"With Friends Like These..." Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring the Black Widow. Script by John Byrne. Pencils by Paul Ryan. Inks by Bob Wiacek. Cover by Paul Ryan and Bob Wiacek.
The battle vs. the dragons is over; and Tony Stark has returned to Los Angeles to rest and recover! But when the Black Widow sneaks into Tony's house in the middle of the night, the golden avenger's next adventure begins! Natasha tells Tony that a recently activated Soviet sleeper agent is breaking into the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and planning to start World War three! Iron Man trusts his fellow avenger, so he takes the Widow to Colorado... and they break into NORAD themselves! But when the duo enters the maximum security control center, they find no one there and everything calm! Where is the sleeper agent? Better check your six Shell-Head!
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"War Games" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring the Black Widow. Script by John Byrne. Pencils by Paul Ryan. Inks by Bob Wiacek. Cover by Paul Ryan and Bob Wiacek.
Inside the NORAD command center, the armored avenger lies stunned on the floor! The Black Widow is gone; and a dozen nuclear missiles have been launched toward Russia! Oh no, how did this happen? Iron Man isn't quite sure, but he must stop the atomic rockets before they reach the fledging Russian Federation! If Shell-Head can disrupt the missiles' flight paths, he'll then move on to his next target: the Black Widow! Has the former Russian spy gone back under the Iron Curtain? What a tangled web Natasha weaves!
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"Technical Difficulties" Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Paul Ryan. Inks by Bob Wiacek and Keith Williams. Cover by Paul Ryan and Bob Wiacek.
Operation Galactic Storm is over. The Earth and Iron Man have survived. But Tony's medical condition continues to deteriorate. While contemplating that his mortal end is near, the Stark Enterprises CEO is suddenly abducted by The Stark! The bizarre alien race has brought Tony to their homeworld in the 28th century! And they need the golden avenger to save their planet from ecological disaster! The Stark picked Iron Man, because they worship him as their founder! Can Shell-Head devise a way to save his celestial followers? Cameo appearance by Jim Rhodes. (Note: The Stark first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy (1990 1st series) issues #1 thru #4.)
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"Ground Zero" Part 2 of 2. Anniversary Special. Double-Sized issue. Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Kevin Hopgood. Inks by Mike DeCarlo. Silver foil cover by Kevin Hopgood.
At Stane International's nuclear facility, Iron Man (aka Jim Rhodes) is taking too long to defeat Atom Smasher! So the feds send in Firepower to finish the job! And as far as Firepower's concerned that job includes sacking Shell-Head too! Can the War Machine armor deliver a double victory amid a possible nuclear meltdown? Cameo appearances by Marcy Pearson, Howard Stark, Mrs. Arbogast, and the Living Laser. Second story: "Soul on Ice" Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Barry Kitson. Inks by Chris Ivy. Several issues ago Abe Zimmer and Dr. Erica Sondheim (in secret) cryogenically froze Tony Stark's body! In hopes that someday they could repair his central nervous system! And lo and behold... that day may have arrived! Is a medical miracle on the horizon for the golden avenger? Retelling of Iron Man's origin. (Note: Firepower previously appeared in Iron Man 231.)
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"The Light at the End" Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Tom Morgan. Inks by Brad Vancata. Cover by Kevin Hopgood.
The Living Laser is back at Stark Enterprises! And this time Tony Stark is not around to stop him! But Jim Rhodes has a slick plan to deal with the resurgent laser! The new CEO directs the lab techs to paint a highly reflective polymer coating on the War Machine armor! So when Shell-Head attacks the Living Laser, the laser's energy blasts are ineffective! And as a result, Iron Man beats the Living Laser again! Rhodey should be very happy with his triumph; however, he feels bad about the way the battle ended! But he'll feel even worse when he learns... he's no longer the CEO of Stark Enterprises!
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"Mixed Reactions" Part 1 of 2. Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Kevin Hopgood. Inks by Steve Mitchell. Cover by Kevin Hopgood and Steve Mitchell.
The word is out! And the world knows that Tony Stark is back among the living! However his body still has a long road to recovery ahead, so the doctors bring in a top-notch physical therapist to help! Afterwards, the CEO of Stark Enterprises fires up his new NTU-150 armor and sends it to his seaside home! But lying in wait for the golden avenger is a new super-villain called Berserker 7! Where did this guy come from? It shouldn't matter as Shell-Head has the superior armor! But what if the remote uplink goes down? First appearance of Veronica Benning.
