Iron Man Armor Wars Prologue TP NM 1st print David Michelinie Bob Layton

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Iron Man: Armor Wars Prologue TP by David Michelinie (Author), Bob Layton (Illustrator), Mark Bright (Illustrator). With Stark Enterprises’ new space station in place, Iron Man – whether Tony Stark or Jim Rhodes – is on the move. But if it’s up to AIM, they’ll be headed straight down…to burn up on re-entry! Even with one Armored Avenger down, the other’s still up for adventure overseas and underwater – but Roxxon Oil’s backing a new opponent who’ll have Stark climbing the walls and breaking through them, just in time to face Justin Hammer’s B-Team: Beetle, Blizzard, and Blacklash! Featuring Spymaster and the Ghost, later of Dark Reign infamy! Collects Iron Man (1968) #215-224. The very first issue of Iron Man I ever bought, Iron Man 214, is the first issue printed in this collection, and it’s a rip-roaring, entertaining story in which Iron Man Stark and Iron Man Rhodes head into space to secure a station only to be thwarted by A.I.M. saboteurs. It ends on one of those classic, high suspense cliffhangers in which the life of Iron Man Rhodes is at stake…. Pretty cool stuff, even reading it now, and it forever ingrained in my mind the idea that Iron Man was about high adventure a little in the style of James Bond, with a little Batman, and some sci-fi thrown in. When it came out, I remember I picked up the issue cos it had two Iron Men on the cover, and at the instant when I picked it up, the idea that there were more than one hero called Iron Man, blew.my.young.teenage.mind!

Collects Iron Man #215-224. Near mint, 1st print.