Iron Man Vol 3 30

Part of the "The Mask in the Iron Man" story arc Alternate Covers: Textless Iron Man Vol 3 #30 Published Released July, 2000 May 17, 2000 Issue Details Pages 32 Original Price $2.25 US $3.50 CAN Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras Cover Artist Joe Quesada Tim Townsend Richard Isanove Chief Creative Officer Avi Arad President Peter Cuneo "The Man in the Iron Man - Part Five: Blood Brothers" Writer Joe Quesada Penciler Sean Chen Inker Rob Hunter Colourist Steve Oliff Letterer Richard Starkings Troy Peteri Editor Bobbie Chase Brian Smith Previous Issue Next Issue Iron Man Vol 3 #29 Iron Man Vol 3 #31

Appearing in "The Man in the Iron Man - Part Five: Blood Brothers"

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark)  (Appears in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

•  Rumiko Fujikawa 
•  Steve Rogers  (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

•  Iron Man (Sentient Armor)  (Death)

Other Characters:

• Pepper Potts (Photo)
• Howard Stark (Referenced)
• Maria Stark (Referenced)
• Whiplash (Mark Scarlotti) (Referenced)
• God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
• Avengers (Mentioned)
•  Ultron  (Behind the scenes)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Robots (Behind the scenes)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • Pacific Ocean
    • Bikini Atoll
      • Santa Carbonell (Real name first revealed)
  • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    • Florida
      • Miami
        • Stark-Fujikawa Facility
    • New York (Only in flashback)
      • New York City (Only in flashback)
        • Manhattan (Only in flashback)
          • Midtown (Only in flashback)
            • Fifth Avenue (Only in flashback)
              • Avengers Mansion (Only in flashback)

Items:

• Safe Armor

Events:

• World War II (Referenced)
  
  

Synopsis for "The Man in the Iron Man - Part Five: Blood Brothers"

The armor lets Tony starve and dehydrate, trying to get him to love it like it loves him. When it flies off to answer an Avengers distress call, Tony gets himself free and uses training Captain America gave him to gather his wits, trap a small animal for food, and realize it's the man that makes Iron Man, not the armor. Fashioning some crude weapons and traps, Tony ambushes the armor when it returns, taking advantage of the chink left by Whiplash. Tony tries to pry the faceplate off, but the armor does it for him, revealing a face it plans to cover with synthetic flesh to replace him. Suddenly, Tony experiences another heart attack. He begs the armor to kill him, but instead it rips out its own heart and fuses it to Tony's, dying. Using its husk, Tony sends out a distress beacon with his watch and buries the armor, marking its grave with a cross declaring it was an Avenger.

Notes

• The emergency call the Sentient Armor takes care of is elaborated in New Warriors (Vol. 2) #9.

Chronology Notes

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

•  Tony Stark 

Legacy Numbering

• Based on the Marvel Legacy renumbering infographic, this issue is Iron Man #375

See Also

• 2 Image(s) from Iron Man Vol 3 30

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