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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Iron Man | |
Series publication information | |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | Superhero |
Publication date | (vol. 1) May 1968 –September 1996 (vol. 2) November 1996 –November 1997 (vol. 3) February 1998 –December 2004 (vol. 4) January 2005 –January 2009 (Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1)) July 2008 –February 2011 (vol. 1 cont.) March 2011 –December 2012 (vol. 5) January 2013 –August 2014 |
Number of issues | (vol. 1): 332 (#1–332) (vol. 2): 13 (#1–13) (vol. 3): 89 (#1–89) (vol. 4): 35 (#1–35) (vol. 1) cont.: 29 (#500–527 plus #500.1) (vol. 5): 29 (#1–28 plus #20.INH) (vol. 6): 25 (#1–25) (Infamous Iron Man (vol. 1)): 12 (#1–12) (Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1)): 33 (#1–33) (Invincible Iron Man (vol. 2)): 14 (#1–14) (Invincible Iron Man (vol. 3)): 14 (#1–14) (Invincible Iron Man (vol. 4)): 11 (#1–11) (Superior Iron Man): 9 (#1–9) (Tony Stark: Iron Man): 11 (#1–11) |
Main character(s) | Iron Man |
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Iron Man is a comic book series featuring the character Iron Man and published by Marvel Comics. It debuted in 1968.
The character made his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 (cover dated March 1963). After issue #99 (March 1968), the Tales of Suspense series was renamed Captain America . An Iron Man story appeared in the one-shot issue Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968), before the "Golden Avenger" [1] made his solo debut with Iron Man #1 (May 1968). [2] The series' indicia gives its copyright title as Iron Man, while the trademarked cover logo of most issues is The Invincible Iron Man. Artist George Tuska began a decade-long association with the character with Iron Man #5 (Sept. 1968). [3] Writer Mike Friedrich and artist Jim Starlin's brief collaboration on the Iron Man series introduced Mentor, Drax, Starfox, and Thanos in issue #55 (Feb. 1973). [4] Friedrich scripted a metafictional story in which Iron Man visited the San Diego Comic Convention and met several Marvel Comics writers and artists. [5] He then wrote the multi-issue "War of the Super-Villains" storyline which ran through 1975. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Writer David Michelinie, [11] co-plotter/inker Bob Layton, and penciler John Romita Jr. became the creative team on the series with Iron Man #116 (Nov. 1978). Micheline and Layton established Tony Stark's alcoholism with the story "Demon in a Bottle", and introduced several supporting characters, including Stark's bodyguard/girlfriend Bethany Cabe; [12] Stark's personal pilot and confidant James Rhodes, who later became the superhero War Machine; [13] and rival industrialist Justin Hammer, [14] who was revealed to be the employer of numerous high-tech armed enemies Iron Man had fought over the years. The duo also introduced the concept of Stark's specialized armors [15] [16] [17] as he acquired a dangerous vendetta with Doctor Doom in the "Doomquest" storyline. [18] [19] The team worked together through #154 (Jan. 1982), with Michelinie writing three issues without Layton. [11]
Following Michelinie and Layton's departures, Dennis O'Neil became the new writer of the series and had Stark relapse into alcoholism. Much of O'Neil's work on this plot thread was based on experiences with alcoholics he knew personally. [20] Jim Rhodes replaced Stark as Iron Man in issue #169 (April 1983) and wore the armor for the next two years of stories. [21] O'Neil returned Tony Stark to the Iron Man identity in issue #200 (Nov. 1985). [22] Michelinie and Layton became the creative team once again in issue #215 (Feb. 1987). [11] They crafted the "Armor Wars" storyline in issues #225 (Dec. 1987) [23] to #231 (June 1988). John Byrne and John Romita Jr. produced a sequel titled "Armor Wars II" in issues #258-266 (July 1990-March 1991). The series had a crossover with the other Avengers-related titles as part of the "Operation: Galactic Storm" storyline. [24] [25] This initial series ended with issue #332 (Sept. 1996).
