The Crossing (epilogue) - "Age of Innocence" Guest-starring the Avengers. Script by Terry Kavanagh. Pencils by Hector Collazo and Al Rio. Inks by Ralph Cabrera and Rene Micheletti. Wraparound cover by Hector Collazo and Ralph Cabrera.
Story continues from Avengers 395. The Crossing is over. But the damage done has been catastrophic. Tony Stark (of Earth-616), one of the founding members of the Avengers, is dead. And the 19-year old Tony Stark (of Earth-96020) is in the hospital barely clinging to life in a comatose state. After Earth's Mightiest Heroes depart the medical center; Jarvis, Pepper Potts, and Happy Hogan take up the vigil at Tony's bedside. While the trio keeps watch, they reminiscence about happier times with their former boss and friend. Will medical science alone be enough to save young Tony? Or will it take something from inside the heart and mind of the future golden avenger?
32 pages. Cover price $2.50.
"Showdown at Stark Aircraft!" Story by Kurt Busiek. Art by Paul Smith, Al Williamson, Al Milgrom, and others.
In order to save two universes, the young hero known as Access was forced to use the power of Amalgam (see Marvel versus DC (1996) #3). In this issue, the Invincible Iron Man and the Green Lantern are merged to create the Iron Lantern. Does even this powerful hero have a chance against Mandarinestro (Sinestro/Mandarin).
Cover price $1.95.
This special issue previews the six-part Hands of the Mandarin storyline that runs through Force Works 6 & 7, War Machine 9 & 10, and Iron Man 311 & 312. Articles about the development and coordination of the storyline along with interviews with its writers and editors are included. Marvel's new TV venture, the Marvel Action Hour, is described in detail and the new Marvel toy line is introduced. This issue contains a 1-page parody of Tony Stark by Fred Hembeck.
Notes: Wraparound cover by Tom Morgan. Printed on glossy paper. There are not any advertisements inside.
48 pages. Cover price $1.95.
Cover by FRANCIS TSAI. War of the Iron Men: Part 1 - Written by FRED VAN LENTE. Art by STEVE KURTH.
The Armored Avenger's second on-going series kicks off with a bang as the WAR OF THE IRON MEN begins here! Tony Stark's worst fears are realized when stolen Iron Man technology is used for ethnic cleansing in a civil war-ravaged land. When he defies U.S. government orders to confront the armored assassins himself, Stark sets off an international conflagration that threatens his friends, his company, and his very life -- and sets him on a collision course with China and Russia, and their champions, Radioactive Man, Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo! Guest-stars galore! And a shocking last page reveal of the classic Shell-head villain behind it all you won't want to miss!
40 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA. War of the Iron Men: Part 1 - Written by FRED VAN LENTE. Art by STEVE KURTH.
The Armored Avenger's second on-going series kicks off with a bang as the WAR OF THE IRON MEN begins here! Tony Stark's worst fears are realized when stolen Iron Man technology is used for ethnic cleansing in a civil war-ravaged land. When he defies U.S. government orders to confront the armored assassins himself, Stark sets off an international conflagration that threatens his friends, his company, and his very life -- and sets him on a collision course with China and Russia, and their champions, Radioactive Man, Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo! Guest-stars galore! And a shocking last page reveal of the classic Shell-head villain behind it all you won't want to miss!
40 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
Part 2 of 2, continued from X-O Manowar Iron Man In Heavy Metal (1996) #1.
The armored Avenger and the ballistic barbarian collide! One's a millionaire inside heroic hardware, the other's a warrior wrapped in a living weapon--together they're a two-man armada!
It's 32 pages of metal mayhem that ties into the first-ever crossover video game! Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Tom Grindberg, Bill Anderson, Al Milgrom and Larry Mahlstedt. Cover price $2.50.
Part 1 of 2, continued in Iron Man X-O Manowar Heavy Metal (1996) #1. There exists a barrier between two worlds...an unseen wall that separates two universes so blissfully unaware of one another. Now that barrier has been breached, and two titanic evils have joined together on a course which could spell disaster for existence as we know it. Mistress Crescendo and Baron Zemo have joined forces to resurrect the most powerful object created by man...the Cosmic Cube!
It can convert thoughts into physical reality. Scattered chunks of the Cosmic Cube have lain beneath the depths of the ocean, its exact location unknown to all. But thanks to Mistress Crescendo, its location has been divined. Now there exists but one task--to retrieve these pieces of the Cube and reassemble them for both villains' uses. To that end, Baron Zemo has reassembled the Masters of Evil, a motley assembly of the most vile villains imaginable.
He has also aligned himself with Arnim Zola, using the bio-geneticist's newly constructed living Isle of Exiles as his mobile base of operations. Can even the combined might of Iron Man and the Valiant universe's most technologically advanced weapon of destruction, X-O Manowar, stop the single biggest threat to both universes?
Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Andy Smith. Cover price $2.50.
