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Issue Details

Issue #281
Published June 1992
Cover Price 1.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Ashford (assistant editor); Nel Yomtov (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Notes First appearance of the War Machine armor; A full size reprint of this comic (with the cover replaced by the one for #282) was packaged with the Marvel Legends War Machine action figure in 2004.

Cover Details - "The Deadly Masters of Silence!"

Characters Iron Man; Inazuma (Lighting); Kaze (Wind); Kaminari (Thunder)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Kevin Hopgood
Inks Bob Wiacek
Notes First appearance of the War Machine armor; A full size reprint of this comic (with the cover replaced by the one for #282) was packaged with the Marvel Legends War Machine action figure in 2004.

22 page Iron Man story "The Masters of Silence"

Characters Iron Man; Inazuma (Lighting); Kaze (Wind); Kaminari (Thunder); James Rhodes; War Machine (Cameo; 1st)
Synopsis When a nuclear reactor melts down in Japan, the company sends a trio of assassins to take vengeance on the maker of the faulty parts that caused the meltdown, Tony Stark; Tony is still close to death and battles the Masters of Silence by remotely controlling his Iron Man armor; Feeling that this is not going to be effective, Tony creates a new suit of armor to battle his foes.
Genre Superhero
Script Len Kaminski
Pencils Kevin Hopgood
Inks Bob Wiacek
Colors Mike Rockwitz
Letters Michael Heisler
Notes Tony still refers to himself in the new armor as Iron Man, even though it is now better known as the War Machine armor.
Reprinted in Iron Man (Marvel Italia, 1995 series) #1