Jim Lee, Scott Lobdell, and Jeph Loeb authored a second volume of the series as part of Heroes Reborn, which was drawn primarily by Whilce Portacio and Ryan Benjamin. This volume took place in a parallel universe [26] and ran 13 issues (Nov. 1996 – Nov. 1997). [27]
Volume 3, whose first 25 issues were written by Kurt Busiek [28] and then by Busiek and Roger Stern, ran 89 issues (Feb. 1998 - Dec. 2004). Later writers included Joe Quesada, Frank Tieri, Mike Grell, and John Jackson Miller. Issue #41 (June 2001) was additionally numbered #386, reflecting the start of dual numbering starting from the premiere issue of Volume 1 in 1968. The final issue was dual-numbered as #434. [29]
The next Iron Man series, Iron Man (vol. 4), debuted in early 2005 with the Warren Ellis-written storyline "Extremis", with artist Adi Granov. [30] [31] It ran 35 issues (Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2009), with the cover logo simply Iron Man, beginning with issue #13, and Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. , beginning with issue #15. On the final three issues, the cover logo was overwritten by "War Machine, Weapon of S.H.I.E.L.D.", [32] which led to the launch of a War Machine ongoing series. [33]
The Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1), by writer Matt Fraction and artist Salvador Larroca, began with a premiere issue cover dated July 2008. [34] For a seven-month overlap, Marvel published both Volume 4 and Volume 5 simultaneously. [35] This Invincible volume jumped its numbering of issues from #33 to #500, cover-dated March 2011, to reflect the start from the premiere issue of Volume 1 in 1968.
After the conclusion of The Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1), a new Iron Man series was started as a part of Marvel NOW!. Written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Greg Land, it began with issue #1 in November 2012, and ended with issue #28 in June 2014. [36] The fifth volume consists of the "Iron Metropolitan" and "Rings of the Mandarin" story arcs. The volume also revealed that Tony was adopted, and that he had a disabled half-brother named Arno.
Title | Material collected | Year | ISBN |
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Volume 1 | Tales of Suspense #39-50 | 1992 | 978-0-7851-1186-3 |
Volume 2 | Tales of Suspense #51-65 | 2004 | 978-0-7851-1771-1 |
Volume 3 | Tales of Suspense #66-83, Tales to Astonish #82 | 2006 | 978-0-7851-2067-4 |
Volume 4 | Tales of Suspense #84-99, Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1, Iron Man #1 | 2007 | 978-0-7851-2678-2 |
Volume 5 | Iron Man #2-13 | 2008 | 978-0-7851-3493-0 |
Volume 6 | Iron Man #14-25 | 2009 | 978-0-7851-4129-7 |
Volume 7 | Iron Man #26-38, Daredevil #73 | 2011 | 978-0-7851-5044-2 |
Volume 8 | Iron Man #39-53 | 2013 | 978-0-7851-6623-8 |
Volume 9 | Iron Man #54-67 | 2015 | 978-0-7851-9190-2 |
Volume 10 | Iron Man #68-81 | 2017 | 978-1-302-90351-0 |
Volume 11 | Iron Man #82-94, Annual #3-4 | 2018 | 978-1-302-91090-7 |
Volume 12 | Iron Man #95-112 | 2019 | 978-1-302-91716-6 |
Volume 13 | Iron Man #113-128, Marvel Premiere #44 | 2021 | 978-1-302-92232-0 |
Title | Material collected | Year | ISBN |
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Volume 1 | Tales of Suspense #39-72 | 2000 | 0-7851-3464-6 |
Volume 2 | Tales of Suspense #73-99; Tales to Astonish #82; Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1; Iron Man #1-11 | 2004 | 0-7851-1487-4 |
Volume 3 | Iron Man #12-38; Daredevil #73 | 2008 | 0-7851-2764-X |
