Iron Man Vol 1 109

Iron Man Vol 1 #109 Published April, 1978 Issue Details Pages 32 Original Price 35 USc Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist John Byrne Terry Austin Irv Watanabe "Moonrise!" Writer Bill Mantlo Penciler Carmine Infantino Inker Fred Kida Colourist Francoise Mouly Letterer John Costanza Editor Archie Goodwin Previous Issue Next Issue Iron Man #108 Iron Man #110

Appearing in "Moonrise!"

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 

Supporting Characters:

• Madame Masque (Giuletta Nefaria)
• Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart)
• Jasper Sitwell

Antagonists:

• Crimson Dynamo (Dimitri Bukharin) (First appearance)
• Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna)
• Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko) (First appearance)
• Growing Man
• Kang (Mentioned)
• M.O.D.O.K. (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) 
• Guardsman
• Eddie March
• Jean DeWolff
• Wraith (Behind the scenes)
• Anthony Stark Life-Model Decoy
• Hulk (Mentioned)
• Champions (Mentioned)
• Thor (Mentioned)
• Janice Cord (Mentioned)
• Alek Nevsky (Mentioned)
• Yuri Petrovitch (Mentioned)
• Black Widow (Mentioned)
• Col. Fury (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Long Island
      • Stark International
  • Russia
    • Moscow (Mentioned)
• Moon
  • Blue Area of the Moon

Items:

• Scanalyzer
• Iron Man Armor MK V
• Crimson Dynamo Armor Mark III

Vehicles:

• Quinjet
• Russian ship
  
  

Synopsis for "Moonrise!"

Restored, most of Iron Man's allies depart, but Jack of Hearts convinces Iron Man to accept him as a super hero "apprentice." While Iron Man arranges for LMD Unit 6 to temporarily head Stark International as "Tony Stark," Jack helps SHIELD scientists determine the Growing Man's previous location: the Moon. Some time later, Iron Man and Jack fly an Avengers Quinjet there, but a sonic attack disables both men, and they crash in the Blue Area. A Russian ship, manned by three Russian super heroes — Darkstar, her brother Vanguard, and the latest Crimson Dynamo — also crashes, and tensions flare between the two crews before they realize a large egg-like device caused both crashes. When the "egg" again activates, opening a portal, Iron Man and Jack of Hearts enter, and the device seals behind them, leaving the three Russians to ponder the situation.

Notes

• This issue contains a letters page, "Printed Circuits". Letters are published from Greg Gallant, Denis Mallonee, and Fred Hembeck.

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