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"Controlling Interests" Part 2 of 2. Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Kevin Hopgood. Inks by Steve Mitchell. Cover by Kevin Hopgood.
There's no enemy like an old enemy! And one of the golden avenger's oldest adversaries, the Controller, is back for revenge! And this time his devious plan just might work! Because at the end of last issue, the new red & gold armor sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean! So once the Controller takes possession of Tony's doctors and nurses, the S.E. CEO is completely helpless! How will the invincible one resist the control of the Controller? It may come down to simple mind over matter! Cameo appearances by Dr. Cal Oakley and Mrs. Arbogast. (Note: The Controller returns in Iron Man Annual #15.)
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"Heart of Stone" Part 1 of 3. Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Tom Tenney. Inks by Michael Avon Oeming. Cover by Kevin Hopgood and Steve Mitchell.
At Stark Enterprises' Geothermal Research Facility, an earthquake threatens the lives of the employees operating an underground drilling rig! Heroically, one of the workers tries to shut down the geo-core drill, but instead falls into a deep chasm! And in that moment, Earthmover is born!
Second story: "The Unquiet Earth" Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Tom Morgan. Inks by Don Cameron. After a physical therapy session, Tony Stark receives word that a major accident has occurred at S.E.'s research facility in the Mojave Desert! In response he quickly dispatches the NTU-150 armor to the location! Upon arrival the golden avenger dives underground to find the missing worker! But Shell-Head finds someone else instead: Earthmover! And the subterranean rock 'em sock 'em battle begins!
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"The Doomsday Machine!" Part 2 of 3. Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Kevin Hopgood. Inks by Steve Mitchell. Cover by Kevin Hopgood and Steve Mitchell.
In shocking fashion Ultimo is back! Wow, where under the world has the powerful robot been? The armored avenger is stunned to see his former foe! However once Ultimo vaporizes Earthmover, Shell-Head knows he must get into gear! Valiantly, Iron Man attacks Ultimo; but the relentless robot rips apart the NTU-150 armor! And Tony Stark feels the pain via neural feedback! So who's going to stop Ultimo now? Second story: "Wake Up Call" Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Steve Ellis. Inks by Don Cameron. Stark Enterprises is in full-blown crisis mode! Iron Man has been destroyed! And Tony Stark is in a coma! Nobody knows what to do except Mrs. Arbogast! She picks up the phone and makes an urgent call to one James Rupert Rhodes! Also known as War Machine! Cameo appearances by Veronica Benning, Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts, Eddie March, Abe Zimmer, Dr. Erica Sondheim, Felix Alvarez, Marcy Pearson, and Philip Grant (aka Raven). (Note: Ultimo previously appeared way back in Iron Man #96.)
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Crash & Burn Part 1 of 6. "Broadcast Storm" Guest-starring Deathlok. Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Kevin Hopgood. Inks by Steve Mitchell. Cover by Kevin Hopgood and Steve Mitchell.
The battle vs. Ultimo is over! And the golden avenger has emerged triumphant! But the next crisis for Stark Enterprises is just around the corner! When Tony Stark bought Stane International from Justin Hammer in Iron Man 283, he didn't know about all of Stane's illicit business activities! And now thanks to a computer hack all of Stane's corrupt practices are public knowledge! Including information about Michael Collins' work at Cybertek that was perverted into weapons systems by Harlan Ryker! So Deathlok is on his way to S.E. to delete those old computer files! The Demolisher thinks he can sneak into the data center without running into you-know-who! But he would be wrong! It's a terrific slugfest between Deathlok and the armored avenger!
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"Wired!" Part 1 of 3. Script by Len Kaminski. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
Plot continues from Iron Man Annual #15. Tony Stark discovers that someone or something is tampering with Stark Enterprises' combat simulator via the world computer network (aka the internet)! So with help from Abe Zimmer and Philip Grant, Tony sends his consciousness into cyberspace to look for the electronic intruder! Very quickly the golden avenger locates his adversary: Vor/Tex! But unfortunately, the Virtual Organic Turing Experiment has a nasty surprise waiting for him! Meanwhile in China, the Mandarin slowly recovers from his injuries suffered during the Dragon Seed saga.
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"Terminal Emulation" Part 2 of 3. Script by Len Kaminski. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
Vor/Tex has turned the tables on the golden avenger! In a sinister twist, Vor/Tex has trapped Tony Stark's consciousness in cyberspace; while uploading itself into Tony's body! And the first thing Vor/Tex does... is head to the liquor cabinet! Oh no! And then Vor/Tex dons a suit of armor! Tony better escape from cyberspace soon... before Vor/Tex ruins his entire life! In the meantime in the Middle Kingdom, the Mandarin returns to the battlefield (where he was defeated in Iron Man 275) and searches for his lost power rings!