Volume 4 | Iron Man #39-61 | 2010 | 0-7851-4254-1 |
Volume 5 | Iron Man #62-87, Iron Man Annual #3 | 2013 | 978-0785167334 |
Volume | Title | Material collected | Year | ISBN |
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1 | The Golden Avenger | Tales of Suspense #39-72 | OCT 2014 | 978-0785188636 |
2 | By Force of Arms | Tales of Suspense #73-99; Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1; Iron Man #1; material from Not Brand Echh #2 | FEB 2017 | 978-1302900113 |
3 | The Man Who Killed Tony Stark | Iron Man #2-24 | APR 2019 | 978-1302916305 |
4 | The Fury of Firebrand | Iron Man #25-46; Daredevil #73 | AUG 2020 | 978-1302922078 |
10 | The Enemy Within | Iron Man #158-177, Annual #5 | SEP 2013 | 978-0785187875 |
11 | Duel of Iron | Iron Man #178-195, Annual #6-7 | APR 2016 | 978-0785195061 |
13 | Stark Wars | Iron Man #215-232, Annual #9 | JAN 2015 | 978-0785192909 |
14 | Return of the Ghost | Iron Man #233-244; Marvel Fanfare #22-23, 44; Iron Man: Crash | MAR 2019 | 978-1302916299 |
15 | Doom | Iron Man #245-257, Annual #10-11, material from Captain America Annual #9 | FEB 2018 | 978-1302910136 |
16 | War Games | Iron Man #258-277 | MAR 2014 | 978-0785185505 |
17 | War Machine | Iron Man #278-289, Annual #12-13; Darkhawk Annual #1; Avengers West Coast Annual #7; Marvel Holiday Special #2 | APR 2020 | 978-1302923518 |
18 | The Return Of Tony Stark | Iron Man #290-297, Annual #14, Marvel Super-Heroes #13, Iron Manual #1; material from Marvel Super-Heroes # 2, #8-9, #12, #14-15 | NOV 2022 | 978-1302948191 |
20 | In the Hands of Evil | Iron Man #310-318, War Machine #8-10; Force Works #6-7; Iron Man/Force Works Collectors' Preview #1; materiale from Marvel Comics Presents #169-172 | AUG 2021 | 978-1302930776 |
21 | The Crossing | Iron Man #319-324, Avengers #390-394, Avengers: The Crossing, Force Works #16-20 and War Machine #20-22. | MAY 2023 | 978-1302951597 |
Title | Material collected | Year | ISBN |
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Iron Man Vol. 1 | Tales of Suspense #39-83; Tales to Astonish #82 | 2008 | 978-0-7851-3055-0 |
Iron Man Vol. 2 | Tales of Suspense #84-99; Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1; Iron Man #1-25 | 2010 | 978-0-7851-4224-9 |
Iron Man by Michelinie, Layton & Romita Jr. | Iron Man #115-157 | 2013 | 978-0-7851-6712-9 |
Avengers: The Crossing | Iron Man #319-325, War Machine #20-25, Avengers #390-395, Force Works #16-22, Iron Man: Time Slide, Avengers: The Crossing, Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man | 2012 | 0785162038 |
Iron Man by Kurt Busiek & Sean Chen Omnibus | Iron Man (vol. 3) #1-25, Captain America (vol. 3) #8, Quicksilver #10, Avengers (vol. 3) #7, Iron Man/Captain America Annual 1998, Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #15, Iron Man Annual 1999, Thor (vol. 2) #17, Peter Parker, Spider-Man (vol. 2) #11, Juggernaut: The Eighth Day, Iron Man: The Iron Age #1-2 | 2013 | 978-0785168140 |
The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 1 | The Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1) #1-19 | 2010 | 978-0-7851-4295-9 |
The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 | The Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1) #20-33 | 2012 | 978-0-7851-4553-0 |
Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Iron Man (published by Marvel and Panini UK) | Tales of Suspense #39, Iron Man #99-100, 128, 131–133, 149–150, 200, 256, Iron Man (vol. 3) #30 | 2008 | 1-9052-3985-8 |
Title | Material collected | Year | ISBN |
