Iron Man (1st series)

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Iron Man (1st series)
Publisher/Imprint: 
Marvel
Publication Date: 
May 1968 to September 1996
Issue Numbering: 
#1-332
Overview: 

Prior to this title, Iron Man's adventures had been chronicled as a co-feature of Tales of Suspense (#39-99). As that title was renamed Captain America with #100, Iron Man's received his own title beginning with a #1.

The title ran for 28 years before it was canceled and relaunched as part of the Heroes Reborn event, in which it and three other titles were relaunched with fresh continuity for "reimagined" stories.

Annuals / Specials: 

15 annuals. First 2 annuals were labeled as King-Sized Specials, with #3 the first to be explicitly labeled as an annual.

Crossover annuals - #10 (Atlantis Attacks), #11 (Terminus Factor), #12 (Subterranean Wars), #13 (Assault on Armor City)

Specials: Giant-Size Iron Man #1

Related Series: 
Tales of Suspense (1st series), Iron Man (2nd series)
Years Published Name of Series Issue Numbering Brief Description
1968 to 1996 Iron Man (1st series) #1-332 first ongoing series, continued from Tales of Suspense
1996 to 1997 Iron Man (2nd series) #1-13 Heroes Reborn
1998 to 2004 Iron Man (3rd series) #1-89 Heroes Return, Kurt Busiek
2005 to 2009 Iron Man (4th series) #1-35 Extremis, Civil War, Director of SHIELD
2008 to 2012 Invincible Iron Man (1st series) #1-33, 500-527 Dark Reign, Fear Itself, the Future
2013 to 2014 Iron Man (5th series) #1-28 Kieren Gillen series, AVX, Inhumanity
2015 Superior Iron Man #1-9 Inverted Tony Stark
2015 to 2016 Invincible Iron Man (2nd series) #1-14 1st Bendis series, Riri Williams introduction, Civil War II
2017 to 2018 Invincible Iron Man (3rd series) #1-11, 593-600 2nd Bendis series, Ironheart focus
2018 to 2020 Tony Stark: Iron Man #1-19 Stark Unlimited, questions his humanity
2020 to 2023 Iron Man (6th series) #1-25 War with Korvac over cosmic power
2023 Invincible Iron Man (4th series) ongoing Alliance w/ Emma Frost & Krakoa

Crossovers/Events/Major Stories:

#54 - first appearance Moondragon
#55 - first appearance Thanos
#118 - first appearance Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes
#120-128 - Demon in a Bottle
#169 - Jim Rhodes becomes Iron Man II
#189 - Tony Stark returns as Iron Man
#197 - Secret Wars II
#200 - new red & silver armor
#225-231 - Armor Wars
#250-252 - Acts of Vengeance
#258-265 - Armor Wars II
#278-279 - Operation: Galactic Storm
#282-283 - 1st appearance of War Machine
#295 - Infinity Crusade
#326 - new, "young" Tony Stark
#332 - Onslaught

Last Updated: 
13th March 2024 by Douglas Mangum