Appearing in "Moonrise!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
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:
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.