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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published June 2007
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Quesada (Editor in Chief); Tom Brevoort (Editor); Nicole Boose (Associate Editor); Molly Lazer; Aubrey Sitterson (Assistant Editors)
Notes Direct Edition. Rated A.

Cover Details - "The Initiative"

Characters Iron Man
Genre Superhero
Pencils Gerald Parel
Inks Gerald Parel
Colors Gerald Parel
Notes Direct Edition. Rated A.

1 page Iron Man recap "Previously..."

Characters Iron Man
Synopsis Recaps the story to this point.
Genre Superhero
Script Daniel Knauf; Charles Knauf
Pencils Roberto de la Torre
Inks Jonathan Sibal
Colors Dean White
Letters typeset
Notes Creator credits and indicia information. Features an illustration taken from the previous issue.

21 page Iron Man story "Years of stillness...."

Characters Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Mandarin; Dum Dumm Dugan; Maya Hansen; Secretary Jack Kooning; Sal
Synopsis With more bio-tech equipped terrorists sprouting up all over the world, Tony Stark is confronted with two choices: push ahead with the Extremis research to match the technology, or go forward with a covert operation in China to get to the root of the bio-tech terror wave. Meanwhile, the Mandarin pushes ahead with his plans to recapture the magic of the Ten Rings of Power, albeit in a very unconventional manner. [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero
Script Daniel Knauf; Charles Knauf
Pencils Roberto de la Torre
Inks Jonathan Sibal; Karl Kesel; Cam Smith
Colors Dean White
Letters Joe Caramagna [as VC's Joe Caramagna]

8 page advertisement "Advertisements"

Notes Ultimate Spidey Experience (sweepstakes, Kraft Foods); Spongebob Squarepants (DVD, Nickelodeon/Paramount Pictures); Spin Your Own Webisode (contest, Target); World of Warcraft (trading card game, Upper Deck); V.Flash (game, VTech); Spider-Man Personalized DVD (DVD, PixFusion/Marvel); Comic Collector Live.com (software, MidTen Media Inc.); Avatar the Last Airbender (DVD, Nickelodeon/Paramount Pictures); Spider-Man 2.1 (DVD, Columbia Pictures)

4 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Promotional House Advertisements"

Notes House ads for: MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN; MARVEL: YOUR UNIVERSE; WORLD WAR HULK #106; FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN; MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: LAST OF THE MOHICANS