Comic Book: Iron Man (1968 series)
Description:
Iron Man's flagship title. Following TALES OF SUSPENSE, this title ran for decades, establishing Tony Stark and his armored alter ego as one of Marvel's greatest heroes. The cover title is "The Invincible Iron Man" but the indicia states the name as simply "Iron Man".
Data Sheet:
May 1968 to Sep 1996
1968
N/A
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Comics Index
Page: 6 of 14
Indexed Comics:
332
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
August 1979"The Monaco Prelude"
Script: David MichelinieThe situation is tense at the United Nations Plaza: moments earlier, Iron Man murdered the Carnelian ambassador in front of a horrified crowd (his repulsor rays were being controlled remotely by Justin Hammer, in a scheme to bring down Tony Stark). [...]
September 1979"The Hammer Strikes!"
Script: David MichelinieOn a Monaco beach, Jim Rhodes is being taken away by police who do not believe his story that Tony Stark has been kidnapped by paramilitary thugs….Elsewhere, Tony awakens to meet his captor Justin Hammer, who explains that he has secretly long been Stark’s leading competitor. [...]
October 1979"...A Man's Home Is His Battlefield!"
Script: David MichelinieIron Man is facing a dozen second-rate supervillains at once on Justin Hammer’s floating fortress. Seems that Hammer offers these criminals safety while collecting 50% of their crooked gains. [...]
November 1979"Demon In a Bottle"
Script: David MichelinieA drunken Tony Stark, wearing the Iron Man armor, is wallowing in self-pity, agonizing over his unwilling participation in a murder (issue #125), his berating of Jarvis (#127), and SHIELD’s plan to take over Stark Industries (#119). [...]
December 1979"Dread Night of the Dreadnought!"
Script: David MichelinieTony Stark meets with Nick Fury to address the matter of SHIELD’s controlling interest in Stark International. Fury thinks he now has the leverage to force Tony to resume the manufacture of weapons. [...]
January 1980"The Digital Devil!"
Script: David MichelinieOn a visit to Hong Kong, an ebullient Iron Man swoops over the city, testing out his armor on his way to an emergency meeting at his local office. As Tony Stark, he learns that weird phenomena have been plaguing the computer lab and four scientists have been killed. [...]
February 1980"Hulk Is Where The Heart Is!"
Script: David MichelinieTony Stark has returned from his trip to Hong Kong (last issue) and Bethany Cabe is driving him back to the factory when they run into a massive traffic jam. [...]
March 1980"The Man Who Would Be Hulk"
Script: David MichelinieAn angry Bruce Banner with the mind of the Hulk is under restraint at the Stark labs (he was easier to subdue than usual). Tony Stark places a call to Gamma Base but Dr. Edwin Maxwell is unable to help with this new situation. Dr. [...]
April 1980"The Hero Within!"
Script: David MichelinieIn the aftermath of the huge battle between Iron Man and Hulk, the police are demanding the unconscious Hulk while James Rhodes believes Iron Man may be dead or dying. Hooking up a sound amplifier borrowed from the police bomb squad, Rhodey can hear what Shellhead is telling him. [...]
May 1980"The Challenge"
Script: David MichelinieAs the story opens Iron Man is flying through a tunnel of fire, exiting, he uses his flame-retardant foam to cool off. Suddenly the lights come on in the darkened room and a dozen automatic weapons fire lasers at him. [...]
June 1980"Return of the Hero"
Script: David MichelinieIn Times Square, the Titanium Man is wreaking havoc, aiming to destroy New York. Bethany Cabe suggests Tony Stark go summon Iron Man to battle the villain. A grateful Tony takes a room in a massage parlor and dons his armor, dashing back to clobber his enemy. [...]
July 1980"The Beginning of the Endotherm!"
Script: David MichelinieTony Stark arrives by plane in London; on the trip over he has been chatting with Sybil Carmichael, a gorgeous publisher who is trying to persuade him to write his memoirs. He arranges for a dinner date with the lovely lady then heads to Stark International’s London headquarters. [...]
