Iron Man Vol 1 257

Iron Man Vol 1 #257 Published June, 1990 Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artist Tom Morgan "Retribution" Writer Randall Frenz Penciler Rich Yanizeski Inker Jeff Albrecht Brad Vancata Colourist Paul Becton Letterer Janice Chiang B.K. Joyce Editor Howard Mackie Previous Issue Next Issue Iron Man #256 Iron Man #258

Appearing in "Retribution"

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 

Supporting Characters:

• Jim Rhodes

Antagonists:

• Asano Robotics (First appearance)
  • Samurai Steel (Yoshida Asano) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Shingeru Tetsu
• Howard Stark (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Locations:

• Earth
  • Japan
    • Honshu
      • Hiroshima Prefecture
        • Hiroshima
          • Asano Robotics
  • Sea of Japan
  • United States of America
    • California
  • North Korea
  • Pacific Ocean

Items:

• Steel Samurai armor
• Iron Man Armor MK VIII
• Booster Module
• Iron Man's Briefcase

Vehicles:

• North Korean fighters (Red Leader, another)
  
  

Synopsis for "Retribution"

Samurai Steel's design is complete and he goes on a test flight, buzzing North Korea and blasting several jets from the sky. Tony Stark arrives at Asano robotics for a business deal, but Samurai Steel is indignant because Tony's father served on the Manhattan Project. Asano finally goes mad and attacks his own facility; Tony becomes Iron Man to combat Samurai Steel. Asano accidentally fires a particle beam into his own power plant. To save his people, Samurai Steel carries the reactor core into Earth's orbit where it explodes, killing him.

Notes

• In this issue it is revealed that Howard Stark worked on the Manhattan Project.
• Jefff Albrecht inked pages 1,2, 4-18. Brad Vancata inked pages 3, 19-22.
• Janice Chiang lettered pages 1,2,4,7. B.K. Joyce inked pages 3,8-22.

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