—Iron ManHe's right. It's not enough. It's not just Stane International that's screwed up, it's the World. Someone's got to take a Stand and lead the Way. Someone with Clout. Like, say, the CEO of Stark Enterprises...
Appearing in "Ground Zero"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- TV journalists
- Ted Koppel (Mentioned)
- David Letterman (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Los Angeles
- Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Mentioned)
- Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
- Georgia (Mentioned)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Black Magic M-66 (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Ground Zero"
The government intervenes with Firepower to stop Atom Smasher from destroying a toxic waste dump.
Appearing in "Soul on Ice"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Erica Sondheim
- Stark Industries
- Abe Klein
- Nastassia (First appearance)
- Reg (First appearance)
- Joe Liebowitz
Other Characters:
- Ho Yinsen (Only in flashback)
- Pepper Hogan (Only in flashback)
- Happy Hogan (Only in flashback)
- Howard Stark (Only in flashback)
- Maria Stark (Only in flashback)
- Jim Rhodes (Only in flashback)
- Wong-Chu (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Only in flashback)
- Giant-Man (Henry Pym) (Only in flashback)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Only in flashback)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only in flashback)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Only in flashback)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Only in flashback)
- Victor von Doom (Only in flashback)
- Madame Masque (Whitney Frost) (Only in flashback)
- Avengers West Coast (Only in flashback)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Only in flashback)
- USAgent (John Walker) (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) (Only in flashback)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Only in flashback)
- MODOK (George Tarleton) (Only in flashback)
- Mandarin (Only in flashback)
- Black Knight (Nathan Garrett) (Only in flashback)
- Crimson Dynamo (Only in flashback)
- Masters of Silence (Only in flashback)
- Kaze (Daichi Sakamoto) (Only in flashback)
- Kaminari (Kiyoshi Kurata) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Asgardians (Only in flashback)
- Cyborgs (Only in flashback)
Locations:
Items:
- Iron Man Armor Model 1 (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 1 (Gold finish) (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 2 (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 3 (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 4 (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 7 (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 9 (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 11 MK I (Only in flashback)
- Mandarin's Rings (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Shield (Only in flashback)
- Mjolnir (Only in flashback)
- Doctor Doom's Armor (Only in flashback)
- Black Knight's Flying Horse (Only in flashback)
- Black Knight's Power Lance (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Soul on Ice"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
- This issue was sold with a "foil" cover with reflective metallic type and insets.
- Story II is primarily a flashback tale with Tony Stark reprocessing a lot of his memories.
- Hawkeye and the Black Widow are depicted in their early costumes, such as the ones pictured in this adventure: Tales of Suspense #64.