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"Signal to Noise" Part 3 of 3. Script by Len Kaminski. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
In a desperate attempt to escape cyberspace, Tony (with assistance from Philip Grant) uploads his consciousness into the prototype unit of the old Telepresence armor! And then the pseudo-Iron Man sets out to find his Vor/Tex-controlled body! How is Tony going to defeat Vor/Tex without damaging his own body? Fortunately, the true armored avenger has a clever plan! And that's good! Because back at Stark Enterprises, Jim Rhodes is waiting on line one! Elements of the story continue in War Machine (1994-1996 1st series) #8.
First appearance of the Mandarin's Avatars.
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Orange cover logo - "Friends... and Other Enemies" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring War Machine. Script by Len Kaminski. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
Story continues from War Machine #8. On the grounds of Stark Enterprises, Tony Stark and Jim Rhodes wage their own private armor war against one another! Earlier in the day, Rhodey came to S.E. to pick up the original design drawings for his armor! But Tony refused to hand them over and then demanded the return of the silver & gray armor! And so began the clash of the titans: Iron Man vs. War Machine! As the battle rages, can anyone stop the fight? Maybe Bethany Cabe can! Or maybe the Mandarin! An excellent issue! Story continues in Force Works (1994) #6.
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Hands of the Mandarin Part 6 of 6. "There Shall Come An Ending!" Double-Sized issue. Guest-starring War Machine and Force Works. Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Tom Morgan. Inks by Bob Wiacek and Sam DeLaRosa. Cover by Tom Morgan.
Story continues from War Machine #10. In strife-torn Hong Kong, the fate of the world hangs in the balance! The Mandarin has ascended to near godhood! And his plan to take the Earth back to the Middle Ages is close to fruition! However, the ten-ringed super-villain still needs a little more time! And that brief interval gives Force Works and War Machine a chance to retreat to S.E.'s Hong Kong facility! Once inside Tony Stark, Dr. Su Yin, and Suzi Endo make one last-ditch effort to use science to stop the Mandarin's magic! Will technology plus trickery save the world?
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"Resolutions" Script by Len Kaminski. Pencils by Dave Chlystek. Inks by Andy Lanning. Cover by Tom Morgan.
It's New Year's Eve in Los Angeles! But instead of attending a party, the CEO of Stark Enterprises is the guest speaker at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting! Ever since Vor/Tex downed a bottle of bourbon several issues ago, Tony has been feeling the temptation to drink! But with the Mandarin saga behind him and good friends beside him, the armored avenger is ready to move forward alcohol-free! Cameo appearances by Bethany Cabe, Jim Rhodes, and Mrs. Arbogast.
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"Heroic Intervention" Guest-starring Captain America and Giant-Man. Script by Len Kaminski. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
Story continues from Captain America 437. After Giant-Man found Cap's lifeless body in the Arizona desert, he rushed the star-spangled avenger to Stark Enterprises for emergency treatment! The fabled super-soldier serum has degraded to the point where Steve Rogers is near death! So to save the shield-slinger's life; Hank, Tony, and Dr. Erica Sondheim devise a risky surgical plan! Giant-Man will shrink the golden avenger to bacterial size via Pym Particles; and then Dr. Sondheim will inject the miniature Shell-Head into Cap's bloodstream! Wow, does Iron Man's "Fantastic Voyage" have a chance of working? It's all or nothing for the red, white, and blue! Elements of the story continue in Captain America 438.
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"Old Soldiers" Part 1 of 3. Guest-starring the Black Widow. Script by Len Kaminski. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
Stark Enterprises is opening a new industrial plant in Russia! And what a wonderful opportunity for S.E. and the Russian people! But has Tony forgotten that he has a couple of long, long-time armored adversaries that call the former Soviet Union home? If the powerful pair has slipped his mind, Tony gets a big reminder during his press conference... when the Titanium Man attacks! Whoa, the golden avenger hasn't fought the original Titanium Man (aka Boris Bullski) in years! Good thing he asked Natasha Romanoff to accompany him on the trip! The cold war is not over yet!
