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You've been looking at it all wrong, Stark! You're not a civilian, you're a soldier -- albeit a reluctant one. 
Appearing in "Why Must There Be an Iron Man?"
Featured Characters:
- 🢐 Iron Man (Tony Stark) 🢒 (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Mr. O'Brien
- Kevin O'Brien (Name only)
- NYPD
- Ho Yinsen (Only in recap)
- Wong-Chu (Only in recap)
- Janice Cord (Only in recap)
- Happy Hogan (Only in recap)
- Pepper Potts (Only in recap)
- Thor (Only in recap)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in recap)
- Mandarin (Only in recap)
- Titanium Man (Boris Bullski) (Only in recap)
- Melter (Bruno Horgan) (Only in recap)
- Crimson Dynamo (Alexander Nevsky) (Only in recap)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Asgardians (Only in recap)
Locations:
- Earth
- Asia
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- Long Island
- Nassau County
- Oyster Bay (First appearance)
- Farmingdale (First appearance)
- Long Island Cemetery (First appearance)
- Farmingdale (First appearance)
- Oyster Bay (First appearance)
- Nassau County
- New York City
- Long Island
- New York
- United States of America
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Synopsis for "Why Must There Be an Iron Man?"
A detailed origin is given for the Golden Avenger. Focuses primarily on his first adventure as told in Tales of Suspense #39.
Solicit Synopsis
"Shall Iron Man Live?" That's the dreaded question the golden Avenger must ask himself - as he relives anew his awesome origin!
Notes
- Iron Man's first origin story was presented in Tales of Suspense #39. His next detailed origin is given in Iron Man #122.
- This issue contains a letters page, "Sock it to Shell-Head". Letters are published from: Bettino C. Helms, Bruce Roland, and David Copson.
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