Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle
[premiere edition]
([March] 2008)
Marvel,
2008 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 24.99 USD; 40.00 CAD
- Pages
- 184
- On-sale Date
- 2008-03-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- T+
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Publishing Inc.
- Brand
- Marvel Premiere Classic; Marvel [connected to the UPC box]
- ISBN
-
978-0-7851-3095-6
- Barcode
- 9780785130956 52499
- Editing
- Roger Stern (credited) (editor); Mark D. Beazley (credited) (collection editor); John Denning (credited) (assistant editor); Cory Levine (credited) (assistant editor); Jennifer Grünwald (credited) (editor, special projects); Jeff Youngquist (credited) (senior editor, special projects); Joe Quesada (credited) (editor in chief)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Binding
- hardcover with dustjacket
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Iron Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Reprints
- from Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006) [black background] which is reprinted
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #126 [Direct] (September 1979) [no side panels; blue gradient background; recolored; new trade dress]
-
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Heart of Iron, Feet of Clay
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
The Sub-Mariner Strikes!
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #120 (March 1979)
-
The Old Man and the Sea Prince!
Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- LG192
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Excuse me, sir, would you like a magazine to read?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bambi Arbogast; Bethany Cabe; Nick Fury (flashback); Justin Hammer; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; James Rhodes; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Captain Jonas Hale (villain, introduction); Roxxon Oil (villain)
- Synopsis
- Tony Stark's plane crashes into the Atlantic due to a battle between U.S. government forces and the Sub-Mariner. Iron Man investigates and ends up fighting the Sub-Mariner. Behind the scenes, Justin Hammer is revealed to be behind Iron Man's recent armor malfunctions.
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #120 (March 1979)
-
The Prince and the Power!
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #121 (April 1979)
-
A Ruse by Any Other Name...
Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- LG193
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sea-blue and blood-red:
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bethany Cabe; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; James Rhodes; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Jonas Hale (villain); Roxxon Oil (villain)
- Synopsis
- Iron Man and the Sub-Mariner learn that Roxxon is the true organization on the island and the company wants to completely mine the vibranium that makes up the island's core. They defeat Hale's forces but Hale completely destroys the island leaving no traces of Roxxon's involvement.
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #121 (April 1979)
-
- Keywords
- Vibranium
In the Beginning...
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave Cockrum (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #122 [Regular] (May 1979)
-
Journey!
Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- LG412
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The wave-topped waters of the Atlantic sparkle golden this morning,
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bambi Arbogast; Bethany Cabe; Nick Fury; Justin Hammer; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; James Rhodes; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Wong-Chu (flashback); Ho Yinsen (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Returning to the mainland after his battle with Roxxon's forces, Tony Stark recalls how he became Iron Man.
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #122 (May 1979)
-
- Keywords
- Iron Man Armor MK I; Iron Man Armor MK II; Iron Man Armor MK III; Iron Man Armor MK V
...And When He Dies Nobody Knows!
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blizzard [Gregor Shapanka]; Bethany Cabe; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Whiplash [Marco Scarlotti]
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #123 [Direct] (June 1979)
-
Casino Fatale!
Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Bob Sharen (credited)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe (credited as Irving Watanabe)
- Job Number
- LG412
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blizzard [Gregor Shapanka]; Bethany Cabe; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Whiplash [Marco Scarlotti]; Dickie; Rawger; Nick
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #123 (June 1979)
-
Action in Atlantic City!
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Romita Jr. (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blizzard [Gregor Shapanka]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Whiplash [Marco Scarlotti]
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #124 [Direct] (July 1979)
-
Pieces of Hate!
Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited); ? [as & Friends] (finished art)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited); Bob McLeod; Bob Wiacek; Joe Rubinstein; Dan Green ?
- Colors
- Bob Sharen (credited)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- Job Number
- LG437
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Three-to-one: Rather modest odds...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bambi Arbogast; Blizzard [Gregor Shapanka]; Bethany Cabe; Justin Hammer; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Whiplash [Marco Scarlotti]; Sergei Kotzinin (introduction, death); Philip Barnette (villain, introduction); Artie Pithins (introduction); Pam Sayer
- Synopsis
- Iron Man stops Justin Hammer's minions, Blizzard, Melter and Whiplash, from stealing money from an Atlantic City casino. Later, Iron Man represents Stark International at a signing ceremony at the United Nations to let the company build an electronics plant in the country of Carnelia. During the ceremony, Justin Hammer causes Iron Man's unibeam to fire killing the Carnelian ambassador.
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #124 (July 1979)
-
Mission in Monaco!
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; James Rhodes; Tony Stark
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #125 [Direct] (August 1979)
-
The Monaco Prelude
Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited)
- Job Number
- LG467
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- John Gunther said it best with the title of his most famous work:
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; Bambi Arbogast; Bethany Cabe; Justin Hammer; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ed Koch; James Rhodes; Marco Scarlotti; Grenouille (villain, introduction) - Synopsis
- Tony Stark turns the Iron Man armor over to the authorities and goes on an alcohol bender. Without the armor, Tony Stark asks Captain America for a crash course in self-defense. Stark later asks Scott Lang, working at the Stark International research annex, for info on Rykers Island. Scott offers instead to personally help, and secretly as Ant-Man, infiltrates Whiplash's cell and gets information on Justin Hammer. Using the info, Stark and Rhodes fly to Monaco to find Hammer and are quickly attacked by Hammer's forces.