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Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle | Iron Man #120-128 | 2006 | 0-7851-2043-2 |
The Many Armors of Iron Man | Iron Man #47, 142-144, 152-153, 200, 218 | 2008 | 0-7851-3029-2 |
Iron Man: Doomquest | Iron Man #149-150, 249-250 | 2008 | 0-7851-2834-4 |
Iron Man by Michelinie, Layton & Romita Jr. Omnibus | Iron Man #115-157 | 2013 | 978-0785167129 |
Iron Man: Iron Monger | Iron Man #193-200 | 2010 | 0-7851-4260-6 |
Iron Man: Armor Wars Prologue | Iron Man #215-224 | 2010 | 0-7851-4257-6 |
Iron Man: Armor Wars | Iron Man #225-232 | 2007 | 0-7851-2506-X |
Atlantis Attacks | includes Iron Man Annual #10 | 2011 | 978-0-7851-4492-2 |
Acts of Vengeance | includes Iron Man #251-252 | 2011 | 0-7851-4464-1 |
Iron Man: Armor Wars II | Iron Man #258-266 | 2010 | 978-0-7851-4557-8 |
Iron Man: Armored Vengeance | Iron Man #258.1-258.4 | 2013 | 978-0-7851-5164-7 |
Iron Man: The Dragon Seed Saga | Iron Man #270-275 | 2008 | 0-7851-3131-0 |
Avengers: Galactic Storm Vol. 1 | Iron Man #278, Captain America #398-399, Avengers West Coast #80-81, Quasar #32-33, Wonder Man #7-8, Avengers #345-346, Thor #445 | 2006 | 0-7851-2044-0 |
Avengers: Galactic Storm Vol. 2 | Iron Man #279, Thor #446, Captain America #400-401, Avengers West Coast #82, Quasar #34-35, Wonder Man #9, Avengers #347, What If? #55-56 | 2006 | 0-7851-2045-9 |
Iron Man: War Machine | Iron Man #280-291 | 2008 | 0-7851-3132-9 |
Iron Man/War Machine: Hands of the Mandarin | Iron Man #310-312, War Machine #8-10, Force Works #8-7, material from Marvel Comics Presents #167-172 | 2013 | 978-0785184287 |
Avengers: The Crossing | Iron Man #319-325, War Machine #20-25, Avengers #390-395, Force Works #16-22, Iron Man: Time Slide, Avengers: The Crossing, Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man | 2012 | 0-7851-6203-8 |
Avengers/Iron Man: First Sign | Iron Man #326-331, Captain America #449, Thor #496, Avengers #396-400 | 2013 | 0-7851-8496-1 |
X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic - Book Three | Iron Man #332, Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #445, Avengers #402, Punisher #11, X-Man #19, Amazing Spider-Man #415, Green Goblin #12, Spider-Man #72, Fantastic Four #416, Wolverine #105 | 2008 | 0-7851-2825-5 |
Heroes Reborn: Iron Man | Iron Man (vol. 2) #1-12 | 2006 | 0-7851-2338-5 |
Iron Man by Kurt Busiek & Sean Chen Omnibus | Iron Man (vol. 3) #1-25, Captain America (vol. 3) #8, Quicksilver #10, Avengers (vol. 3) #7, Iron Man/Captain America Annual 1998, Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #15, Iron Man Annual 1999, Thor (vol. 2) #17, Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2) #11, 'Juggernaut: The Eighth Day, Iron Man: The Iron Age #1-2 | 2013 | 978-0785168140 |
Iron Man: Deadly Solutions | Iron Man (vol. 3) #1-7 | 2010 | 0-7851-4258-4 |
Iron Man: Revenge of the Mandarin | Iron Man (vol. 3) #8-15, Iron Man/Captain America Annual 1998, Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #15 | 2012 | 978-0785162605 |
Iron Man: The Mask in the Iron Man | Iron Man (vol. 3) #26-30 | 2001 | 0-7851-0776-2 |
Iron Man by Joe Quesada | Iron Man (vol. 3) #26-32, 1/2, Annual 2000 | 2013 | 978-0785167365 |
Avengers: Standoff | Iron Man (vol. 3) #64, Avengers (vol. 3) #62-64, Thor (vol. 2) #58 | 2010 | 0-7851-4467-6 |
Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man | Iron Man (vol. 3) #84-89 | 2007 | 0-7851-1653-2 |
Iron Man: Extremis | Iron Man (vol. 4) #1-6 | 2007 | 0-7851-2258-3 |
