Iron Man Vol 3 16

Iron Man Vol 3 #16 Published Released May, 1999 March 10, 1999 Issue Details Pages 32 Original Price $1.99 US $2.99 CAN Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras Cover Artist Sean Chen Mark Morales Liquid! Publisher J. Winston Fowlkes Chief Creative Officer Avi Arad President Eric Ellenbogen "Scale Model" Writer Kurt Busiek Roger Stern Penciler Patrick Zircher Anthony Williams Inker Andy Lanning Larry Mahlstedt Scott Koblish Colourist Steve Oliff Letterer Richard Starkings Comicraft Wes Abbott Editor Bobbie Chase Brian Smith Previous Issue Next Issue Iron Man Vol 3 #15 Iron Man Vol 3 #17

From where I stand -- long tails are a liability!

-- Iron Man

Appearing in "Scale Model"

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark) 

Supporting Characters:

• Stark Solutions / Maria Stark Foundation
  •  Happy Hogan 
  •  Pepper Potts 
•  Hannah Donleavy 
•  Dr. Ramona Napier 

Antagonists:

•  Billy Yuan  (Appears in flashback) (Real name first revealed) (Possessed by Fin Fang Foom)
•  Fing Fan Foom  (Possesses Billy Yuan)

Other Characters:

•  Count Nefaria (Luchino Nefaria)  (Voice)
• Annie Yuan  (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
•  Count Andreas Zorba 
• U.S. Air Force (Mentioned)
• Firebrand (Richard Dennison) (Recap)
•  Charlie Gray  (Death)
• Stark Industries (Referenced)
• Rumiko Fujikawa (Referenced)
• Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Referenced)
• S.P.D.

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    • Washington (Main story and flashback)
      • Seattle (Main story and flashback)
        • International District (Main story and flashback)
        • Puget Sound
        • Lake Washington
          • Evergreen Island
            • Smart House
    • Iowa (Mentioned)
    • California
      • Los Angeles
  • Caribbean Sea (Recap)
    • Isla Suerte (Recap)
• Heavens (Invoked)

Items:

• Safe Armor
  
  

Synopsis for "Scale Model"

In the Curios shop Billy Yuan admires the dragon idol, and Fin Fang Foom telepathically convinces him to steal it. Meanwhile on his yacht, Stark publicly unveils Happy as the new Maria Stark Foundation liaison for local affairs. As Happy answers reporters' questions, Iron Man takes Stark away on a harness-chair. Stark folds the remote-controlled armor into its module form and hides it in his trunk. Pepper phones and towards a call from Count Andreas Zorba, who requests Stark Solutions' services locating a treasure, but Stark declines. Fin Fang Foom uses his statue to take control of Billy's body. In Los Angeles, Charles Gray is abducted by two men; they force him into a car, where he is greeted by an unseen passenger, and moments later the car is filled with a flash of light. Stark is having dinner with Dr. Ramona Napier in the Space Needle, when he hears of a disturbance in Seattle on the news. He excuses himself with a "call" from Iron Man and soon finds a mutated Billy breaking into ATMs. During their fight Billy mutates some rats into lizards, but Iron Man overpowers him. When the police arrives, the lizards merge with Billy, transforming him fully into Fin Fang Foom.

Notes

Chronology Notes

A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters:

• Billy Yuan 

Legacy Numbering

• Based on the Marvel Legacy renumbering infographic, this issue is Iron Man #361

See Also

• 7 Image(s) from Iron Man Vol 3 16

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