Iron Man Vol 3 74

Part of the Best Defense arc
Iron Man Vol 3 #74
Previous Issue	Iron Man (Vol. 3) #73
Next Issue	Iron Man (Vol. 3) #75
Art by: Jorge Lucas
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless
Release Date	November 12, 2003
Cover Date	January, 2004
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada
Original Price	$2.99 US $4.25 CAN
Pages	32

1. "The Best Defense - Part Two: Logistics"
Writer(s)	John Jackson Miller
Penciler(s)	Jorge Lucas
Inker(s)	Jorge Lucas
Colorist(s)	Antonio Fabela
Letterer(s)	Randy Gentile
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort Marc Sumerak Andy Schmidt

 Not very patriotic of you, Sonny. You ought to let them have one of my designs that doesn't shake apart in a sonic blast! 

—Iron Man

Appearing in "The Best Defense - Part Two: Logistics"

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark)  (Leaves Stark Enterprises) (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

• U.S. Government
  •  President George W. Bush  (Topical reference)
  •  Artemus Pithins 
  •  Stu Conrad 
  •  Vice President Dick Cheney  (Topical reference)
•  Rumiko Fujikawa 
• Stark Enterprises
  •  Friday 

Antagonists:

• U.S. Department of Defense
  •  Under-Secretary Sonny Burch 

Other Characters:

• U.S. Senate (Mentioned)
• U.S. Secret Service
• Marjorie (President Bush's secretary) (Only appearance)
• U.S. Military (Mentioned)
• Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned)
• Hercules (Mentioned)
• Exnet Corporation (Mentioned)
• U.S. Army
  • Commander John Rayburn  (First appearance)
  •  General Colin Powell
  • Several unnamed soldiers
• U.S. Congress (Mentioned)
• President George H. W. Bush (Mentioned)
• John Tower (Mentioned)
• Pepper Potts (Mentioned)
• Stark Enterprises Board of Directors (Mentioned)
• New York Times (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• Robert F. Kennedy (Mentioned)
• President John F. Kennedy (Mentioned)
• Al-Qaeda (Mentioned) (Topical reference)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and recap)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and recap)
  • United States of America (Main story and recap)
    • New York (Main story and recap)
      • New York City (Main story and recap)
        • Manhattan
          • Midtown
            • Flatiron District
              • Stark Tower
              • Flatiron Building
    • Washington, D.C.
      • White House
      • Chinese Embassy (Mentioned)
    • Maryland
      • Camp David, Catoctin Mountain Park (Mentioned)
      • Aberdeen (First appearance)
        • Aberdeen Proving Ground (First appearance)
    • M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts (Mentioned)
    • Las Vegas, Nevada (Mentioned)
    • Virginia
      • Alexandria (Mentioned)
      • Arlington
        • Arlington National Cemetery
        • Pentagon
  • Atlantis, Atlantic Ocean (Mentioned)
• Asgard (Mentioned)

Items:

• Iron Man Armor
  • Iron Man Armor Model 1 (Recap)
  • Iron Man Armor Model 2 (Recap)
  • Iron Man Armor Model 3 (Recap)
  • Iron Man Armor Model 24
  • Iron Man Armor Model 20 (Recap)
• Iron Man's Briefcase

Synopsis for "The Best Defense - Part Two: Logistics"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

Legacy Numbering

• Based on the Marvel Legacy renumbering infographic, this issue is Iron Man #419

See Also

• 5 image(s) from Iron Man Vol 3 74

Links and References

Footnotes

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