Iron Man: Execute Program | Iron Man (vol. 4) #7-12 | 2007 | 0-7851-1671-0 |
Civil War: Iron Man | Iron Man (vol. 4) #13-14, Iron Man/Captain America Special and Civil War: The Confession Special | 2007 | 0-7851-2314-8 |
Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Iron Man (vol. 4) #15-18, Strange Tales #135 and Iron Man #129 | 2007 | 0-7851-2299-0 |
Hulk: World War Hulk - X-Men | Iron Man (vol. 4) #19-20, plus additional "World War Hulk" crossover titles | 2008 | 0-7851-2888-3 |
Iron Man: Haunted | Iron Man (vol. 4) #21-28 and Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Annual #1 | 2008 | 0-7851-2557-4 |
Iron Man: With Iron Hands | Iron Man (vol. 4) #29-32 and Iron Man (vol. 3) #36 | 2009 | 0-7851-2298-2 |
Secret Invasion: War Machine | Iron Man (vol. 4) #33-35 and Iron Man #144 | 2009 | 0-7851-3455-7 |
Invincible Iron Man: The Five Nightmares | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1) #1-7 | 2009 | 0-7851-3412-3 |
Invincible Iron Man: Worlds Most Wanted Book One | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1) #8-13 | 2009 | 0-7851-3413-1 |
Invincible Iron Man: Worlds Most Wanted Book Two | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1) #14-19 | 2010 | 0-7851-3685-1 |
Invincible Iron Man: Stark Disassembled | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1) #20-24 | 2010 | 0-7851-4554-0 |
Invincible Iron Man: Stark Resilient Book One | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1) #25-28 | 2010 | 978-0-7851-4555-4 |
Invincible Iron Man: Stark Resilient Book Two | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 1) #29-33 | 2011 | 0-7851-4834-5 |
Invincible Iron Man: My Monsters | Invincible Iron Man #500, 500.1, Annual #1 and material from #503 | 2011 | 0-7851-4836-1 |
Invincible Iron Man: The Unfixable | Invincible Iron Man #501-502, material from #503, Free Comic Book Day 2010: Iron Man/Thor, and Rescue #1 | 2011 | 0-7851-5322-5 |
Invincible Iron Man: Fear Itself | Invincible Iron Man #504-509 and Fear Itself: Iron Man #7.3 | 2012 | 0-7851-5773-5 |
Invincible Iron Man: Demon | Invincible Iron Man #510-515 | 2012 | 0-7851-6046-9 |
Invincible Iron Man: Long Way Down | Invincible Iron Man #516-520 | 2013 | 978-0785160496 |
Invincible Iron Man: The Future | Invincible Iron Man #521-527 | 2013 | 978-0785165224 |
Iron Man: Believe | Iron Man (vol. 5) #1-5 | 2013 | 0-7851-6833-8 |
Iron Man: The Secret Origin of Tony Stark Book 1 | Iron Man (vol. 5) #6-11 | 2013 | 978-0785168348 |
Iron Man: The Secret Origin of Tony Stark Book 2 | Iron Man (vol. 5) #12-17 | 2013 | 978-0785168355 |
Iron Man: Iron Metropolitan | Iron Man (vol. 5) #18-20, 20.INH, 21-22 | 2014 | 978-0785189428 |
Iron Man: Fatal Frontier | Fatal Frontier Infinite Comic #1-13, Annual #1 | 2014 | 978-0785184560 |
Iron Man: Rings of the Mandarin | Iron Man (vol. 5) #23-28 | September 2014 | 978-0785154822 |
Original Sin: Hulk vs. Iron Man | Original Sin: Hulk vs. Iron Man #1-4 | Nov 2014 | 978-0785191568 |
Uncanny X-Men / Iron Man / Nova: No End in Sight | Uncanny X-Men Special #1, Iron Man Special #1, Nova Special #1 | Nov 2014 | 978-0785191056 |
Superior Iron Man: Infamous | Superior Iron Man #1-5 | May 2015 | 978-0785193777 |
Superior Iron Man: Stark Contrast | Superior Iron Man #6-9 | September 2015 | 978-0785193784 |
Armor Wars: Warzones! | Secret Wars: Warzones! Armor Wars | January 2016 | 978-0785198642 |
Invincible Iron Man: Reboot | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 3) #1-5 | April 2016 | 978-0785195207 |
