Iron Man Vol 3 76

Part of the "The Best Defense" story arc Alternate Covers: Textless Iron Man Vol 3 #76 Published Released March, 2004 January 14, 2004 Issue Details Pages 32 Original Price $2.99 US $4.25 CAN Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Adi Granov Publisher Dan Buckley Chief Creative Officer Avi Arad President Allen Lipson "The Best Defense - Part Four: Advice and Consent" Writer John Jackson Miller Penciler Jorge Lucas Inker Jorge Lucas Colourist Antonio Fabela Letterer Randy Gentile Editor Tom Brevoort Marc Sumerak Andy Schmidt Nicole Wiley Previous Issue Next Issue Iron Man Vol 3 #75 Iron Man Vol 3 #77

Appearing in "The Best Defense - Part Four: Advice and Consent"

Featured Characters:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark)  (Main story and on-screen)

Supporting Characters:

• U.S. Government
  •  Stu Conrad 

Antagonists:

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

Other Characters:

•  Rumiko Fujikawa 
• U.S. Senate
  • Senator Taylor (Only appearance)^[1]
  • An unnamed Chairman (Only appearance)^[1]
  • Senator Zimmer  (First appearance)
  • Senator Perkins (Behind the scenes)
  • Senator Riegert (Behind the scenes)
  • Senator Selby (Behind the scenes)
  • Senator Traeger (Behind the scenes)
  • Senator Williamson (Behind the scenes)
  • Several unnamed senators
• Oscorp (Mentioned)
• U.S. Army
  •  Commander John Rayburn 
  • Several unnamed soldiers
• Washington Post (Named only) (Topical reference)
• Al-Qaeda (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• President George W. Bush (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• President Abraham Lincoln (Mentioned)
• President Harry Truman (Mentioned)
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
•  Crimson Dynamo (Alex Nevsky)  (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
•  Janice Cord  (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• King Cole (Mentioned)
• King Midas (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
• Mandarin (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Rumiko Fujikawa's Apartment
          • Cord Manufacturing (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
    • Washington, D.C.
      • National Mall
        • Capitol Building
        • Russell Senate Office Building (First appearance)
    • Maryland
      • St. Mary's County (First appearance)
        • Patuxent Naval Air Test Center (First appearance)
      • Aberdeen
        • Aberdeen Proving Ground
          • Edgewood Arsenal (First appearance)
    • Virginia
      • Arlington
        • Pentagon
  • Korea (Mentioned)

Items:

• Crimson Dynamo Armor Mark III (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• Iron Man Armor Model 3 (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)

Events:

• Armor Wars (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "The Best Defense - Part Four: Advice and Consent"

Chronology Notes

Characters in this story also appear in other stories between this issue. The affected characters are:

•  Iron Man (Tony Stark)  - On-screen clash against the Crimson Dynamo.
  

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