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #125 (August 1979)
-
Framed for Murder, Iron Man Fights Back-- Against the Man Called Hammer!
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #126 [Direct] (September 1979)
-
The Hammer Strikes!
Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie (credited); Bob Layton (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- LG496
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dateline: Monaco, an uneasy aftermath...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Beetle [Abner Jenkins]; Blizzard [Gregor Shapanka]; Bethany Cabe; Constrictor [Frank Payne]; Justin Hammer; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Leap-Frog [Vincent Patillo]; Man-Killer [Katrina Luisa van Horn]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]; James Rhodes; Spymaster; Stiletto [Thomas Stuart]; Whiplash [Marco Scarlotti]; Ling McPherson (introduction); Phillip Barnett (villain); Discus (villain); Water Wizard (villain)
- Synopsis
- Tony Stark is captured and taken to Justin Hammer's floating compound. He learns that Hammer had been causing the malfunctions to the Iron Man armor, including the one that killed the Carnelian ambassador. Hammer discredited Stark International in order to win the Carnelian contract. Stark escapes his room and acquires the alternate set of armor he brought with him. As Iron Man, he gets ready to battle the dozen super-villains in Hammer's employ.
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #126 (September 1979)
-
Alone Against the Super-Army!
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Beetle [Abner Jenkins]; Blizzard [Gregor Shapanka]; Constrictor [Frank Payne]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Leap-Frog [Vincent Patillo]; Man-Killer [Katrina Luisa van Horn]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]; Spymaster; Stiletto [Thomas Stuart]; Whiplash [Marco Scarlotti]; Discus (villain); Water Wizard (villain)
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #127 [Direct] (October 1979)
-
...A Man's Home Is His Battlefield!
Iron Man / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- Job Number
- LG526
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Across America, embroidered samplers hanging over cozy hearths spell out the maxim.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blizzard [Gregor Shapanka]; Bethany Cabe; Constrictor [Frank Payne]; Justin Hammer; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Edwin Jarvis; Leap-Frog [Vincent Patillo]; Man-Killer [Katrina Luisa van Horn]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]; James Rhodes; Spymaster; Stiletto [Thomas Stuart]; Whiplash [Marco Scarlotti]; Phillip Barnett (villain); Discus (villain); Water Wizard (villain)
- Synopsis
- Iron Man battles Justin Hammer's super-villain minions. Rhodey arrives with the Monaco police force and helps defeat Hammer's forces, but Hammer is able to escape. Iron Man is acquitted of the murder of the Carnelian ambassador but many people still consider him a murderer. A dejected Tony Stark turns to alcohol and Jarvis resigns after Stark drunkenly yells at him.
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #127 (October 1979)
-
Demon in a Bottle!
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Synopsis
- Tony Stark faces alcoholism.
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #128 [Direct] (November 1979)
-
Demon in a Bottle!
Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Bob Layton (credited); David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited); John Romita Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Bob Sharen (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- LG555
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- By definition, a hero is a man who battles against overwhelming odds for a cause,
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bethany Cabe; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Edwin Jarvis; Alexander Van Tilberg (Introduction, death, flashback)
- Synopsis
- Tony Stark battles alcoholism.
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #128 (November 1979)
-
The Power of Iron Man TPB Cover (1989)
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (painting)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Reprints
- from Power of Iron Man (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
-
Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle TPB Cover (2006)
Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Romita Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Ian Hannin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Reprints
- from Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006) which is reprinted
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #126 [Direct] (September 1979) [no side panels; blue gradient background; recolored; new trade dress]
-
Iron Man #121 Unused Cover
Iron Man / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Indexer Notes
Includes footnote explaining why the cover was rejected.
Iron Man #128 Unused Cover
Iron Man / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Tony Stark
Indexer Notes
Includes footnote explaining why the cover was rejected.
The Letter
Iron Man / text article / 1 page
- Script
- David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- John Romita Jr.
- Inks
- Bob Layton
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- The story of Jarvis' resignation letter in Iron Man #127 and where the text came from.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Iron Man -
1.
[Title Page and Credits]
-
2.
Heart of Iron, Feet of Clay
-
3.
The Sub-Mariner Strikes!
Iron Man -
4.
The Old Man and the Sea Prince!
Iron Man -
5.
The Prince and the Power!
Iron Man -
6.
A Ruse by Any Other Name...
Iron Man -
7.
In the Beginning...
Iron Man -
8.
Journey!
Iron Man -
9.
...And When He Dies Nobody Knows!
Iron Man -
10.
Casino Fatale!
Iron Man -
11.
Action in Atlantic City!
Iron Man -
12.
Pieces of Hate!
Iron Man -
13.
Mission in Monaco!
Iron Man -
14.
The Monaco Prelude
Iron Man -
15.
Framed for Murder, Iron Man Fights Back-- Against the Man Called Hammer!
Iron Man -
16.
The Hammer Strikes!
Iron Man -
17.
Alone Against the Super-Army!
Iron Man -
18.
...A Man's Home Is His Battlefield!
Iron Man -
19.
Demon in a Bottle!
Iron Man -
20.
Demon in a Bottle!
Iron Man -
21.
The Power of Iron Man TPB Cover (1989)
Iron Man -
22.
Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle TPB Cover (2006)
Iron Man -
23.
Iron Man #121 Unused Cover
Iron Man -
24.
Iron Man #128 Unused Cover
Iron Man -
25.
The Letter
Iron Man
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