Comic Book: Invincible Iron Man (1968 series)
What This Book is About:
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.
Data Sheet:
May 1968 to Sep 1996
1968
N/A
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Plus: Mrs. Arbogast, Jasper Sitwell, Abe Zimmer, Marianne Rodgers.
Comics Index
Page: 7 of 14
Total Indexed Comics:
332
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
September 1981"Knightmare"
Script: David MichelinieHaving been hurled back through time by a vengeful Gert Hauptmann, Iron Man and Doctor Doom finds themselves in Camelot, home of King Arthur. Several knights come to investigate this odd happening and ask them to submit. [...]
October 1981"G.A.R.D.'s Gauntlet"
Script: David MichelinieTony Stark surveys his ruined office, burned by Blacklash in #146-147, brooding over the insignificance of his achievements and his love for and loss of Bethany Cabe. He snaps himself out of his self-pity and goes back to work. [...]
November 1981"Escape From Heaven's Hand!"
Script: David MichelinieIn his new stealth armor, Iron Man goes undetected as he enters East Germany on a clandestine mission. He arrives at Der Hand von Himmel (Heaven’s Hand), a top-secret research complex built inside a mountain. [...]
December 1981"Light Makes Might!"
Script: David MichelinieIron Man awakens from his coma (last issue) to find himself a prisoner in the Heaven’s Hand research facility in Communist Germany. He is hung by cables in front of laser cannon, his feet are lashed to the cannon’s trigger and his gauntlets are immobilized by aviation tape. [...]
January 1982"The Other Side of Madness!"
Script: David MichelinieIron Man broods over Bethany Cabe while flying though the skies toward Yonkers Raceway. [...]
February 1982"The Back-Getters!"
Script: David MichelinieLate at night in a suburban Long Island high school, a boy named Gerry is running frantically from unseen tormentors. In his panic he stumbles on the stairs and is knocked unconscious…. [...]
March 1982"The Mauler Mandate!"
Script: David MichelinieWith Stark International having bought out Cord Industries, Scott Lang is assigned to take inventory of all of Cord’s holdings. Scott comes across the Mauler armor discovering it was a cancelled assignment for the government. [...]
April 1982"Spores!"
Script: David MichelinieTony Stark is at his lab late one night, running tests on the Iron Man armor. Suddenly an electrical surge shoots through the room, burning out the computers and only Tony’s swift throwing of a switch spares the armor from a similar fate. [...]
May 1982"Moms"
Script: Dennis O'NeilIron Man is flying home across the mountains in a rainstorm when his armor shuts down sending him into freefall. A multitude of possible actions rushes through his mind when his power comes on again and he is able to complete his journey, though keeping closer to the ground. [...]
June 1982"When Strikes Diablo"
Script: Roger McKenzieIron Man races across Manhattan just in time to rescue a Roosevelt Island Tramway car as the cable snaps. Shellhead lowers the car to safety and also promises the workers that Tony Stark will see that they can replace the broken cable right away. [...]
July 1982"A Cry of Beasts"
Script: Dennis O'NeilA very drunken Tony Stark in his Iron Man armor is in a bar challenging anyone to a fight—but it’s only a nightmare by Tony the night before he is to attend a charity gala at the Long Island Zoo at which alcohol will be served. [...]
August 1982"If the Moonman Should Fall"
Script: Dennis O'NeilIron Man tests the strength of his armor in an undersea simulation at Stark International; he then zooms away to appear as Tony Stark prepares for an undersea visit that day….At Project Neptune, an experimental power generating facility twelve miles off the coast of New York, agents from A.I.M. [...]
September 1982"The Menace Within"
Script: Dennis O'NeilOne fine day, Stark International is suddenly attacked by World War 2 fighter planes. Tony Stark changes into Iron Man and helps the threatened staff. Once they are safe he pursues the planes and discovers that they are being controlled remotely. [...]
October 1982"Knight's Errand"
Script: Dennis O'NeilIron Man fights a fire at Stark International caused by an employee under the hypnotic control of Tattoo’s headphones (see last issue). He then spies a woman whose car was crushed by a falling bit of machinery; her rushes her to the emergency room. [...]
November 1982"Deadly Blessing"
Script: Dennis O'NeilThe Bishop, one of the mysterious chess master’s men, breaks Knight out of a New Mexico jail; the purpose however is not benign: Bishop carries him high into the air and drops him as a punishment for his failure…. [...]
December 1982"Endgame"
Script: Dennis O'NeilThe Laird of Glen Travail vanishes, leaving Iron Man to rescue Rhodey (staked out for spiders); the villain leaves the task of destroying the hero to his dwarf minion/weapons-designer the Rook. [...]
January 1983"One of Those Days"
Script: Dennis O'NeilPage one: waiting outside Tony Stark’s office is the old villain known as the Melter. More on this later….In Scotland, Tony Stark has medical equipment flown in to save the life of Jim Rhodes who was poisoned last issue. [...]
February 1983"The Empty Shell"
Script: Dennis O'NeilAfter his confrontation with Obadiah Stane, Tony Stark is stressed out, beaten, and bone-weary so he reaches for a bottle of whiskey. As he reviews all of his latest setbacks he tries to rationalize taking a drink but he suddenly flings the bottle away and goes to sleep…. [...]
March 1983"The Iron Scream"
Script: Dennis O'NeilSuper-robot Machine Man arrives at Stark International to see Tony Stark and Iron Man; he (it?) flies over the fence and goes in search of them. Tony Stark is notified but is drunk out of his mind; he assumes Machine Man is some threat sent by Obadiah Stane and dons the Iron Man armor. [...]
April 1983"Blackout"
Script: Dennis O'NeilA drunken Iron Man soars through the skies over Manhattan destroying outdoor advertising for liquor companies; those watching from the streets (including Daredevil) don’t know what to make of it. [...]
May 1983"And Who Shall Clothe Himself In Iron?"
Script: Dennis O'NeilJames Rhodes dons the Iron Man armor as the villain Magma is on his way driving a deadly machine and Tony Stark has passed out drunk. Unsure of how to work the armor, Rhodey asks the first person he meets, new Stark employee Morley Erwin, to help him puzzle it out…. [...]
June 1983"Ball and Chain"
Script: Dennis O'NeilThunderball of the Wrecking Crew is in Niagara Falls looking for his ex-wife Rhonda and her new husband with vengeance on his mind….James Rhodes is testing out his armor now that he is the new Iron Man, getting used to handling it. Dr. [...]
July 1983"Firebrand's Revenge!"
Script: Dennis O'NeilTony Stark, drunk out of his mind, invades a museum and dons a medieval suit of armor, going wild; he is arrested and taken to jail. He is bailed out by a company lawyer but he doesn’t remember what he did. [...]
August 1983"Judas is a Woman"
Script: Dennis O'NeilA drunken and derelict Tony Stark is standing in an alley when he is accosted by a gang of punks; they beat him up but a pair of armed men chase them off and conduct Tony into a waiting limousine. [...]
September 1983"Armor Chase"
Script: Dennis O'NeilObadiah Stane, new owner of Stark International, demands that Iron Man remove and hand over the armor which is company property. James Rhodes refuses and flies off, crashing through Stane''s window. Mrs. Arbogast then tenders her resignation as well.... [...]
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