August 1980"Facades!"
Script: David MichelinieAt the third Annual Employee Appreciation Party, festivities are in full swing at Tony Stark’s pad: Rhodey is dancing with Yvette Avril, Erica Sondheim is beating Scott Lang at video games, single men are hitting on Bethany Cabe, etc. [...]
September 1980"Facades and Ruses"
Script: David MichelinieA helicopter lands on the street in front of the hospital and Tony Stark rushes in to meet Bethany Cabe; Beth tells him how her partner Ling McPherson was beaten by crooks—and that she, Beth, was the real target. The doctor tells them that Ling is in stable but guarded condition. [...]
October 1980"Facades, Ruses, and Masques"
Script: David MichelinieMadame Masque warns Tony Stark not to put on his Iron Man helmet or she will kill the unconscious Bethany Cabe. Masque (a/k/a Whitney Frost) fills her former lover in on her recent movements: after Tony unwittingly killed her father, Count Nefaria, in issue #116, she had to get away for awhile. [...]
November 1980"The Use of Deadly Force!"
Script: David MichelinieTony Stark is on a fishing trip with James Rhodes. Tony hooks a huge swordfish and struggles to capture it but once the fish is defeated, he lets it go again. [...]
December 1980"The Caribbean Connection"
Script: David MichelinieIron Man searches under the sea but can find no trace of the pirate craft that hijacked his yacht with Bethany Cabe aboard. Retunring to the raft where he left the unconscious James Rhodes, he puts his armor back in the briefcase in time to be rescued by a Bahamian police launch. [...]
January 1981"Sky Die!"
Script: David MichelinieTony Stark and Bethany Cabe return to the company after their Caribbean vacation (issues #140-141) to a clamoring crowd of employees. Security chief Vic Martinelli pulls rank to tell Tony that SHIELD has commandeered the analytical lab complex for a top secret investigation. [...]
February 1981"Meter On the Sun!"
Script: David MichelinieIron Man investigates the Roxxon space station he has discovered. A meteor shower reminds him that his repulsor rays aren’t working in the prototype suit. The station’s guardian, an armored man calling himself Sunturion, arrives and diverts the meteors. [...]
March 1981"Sunfall"
Script: David MichelinieIron Man and Sunturion watch helplessly as the core of the Roxxon space station Star Well begins its fall toward Earth. Sunturion, the station’s creator Arthur Dearborn, is aghast at the failure of his dream but agrees to destroy it. [...]
April 1981"Raider's Rampage!"
Script: David MichelinieTony Stark arrives in Dallas, Texas for a convention of electronics inventors and innovators. Rhodey takes off for the football stadium to meet the Cowgirls while Tony makes connections. First Tony meets Edwin Cord, who is being tailed by SHIELD Agent Burke who questions Tony about Cord. [...]
May 1981"Blacklash--and the Burning!"
Script: David MichelinieIron Man rushes back to his office at Stark Industries so he can change back into Tony Stark to meet with a youthful tour group led by snide publicity man Artemus Pithens. [...]
June 1981"Holocaust At High Noon!"
Script: David MichelinieWith Stark International in flames, Iron Man and Vic Martinelli face off with the villain Blacklash. Shellhead puts the baddie on ice by blowing a hole in the ground at his feet and burying him in rubble so that he and Vic can organize putting out the fire. [...]
July 1981"Siege!"
Script: David MichelinieIn the Central American nation of Costa Diablo, a military junta has overthrown the government and the rebel leader Caliguerra leads his men to seize control of the local branch of Stark International and take away the manager Ricardo Pruz…. [...]
August 1981"Doomquest"
Script: David MichelinieModern day pirates with helicopters and assault weapons hijack a ship crossing the Atlantic. Suddenly Iron Man appears and it takes only seconds for him to rout the bandits. He then delivers the message he came for: the ship is to return to port immediately. [...]
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