Iron Man & Captain America Annual Vol 1 1998

Iron Man & Captain America Annual Vol 1 #1998 Published January, 1999 Cover Artist Patrick Zircher "Life & Liberty" Writer Kurt Busiek Penciler Patrick Zircher Inker Randy Emberlin Colourist Tom Smith Letterer Richard Starkings Comicraft Editor Bob Harras Previous Issue Next Issue Iron Man Annual #15 Iron Man Annual 1999

Appearing in "Life & Liberty"

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
• Pepper Potts
• Happy Hogan

Antagonists:

• A.I.M.
  • MODOK (George Tarleton)
• Mentallo (Marvin Flumm) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Avengers (Only in flashback)
  • Giant-Man (Henry Pym) (Only in flashback)
  • Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Only in flashback)
  • Thor (Only in flashback)
  • Vision (Only in flashback)
  • Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (Only in flashback)
  •  Wonder Man (Simon Williams) 
• Jason (Only appearance)^[1]
• Mark Cushing (First appearance)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Only in flashback)
  • Agent O'Grady (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Cyborgs
• Mutants (Only in flashback)
• Asgardians (Only in flashback)
• Synthezoids (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• United States of America (Only in flashback)
  • New York (Only in flashback)
    • New York City (Only in flashback)
      • Manhattan (Only in flashback)
        • Avengers Mansion (Only in flashback)
• Zenith City (First appearance)

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Iron Man Armor Model 16
  
  

Synopsis for "Life & Liberty"

Iron Man and Cap fight past automated defenses and AIM agents to reach Zenith city, learning its origins from the locals. Suddenly, MODOK remotely mind controls the population and uses them as pawns against Iron Man and Cap. MODOK uses the people's combined psychic energy to generate a psychic construct of himself to battle the heroes, but they destroy it. With a fleet of AIM vessels coming to conquer Zenith, Iron Man determines a means to revert the population to normal and most useless to MODOK. However, Iron Man is so depleted from recent battles that he cannot complete the operation, forcing Cap to take the action; the experience helps Cap realize why Tony makes the hard decisions he does. Later, Tony re-reveals his secret identity to Pepper and Happy.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.^[2]

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