Iron Man (1968 1st Series) UK Edition comic books
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Tags: UK Editions$4.80
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "Duel In A Dark Dimension!" Story by Archie Goodwin. Art by Don Heck and Johnny Craig. The Collector wants to add the Freak (aka Happy Hogan) to his intergalactic collection! So the ancient elder of the universe abducts Pepper Hogan to lure her husband and Iron Man to his spaceship. After the Collector captures Happy, he proposes a trade to Iron Man. If Shell-head can obtain the solar sword from the dark dimension, the Collector will release both Pepper and Happy. Will the golden avenger betray Val-Larr, the owner of the solar sword, in order to save his friends? 32 pages
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Tags: UK Editions, Iron Man$2.65
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10p cover price. "Kraken Kills!" Part 1 of 2. Story by Gerry Conway. Art by Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel. Cover by Jack Kirby and Al Milgrom. Even if ole Shell Head defeats Commander Kraken, the cybernetic pirate's men will kill Iron Man's friends. But, Kraken's true intentions for the Golden Avenger will shock you. 32 pages.
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Tags: UK Editions, Iron Man$5.49
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "And, In The End..." Part 5 of 5. Guest-starring Jack of Hearts. Script by Bill Mantlo. Pencils by Keith Pollard. Inks by Fred Kida. Cover by Keith Pollard and Joe Rubinstein. This is it! The final battle for Stark International! The malevolent Midas vs. the Invincible Iron Man! After Midas touches Shell-Head and turns him into gold, the battle appears lost! But the armored avenger has a jack (of hearts) up his sleeve! And a queen (of hearts) too! A mind-blowing conclusion! Appearances by the Guardsman, Madame Masque, Jean DeWolff, Jasper Sitwell, and Marianne Rodgers. (Notes: This issue features a two-page layout recapping the events and villains from Iron Man issues 41 thru 52. Marianne Rodgers returns many years later in Iron Man 320.) 32 pages.
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Issue #110UK
Tags: UK Editions, Iron Man$4.80
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "Sojourners Through Space!" Part 2 of 4. Guest-starring Jack of Hearts and the Soviet Super Soldiers. Script by Bill Mantlo. Art by Keith Pollard (breakdowns) and Fred Kida (finishes). Cover by Dave Cockrum and Terry Austin. Thanks to an inadvertent tractor beam, the spacefaring Rigellians transport the golden avenger and Jack of Hearts from the moon to their massive starship! Oh my, what have the galactic colonizers been up to since their last encounter with Thor several years ago? At the moment they're trying to conquer the planet known as Wundagore II; and they don't want to be bothered by Shell-Head and his apprentice! So the Rigellians dispatch Galactus' former creation, the robot Punisher, to battle the two displaced heroes! It's time for Iron Man to go to work! Cameo appearances by Darkstar, Vanguard, Crimson Dynamo, Jasper Sitwell, and Madame Masque. (Notes: The Rigellians previously appeared in Thor 218-220. The Punisher robot last appeared in Fantastic Four 74. This issue includes a detailed 2-page layout of Iron Man's armor.) 32 pages.
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Tags: UK Editions$6.60
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "The Monaco Prelude" Part 3 of 5. Guest-starring Captain America and Ant-Man (aka Scott Lang). Plot by David Michelinie and Bob Layton. Script by David Michelinie. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finishes). Cover by Bob Layton. In a shocking development, Iron Man killed the Carnelian ambassador with an inadvertent repulsor ray blast last issue. And now Tony Stark must hand over his armor to the police and figure out what to do next! With assistance from Ant-Man and the Sentinel of Liberty, Tony learns that a mysterious man in Monaco is responsible for the deadly malfunction of his armor! So the golden avenger (sans armor) and Rhodey fly to Monte Carlo to clear Iron Man's name! This won't be Tony's typical vacation on the French Riviera! Cameo appearances by the Beast, Falcon, Ms. Marvel, Vision, Wasp, Whiplash, Ed Koch, Bethany Cabe, and Justin Hammer. 32 pages.
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Issue #129UK
Tags: UK Editions, Iron Man$3.00
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. "Dread Night of the Dreadnought!" Guest-starring Nick Fury. Script by David Michelinie and D. Minds (plot). Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and M. Hands (finishes). Cover by Bob Layton. After giving control of Stark International back to its founder, Colonel Nick Fury arrives at Project 13 to find it under siege by the robotic killing machine known as the Dreadnought! Luckily the SHIELD director has Iron Man on his side, but can even the golden avenger withstand the fury of this nigh-unstoppable construct? Cameo appearances by Bethany Cabe and Jim Rhodes. (Notes: Elements of the story continue from Thor 271. Roger Stern, Jim Shooter, and Bob Layton assisted with plot development. Al Gordon, Joe Rubinstein, Eduardo Barreto, Bob Wiacek, and Ricardo Villamonte provided the finishing artwork.) 32 pages.
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Tags: UK Editions, Iron Man$3.30
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 15p cover price. "The Beginning of the Endotherm!" Plot by Peter John Palmer. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Alan Weiss (layouts) and Bob Wiacek (finishes). Cover by Bob Layton. Tony Stark journeys across the Atlantic to investigate several incidents of high-tech theft at S.I.'s London facility! And it doesn't take long for the golden avenger to find the perpetrator! It's a brand new super-villain called Endotherm! Does this novice with thermal powers stand a chance against Iron Man? 32 pages.
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Issue #151UK
Tags: UK Editions, Iron Man$6.00
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 20p cover price. "G.A.R.D.'s Gauntlet" Guest-starring Ant-Man. Plot by David Michelinie and Bob Layton. Script by David Michelinie. Art by Luke McDonnell (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finishes). Cover by Bob Layton and Terry Austin. Iron Man's epic adventure in Camelot is over! And now Tony Stark can get on with the business of rebuilding his Long Island headquarters and also finding his girlfriend Bethany Cabe! Meanwhile in the S.I. lab annex, Scott Lang works to fix a computer malfunction in the security system! But when the software program spirals out of control, the Astonishing Ant-Man and his ants spring into action! Cameo appearance by Ling McPherson. 32 pages.






