273237860108581690)
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Battlezone
Battlezone / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- children
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Comics ad for the Battlezone video game from Atari.
Once an Avenger, Always an Avenger!
Iron Man / comic story / 11 pages
- 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
Star Frontiers; TSR / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larry Elmore (signed)
- Inks
- Larry Elmore (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- An alien entity travels all the way to Earth to purchase the Star Frontiers role playing game.
Indexer Notes
Comic strip ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc..
Michael Carlin's Page O' Iron Man Stuff
cartoon / 1 page
- 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!
Iron Man / comic story / 11 pages
- 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]
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Lynn E. Cohen Koehler (signed); ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Shame of the City!
Iron Man -
1.
Battlezone
Battlezone -
2.
Once an Avenger, Always an Avenger!
Iron Man -
3.
Star Frontiers
Star Frontiers; TSR -
4.
Michael Carlin's Page O' Iron Man Stuff
-
5.
Struggle!
Iron Man -
6.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
7.
["Ya doesn't gets muskles like these doin aerobixs, mate."]
Popeye
This issue was modified by
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- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Derek Reinhard
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