Appearing in "The Best Defense - Part One: Acquisition"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- U.S. Government
- Stu Conrad ⏵ (First appearance)
- ⏴ Artemus Pithins ⏵
- ⏴ President George W. Bush ⏵ (Topical Reference)
- ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Appears in flashback)
Antagonists:
- U.S. Department of Defense
- ⏴ Under-Secretary Sonny Burch ⏵ (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- U.S. Army (Main story and flashback)
- Kyle (a soldier) (First appearance)
- Larry (a soldier) (First appearance)
- Pablo (a soldier) (First appearance)
- Several unnamed soldiers (Main story and flashback)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Frank Borman (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Cross Technologies
- Oscorp
- Obadiah Stane (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- U.S. Congress (Mentioned)
- U.S. Navy
- Stark Industries (Mentioned)
- ⏴ Bucky (James Barnes) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- J. Robert Oppenheimer (Mentioned)
- U.S. Military (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Ethiopia
- Ogaden (First appearance)
- Somalia (Referenced)
- United States of America
- Virginia
- Texas (Only in flashback)
- Washington, D.C.
- Atlantic Ocean
- France (Only in flashback)
- Ethiopia
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Iron Man's Briefcase
- Iron Man Armor Model 24 (First appearance)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Main story and flashback)
Events:
- World War II (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The Best Defense - Part One: Acquisition"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
Chronology Notes[]
Characters in this story also appear in other stories between this issue. The affected characters are:
Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Legacy Numbering[]
- Based on the Marvel Legacy renumbering infographic, this issue is Iron Man #418
