Iron Man Vol 3 73

Part of the 'The Best Defense' story arc Alternate Covers: Textless Iron Man Vol 3 #73 Published Released December, 2003 October 8, 2003 Issue Details Pages 32 Original Price $2.99 US $4.25 CAN Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Joe Jusko Chief Creative Officer Avi Arad President Bill Jemas Allen Lipson "The Best Defense - Part One: Acquisition" Writer John Jackson Miller Penciler Jorge Lucas Inker Jorge Lucas Colourist Oscar Carreño Letterer Rus Wooton Editor Tom Brevoort Marc Sumerak Andy Schmidt Previous Issue Next Issue Iron Man Vol 3 #72 Iron Man Vol 3 #74

Appearing in "The Best Defense - Part One: Acquisition"

Featured Characters:

• Iron Man (Tony Stark) (See chronology)

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) (Only appearance)^[1]
  • Larry (a soldier) (Only appearance)^[1]
  • Pablo (a soldier) (Only appearance)^[1]
  • 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
      • Arlington
        • Pentagon
          • Pentagon Situation Room (First appearance)
          • Tony Stark's Office (First appearance)
    • Texas (Only in flashback)
    • Washington, D.C.
      • White House
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • France (Only in flashback)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Iron Man's Briefcase
• Iron Man Armor Model 24 (First appearance)
• Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Main story and flashback)
• Bucky's Suit (Only in 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)

•  Pag. 1-12 
•  Pag. 13-22 

Captain America (Steve Rogers)

•  Flashback Pag. 14, Panel 5 
•  Flashback Pag. 16, Panels 4-6 

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