Appearing in "Body Guards"
Featured Characters:
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Main story and recap) (See chronology)
Supporting Characters:
- Stark Industries (Main story and recap)
- Happy Hogan (Main story and recap) (See chronology)
- Pepper Potts (Main story and recap) (See chronology)
- Several unnamed members
- U.S. Government
Antagonists:
- Republic Oil and Natural Gas / Roxxon Corporation
- Board of Directors
- ⏴ Jonas Hale ⏵
- ⏴ President Hugh Jones ⏵
- ⏴ John T. Gamelin ⏵
- ⏴ Simon Krieger (Impersonates Tony Stark) (Death)
- Board of Directors
- Dogs of War (First appearance chronologically)
- Shepherd (First appearance)
- Doberman (First appearance)
- Afghan (First appearance)
- Wolfhound (First appearance)
- Greyhound (First appearance)
- Rottweiler (First appearance)
- Bulldog (First appearance)
- Mastiff (First appearance)
- Labrador (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Jack Frost (Dr. Gregor Shapanka) (Leaves Stark Industries in recap)
- Grant (a TV newsman) (First appearance) (Appears on screen)
- Avengers (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Thor Odinson (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Ant-Man (Hank Pym) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Eel (Leopold Stryke) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Dr. Strange (Carlo Strange) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Sandman (Flint Marko) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Radioactive Man (Chen Lu) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Howard Stark (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Maria Stark (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Saboteur (Mentioned)
- Crimson Dynamo (Anton Vanko) (Only in recap)
- Melter (Bruno Horgan) (Only in recap)
- NOW Magazine
- ⏴ J. Jonah Jameson ⏵ (Cameo)
- Morgan Stark (Behind the scenes)
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Supreme International Council
- Councilman Tashawa-San (First appearance)
- Several unnamed Councilmen
- Supreme International Council
- Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- ⏴ Peter Parker ⏵
- Spymaster ⏵ (First appearance chronologically) (Cameo)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Asgardians (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- LMDs
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- Long Island (Main story and recap)
- Queens (Main story and recap)
- Flushing (Main story and recap)
- Stark Industries Headquarters (Main story and recap)
- Flushing (Main story and recap)
- Queens (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Manhattan (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Midtown (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Fifth Avenue (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Avengers Mansion (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Fifth Avenue (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Midtown (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Manhattan (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Republic Oil and Natural Gas Headquarters
- Executive Boardroom
- E.V.P. Simon Krieger's Office (First appearance)
- President Hugh Jones' Office (First appearance)
- Long Island (Main story and recap)
- Indiana (Only in recap)
- Indianapolis (Only in recap)
- Washington, D.C.
- New York (Main story and recap)
- Symkaria (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Iron Man Armor
- Iron Man Armor Model 1 (Main story and recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 2
- Mjolnir (Only in recap)
- Ant-Man's Suit and Helmet (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wasp's Suit (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Crimson Dynamo Armor Mark I (Only in recap)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Body Guards"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
Chronology Notes[]
Characters in this story also appear in other stories between this issue. The affected characters are:
Iron Man (Tony Stark)