Iron Man #197 [Canadian]
(August 1985)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245408
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (credited) (editor); Howard Mackie (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Tie-in to the SECRET WARS II miniseries (1985).
This issue is a variant of Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #197 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Iron Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Ian Akin ?; Brian Garvey ?
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Jim Rhodes]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover pencil credit originally given to Rich Buckler. Updated pencil credit from David B. Stewart (October 11, 2004).

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Call Him ... Thundersword! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited)
Inks
Ian Akin (credited as Akin); Brian Garvey (credited as Garvey)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So you beat this Thundersword, Iron Man?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bethany Cabe; Clytemnestra Erwin; Morley Erwin; Iron Man [Jim Rhodes]; Tony Stark; Thundersword [Stewart Cadwall] (villain); Boromir; Charlie
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Rhodey battles the Beyonder-powered Thundersword. Meanwhile, Bethany Cabe is kidnapped just as she finally manages to contact Tony.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page count from Mike Lorentz on 1 August 2004.
Inks, letters, colors: credited by Ralf H. Kienzle, 2005-06-20 (Per Sandell ed.); cont. from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #1.

[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: Gordon Olsen, Matthew Ansley, Scott Chesworth, and Kenneth Trank.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Iron Man
  2. 1. Call Him ... Thundersword!
    Iron Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Printed Circuits
This issue was modified by
  • Terry Collier
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
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