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"Triangle" Part 2 of 3. Guest-starring the Black Widow. Script by Len Kaminski. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
On the streets of Moscow, Iron Man and the Black Widow wage war against the Titanium Man! Shell-Head and the widow gain the upper hand, but then a fourth contestant enters the fray: the Crimson Dynamo! Oh boy, is this yesteryear fight about to go next level? It depends upon whose side the dynamo is on! Will the Crimson Dynamo choose to help the capitalist or the communist? Cameo appearance by Dr. Ted Slaght.
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Flip Book - "Strange Bedfellows" Part 3 of 3. Guest-starring the Black Widow. Script by Len Kaminski. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
Iron Man is down and the Crimson Dynamo is out! But the Titanium Man is still free! After licking their wounds; the widow, Tony, and the injured Valentin Shatalov come up with a new plan! Tony will go after the Titanium Man; however he will wear the red & white armor of the Crimson Dynamo instead of his red & gold armor! Why is that? So the Russian people won't be further demoralized when and if their once great champion falls! At the Baikonur Launch Facility, the new Crimson Dynamo catches up to the old Titanium Man! And their epic armor battle begins... while Mother Russia holds her breath! Cameo appearances by the Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman, U.S. Agent, and Slag.
Flip book second story: "Vicious Circle: Brothers in Arms" Part 3 of 3. Guest-starring War Machine, Hawkeye, and the U.S. Agent. Script by Dan Abnett. Pencils by Fred Haynes. Inks by Johnny Greene. Flip book cover by Fred Haynes and Johnny Greene. Story continues from War Machine #15. In the Central American country of San Revilla; three former avengers stand on the battlefield between the government soldiers and the rebel forces! Hawkeye was supposed to be fighting with the rebels, while the U.S. Agent was supposed to be helping the fascist regime! Has someone been playing both sides against the middle? Rhodey believes the answer is yes! So the brothers in arms will just have to defeat everybody!
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"Hot Metal" Script by Len Kaminski. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
Tragedy strikes at California's Polytech Institute as Tony Stark's college mentor is caught in the middle of an industrial accident! And much to the golden avenger's chagrin, Dr. Ted Slaght has been transformed into the villainous Slag! Iron Man wants desperately to save his Alzheimer's-stricken friend, but sadly that doesn't seem possible. Once the climactic battle is over, Tony retreats to his new clandestine Arctic bunker. What is he doing up there? Cameo appearances by Bethany Cabe, Happy Hogan, Abe Zimmer, Dr. Erica Sondheim, and Mrs. Arbogast.
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The Crossing - "Shadows Call" Script by Terry Kavanagh. Art by Tom Morgan. Cover by Tom Morgan.
Tony Stark is in a melancholy mood inside his secluded Arctic bunker. The brilliant inventor has been spending a lot of time lately thinking about the past while designing a new suit of armor! Upon arriving back in Los Angeles, the golden avenger checks in on Force Works and then makes a phone call to Jarvis in New York! Shell-Head is acting kind of strange. Is something wrong with the CEO of Stark Enterprises? Only time will tell. Or perhaps only The Crossing will tell.
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The Crossing - "Hollow Man" Script by Terry Kavanagh. Pencils by Heitor Oliveira and Adriana Melo. Inks by Mark McKenna. Cover by Heitor Oliveira and Mark McKenna.
Plot continues from the one-shot: Avengers The Crossing. After attending the reunion of Earth's Mightiest Heroes in New York, Tony Stark returns to the west coast. Where the work environment at StarkEnterprises has drastically changed! The villainous Machinesmith has been hired out of the blue as a new lab assistant; and Tony has suddenly rekindled his romance with Bethany Cabe! Then there are the weird time lapses or time jumps occurring all around Tony! Are the walls closing in on the golden avenger? Story continues in Avengers 391.
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The Crossing - "Psi-Fi" Guest-starring Giant-Man (aka Hank Pym). Script by Terry Kavanagh. Pencils by Heitor Oliveira and Marcos Tetelli. Inks by Mark McKenna. Cover by Alex Maleev and Mark McKenna.
Story continues from Avengers 391. Tony Stark is shocked to learn about the murders inside Avengers Mansion! So he hurries back to New York at the request of his long-time friend Hank Pym! Together Iron Man and Giant-Man work feverishly to break open the mysterious door in the mansion's basement! But to no avail! The door can still not be opened! When Tony retires for the evening, he is viciously attacked by Marianne Rodgers! Oh my, where did she come from? And maybe even crazier...as Tony reels under Marianne's telepathic assault... he's saved by Madame Masque! Wow, The Crossing is bringing everyone out of the woodwork! Story continues in Avengers 392. C
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