Invincible Iron Man: The War Machines | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 3) #6-11 | September 2016 | 978-0785195214 |
Invincible Iron Man: Civil War II | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 3) #12-14 | February 2017 | 978-1302903206 |
International Iron Man | International Iron Man #1-7 | August 2017 | 978-0785199793 |
Infamous Iron Man Vol. 1 | Infamous Iron Man #1-6 | June 2017 | 978-1302906245 |
Infamous Iron Man Vol. 2: The Absolution of Doom | Infamous Iron Man #7-12 | December 2017 | 978-1302906252 |
Invincible Iron Man: Ironheart Vol. 1 - Riri Williams | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 4) #1-5 | July 2017 | 978-1302906719 |
Invincible Iron Man: Ironheart Vol. 2 - Choices | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 4) #6-11 | January 2018 | 978-1302906733 |
Invincible Iron Man: The Search for Tony Stark | Iron Man #593-600 | July 2018 | 978-1302910426 |
Title | Material Collected | Year | ISBN |
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Tony Stark: Iron Man Vol. 1: Self-Made Man | Tony Stark: Iron Man #1-5 | 2019 | 978-1-302-91272-7 |
Tony Stark: Iron Man Vol. 2: Stark Realities | Tony Stark: Iron Man #6-11 | 2019 | 978-1-302-91273-4 |
Tony Stark: Iron Man Vol. 3: War of the Realms | Tony Stark: Iron Man #12-14 and Iron Man (Vol. 3) #25 | 2019 | 978-1-302-91443-1 |
Iron Man: War of the Iron Men | Iron Man: Legacy #1-5 | 2010 | 0-7851-4729-2 |
Iron Man: Industrial Revolution | Iron Man: Legacy #6-11 | 2011 | 0-7851-4731-4 |
Iron Age | Iron Age: Alpha, Iron Age #1-3, Iron Age: Omega | Nov. 2011 | 978-0785152699 |
Iron Man: The Inevitable | Iron Man: The Inevitable #1-6 | 2006 | 0-7851-2084-X |
Iron Man: Hypervelocity | Iron Man: Hypervelocity #1-6 | 2007 | 0-7851-2083-1 |
Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin | Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin #1-6 | 2008 | 0-7851-2622-8 |
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"Demon in a Bottle" is a nine-issue story arc from the comic book series The Invincible Iron Man, published in issues 120 through 128 in 1979 by Marvel Comics. It was written by David Michelinie and Bob Layton and illustrated by John Romita, Jr., Bob Layton, and Carmine Infantino. "Demon in a Bottle" is concerned with Tony Stark's alcoholism.
"Doomquest" is a two-issue Iron Man story arc written by David Michelinie and Bob Layton with art by John Romita Jr. and published by Marvel Comics. The arc first appears in Iron Man #149–150. One of the most popular stories of the title character, it establishes Doctor Doom as a member of his rogues gallery, a villainous counterpart who mirrors the superhero with his wealth, power armor and engineering skill.
The Raiders are a team of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Raiders first appear in Iron Man #145 and was created by David Michelinie and Bob Layton.
Hailing 1968 as the beginning of the 'Second Age of Marvel Comics', and with more titles to play with, editor Stan Lee discarded his split books and gave more characters their own titles.
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)To celebrate the #500 issue, the numbering started with Iron Man (I) #1 is resumed with the issue dated March 2011. (Although I count 332 issues of Iron Man (I), 13 issues of Iron Man (II), 89 issues of Iron Man (III), 35 issues of Iron Man (IV) and 33 issues of The Invincible Iron Man (V) - which sums up to 502 issues already - from the cover gallery in #500 it seems that Marvel does not count Iron Man (IV) #33-35 and then it makes 499.)