Issue Description

When the villainous Magma attacks Stark International, an incapacitated Stark is unable to fight back. James Rhodes dons the Iron Man armor and rises to the occasion.

The story begins with James Rhodes clothing the Iron Man armor to fight against Magma, villain that is destroying the Stark Industries. He tries to awake Tony Stark, but he is too drunk, passed out. At first Jim has to learn how to manage the armor, and asks for the help of one of Tony's scientists Morley Erwin to control the armor's devices.

In another place, a strange man tells his secretary that had sent his knight to the fight to play with Magma.

James Rhodes as Iron Man uses gas tank to explode Magma, but nothing happens with the villain. Tony awakes and watches on his monitor someone using his armor and fighting Magma. He tries to take one of his old armors, but can't remember the secret code to open the safe. Outside, Jim continues to fight Magma and now a medieval knight made of iron shows up and destroys Magma's machine.

The strange man was Obadiah Stane, and he had sent his Knight to defeat Magma because he doesn't want no one to destroy his new properties, now that Stark has been already defeated. His new weapon short-circuits any kind of electric system including Iron Man armor.

Magma manages to escape his armor device without Jim noticing he enters the building, finding Tony Stark on his underwear. Before Magma could kill Stark, Rhodes shows up and defeats him with a little help of Tony, who tells him to use his gloves blast repellers.

At the end Jim Rhodes arrests Magma, using the Iron Man armor but Tony doens't want to wear it anymore, he just want to have fun. James Rhodes then officially becomes Iron Man.

Iron Man (1968)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

Iron Man Volume 1

Iron Man Vol. 1 is Iron Man's first ongoing solo series. The series was launched following the success of the Iron Man stories in Tales of Suspense and continues from the one shot Iron Man and Sub-Mariner which picks up the story arc from Tales of Suspense #99. Many of the classic story lines and characters that are part of comic history today originate from this volume. The series started in 1968 and lasted all the way to 1996. Continues in Iron Man Vol.2.

Created by writers Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, Iron Man's first appearance was in Tales of Suspense #39.

Collected EditionsEssential Iron Man Vol. 2 (#1-11)Marvel Masterworks Vol. 5 (#2-13)Essential Iron Man Vol. 3 (#12-38)Marvel Masterworks Vol. 6 (#14-25)Marvel Masterworks Vol. 7 (#26-38)Marvel Masterworks Vol. 8 (#39-53)Essential Iron Man Vol. 4 (#39-61)Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Volume 9 (#54-67)Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (#55)Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus (#55)Essential Iron Man Vol. 5 (#62-75 & 77-87)Iron Man By Michelinie, Layton & Romita Jr. (#115-157)Demon in a Bottle (#120-128)Ant-Man: Scott Lang (#131-133 & 151)Doomquest (#149-150, #249-250)The Invincible Iron Man: The Enemy Within (#158-177)Iron Man Epic Collection: Duel of Iron (#178-195)Iron Monger (#193-200)Iron Man Epic Collection: Stark Wars (#215-232)Armor Wars Prologue (#215-224)Armor Wars (#225-232)Armor Wars II (#258-266)Iron Man Epic Collection: War Games (#258-277)Armored Vengeance (#258.1-258.4)Dragon Seed Saga (#270-275)War Machine (#281-291)Captain America Epic Collection: Man Without A Country (#326)

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