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Essential Iron Man

    (Marvel, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2010-2011)
™ and © 1962-1965 and 2002 Marvel Characters, Inc.

After tripping a landmine in a Southeast Asian jungle — an incident that leaves shrapnel dangerously close to his heart, millionaire inventor—and CEO of Stark International — Tony Stark keeps himself alive by building and wearing a protective suit of armor that turns him into the invincible Iron Man. Eventually, the wealthy industrialist hides his super-hero identity in plain sight by hiring his armored alter ego as his body guard, thus explaining why Iron Man is always hanging around Stark’s interests; and of course, Ol’ Shellhead is a founding member of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, The Avengers. This black-and-white trade paperback series is a bargain-hunter’s dream: the first volume collects the earliest Iron Man stories from his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 through his battle with the Mad Thinker in #72 for the low, low price of $14.95. Heck, for fans of Marvel’s merry mutants, there’s even a brief appearance by the original X-Men in these beautiful black and white pages.

— Thomas Moudry
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  • 1
    #1
    Nov 2000
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Robert Bernstein, N. Korak, Al Hartley  ·  A: Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
    Reprints Tales of Suspense #39-72
    No copies available
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein, Larry Lieber, Al Hartley, Don Rico  ·  A: Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Paul Reinman, Bruce Timm
    Reprints Tales of Suspense #39-72; ca. 2002
    No copies available
  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Robert Bernstein, N. Korak, Al Hartley  ·  A: Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
    Reprints Tales of Suspense #39-72; ca. 2008
    No copies available
  • 1-4
    #1 - 4th printing
    4th Printing
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Robert Bernstein, N. Korak, Al Hartley  ·  A: Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Bruce Timm
    Reprints Tales of Suspense #39-72; ca. 2005
    No copies available
  • 1-5
    #1 - 5th printing
    5th Printing
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Stan Lee  ·  A: Jack Kirby
    Reprints Tales of Suspense #39-72
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gene Colan, Don Heck, Johnny Craig, George Tuska, Jack Kirby
    Reprints Tales of Suspense #73-99, Tales to Astonish #82, Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1, and Iron Man (1st Series) #1-11
    No copies available
  • 2-2
    #2 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Gene Colan and Frank Giacoia
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, Roy Thomas  ·  A: Gene Colan, Don Heck, Johnny Craig, George Tuska, Jack Kirby
    Reprints Tales of Suspense #73-99, Tales to Astonish #82, Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1, and Iron Man (1st Series) #1-11; ca. 2011
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Archie Goodwin, Mimi Gold, Allyn Brodsky, Gerry Conway  ·  A: Gene Colan, Don Heck, Johnny Craig, George Tuska
    Reprints Iron Man (1st Series) #12-38 and Daredevil #73; ca. 2008
    2 copies from $10.95
  • 3-2
    #3 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover
    Jan 2011
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Archie Goodwin, Mimi Gold, Allyn Brodsky, Gerry Conway  ·  A: Gene Colan, Don Heck, Johnny Craig, George Tuska
    Reprints Iron Man (1st Series) #12-38 and Daredevil #73
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Apr 2010
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Gerry Conway
    Reprints Iron Man (1st Series) #39-61
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Cover: $19.99
    No copies available