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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:
Dates
May 1968 to Sep 1996
1968
N/A

Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Iron Man
Iron Man

(Tony Stark)
James Rhodes
James Rhodes

(Rhodey)
Pepper Potts
Pepper Potts

(Pepper Hogan)
Plus: Mrs. Arbogast, Jasper Sitwell, Abe Zimmer, Marianne Rodgers.

Comics Index

Page: 8 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.

Invincible Iron Man #175
4.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #175

October 1983
"This Treasure of Red and Gold..."
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Nick Fury in a SPLASH craft and Iron Man arrive together at the site where Tony Stark''s armors plunged into the sea and there is a fight in the sky over the spot, exchanging blows with their various weapons. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #176
4.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #176

November 1983
"Turf"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
For the past 1000 years, an alien creature with alien weaponry has been sitting at a portal to another dimension, repelling waves of invaders and its energy is running low.... [...]
Invincible Iron Man #177
3.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #177

December 1983
"Have Armor Will Travel"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
The story opens with Iron Man being run over by a bulldozer. A construction-themed villain? No, he''s merely testing out some gizmos for the visiting Clytemnestra Erwin. Morley raises the idea of the the three of them forming their own company but none of them have any capital to invest. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #178
3.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #178

January 1984
"(multiple titles)"
Script: Bob Harras
Story 1: Once an Avenger, Always an Avenger!A group of kids dress in Avengers costumes and patrol their neighborhood to be helpful just like the real heroes. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #179
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #179

February 1984
"Mission Into Darkness"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
In Greece, Iron Man (James Rhodes) says farewell to his allies the Eternals (see ANNUAL #6), then phones home to talk to Morley Erwin. Morley tell him that someone is interested in hiring Iron Man in Hong Kong. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #180
3.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #180

March 1984
"This Ancient Enemy!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
The Mandarin is outraged at the failure of Radioactive Man to protect the shipment of his sinister devices (last issue) and tortures his minion with the power of his rings. He decides the time is ripe for revenge.... [...]
Invincible Iron Man #181
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #181

April 1984
"Though My Life Be Forfeit..."
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Iron Man (James Rhodes), under the hypnotic control of the Mandarin, is ordered to cut his throat; as he starts to do so, he is struck by another massive headache, and in the throes of pain he slashes Mandarin and knocks him out. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #182
4.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #182

May 1984
"Deliverance"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
As a major blizzard batters Manhattan, Tony searches desperately for the missing Gretl; he pawns his overcoat and passes up a chance at shelter to purchase an expensive bottle of wine to celebrate the “end of living. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #183
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #183

June 1984
"All the Kinds of Fear!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
A burly brute, his body enhanced by technology and with a Taurus symbol on his chest, crashes into a secret underground lab and begins to destroy the elaborate equipment there. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #184
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #184

July 1984
"On the Road..."
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Cornelius van Lunt a/k/a Taurus of Zodiac, despite having been rescued by Iron Man from death at the hands of a Taurus LMD (last issue), is determined to destroy the hero to cover the fact that Zodiac is making a comeback. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #185
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #185

August 1984
"Terror In Tulaluma!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
A car bearing Tony Stark and the Erwins on their way to California is approaching Tulaluma when they spy a young woman being chased by an angry mob; Tony pulls her into the car—and then the engine dies. They seek shelter in a barn where they are confronted by men with guns.... [...]
Invincible Iron Man #186
3 stars

Invincible Iron Man #186

September 1984
"Though This Fault Be Mine..."
Script: Dennis O'Neil
The new business partners—Tony Stark, James Rhodes, Clytemnestra and Morley Erwin—are surveying the land where their company headquarters will be build when a tremor shakes the ground.... [...]
Invincible Iron Man #187
2.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #187

October 1984
"The Vengeance Of Vibro!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Vibro uses his deadly tremor powers to break out of jail and head off for revenge against Iron Man....At their motel, Tony Stark has souped up the new Iron Man gauntlets and Rhodey takes them out for a test, leaving Tony and the Erwins to talk about applications for the technology. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #188
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #188

November 1984
"And Grimm Shall Be Their Name!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Tony Stark is hired by a small electronics firm to do repair work, and asks to be paid in spare parts. Elsewhere, brothers Percy and Barton Grimes have discovered the Brothers Grimm costumes in the attic—and discover they can do a strange kind of magic tricks with them. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #189
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #189

December 1984
"A Thing That Bores From Within..."
Script: Dennis O'Neil
James Rhodes, still mad at Tony Stark, walks down a Los Angeles street after an adventure with the Avengers. He comes upon the police surrounding a house where a man is holding a woman hostage at gunpoint. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #190
3 stars

Invincible Iron Man #190

January 1985
"Losing the Touch!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
A disgusted Rhodey asks Tony Stark to repair his bootjet damaged in last issue''s fight with the Termite. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #191
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #191

February 1985
"The Iron Destiny"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
An angry Jim Rhodes in the Iron Man armor demolishes all the trees around the Circuits Maximus HQ, rationalizing it as providing room for expansion. When the Erwins question his reasoning, he gets angry and flies off. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #192
4.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #192

March 1985
"A Duel of Iron"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Tony Stark, wearing the new suit of clunky gray Iron Man armor (modeled after the original), is determined to stop an out-of-control James Rhodes in the superior current armor; Clytemnestra Erwin gives him a kiss for luck and hopes he will be all right.... [...]
Invincible Iron Man #193
4.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #193

April 1985
"The Choice and the Challenge!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
A giant reptilian monster rises from the ocean and attacks a Quinjet piloted by Tigra who manages to crash land on a small island. The monster is under the control of its erstwhile enemy Dr. Demonicus who is up to no good.... [...]
Invincible Iron Man #194
4.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #194

May 1985
"Otherwhere!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Tony Stark, in the recreated gray Iron Man armor, is carrying Dr. Demonicus'' giant monster out to sea to get rid of it when his boot jets sputter out and he plunges with his burden into the drink....James Rhodes is in St. Louis seeing Hank Pym about diagnosing the cause of his recurring headaches. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #195
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #195

June 1985
"The Thing Most Precious"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Iron Man (James Rhodes) heads to an Indian reservation in Calgary where he arrives at the office of Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen also known as Shaman. After Hank Pym could not diagnose Rhodey''s headaches he referred him to Shaman. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #196
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #196

July 1985
"(no title given)"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
In the dimension that James Rhodes and Shaman visited last issue, a force being known only as the Omnos discovers the abandoned Iron Man armor and reassembles it; deducing that it was meant to be inhabited, the Omnos enters it and goes off in search of its owner. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #197
4 stars

Invincible Iron Man #197

August 1985
"Call Him ... Thundersword!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Iron Man (James Rhodes) drops off writer Stewart Cadwall at the police station but Cadwall realizes he can visualize himself with the powers of Thundersword but without his weakness—dependence on the sword. And it is done. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #198
4.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #198

September 1985
"Revelations!"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
Obadiah Stane''s mysterious female ally—and lover—is revealed to be Madame Masque. [...]
Invincible Iron Man #199
4.5 stars

Invincible Iron Man #199

October 1985
"And One of Them Must Die"
Script: Dennis O'Neil
As the story opens, masked baddies are kidnapping Mrs. Arbogast from her home in Brooklyn. Meanwhile, Tony Stark is at Circuits Maximus headquarters wondering how he can rescue Bethany Cabe, snatched by the same gang in ish #197. [...]