Issue Description

When Tony’s drinking reaches a new low, Captain America is asked to step in and stage an intervention. Meanwhile, Obadiah Stane has declared himself the de-facto CEO of Stark International.

A man is wearing a medieval armor inside Holbrook Museum in Manhatan. When the cops hold him and take his helmet off, they see that he is Tony Stark drunked as a skunk. Tony is arrested and when his lawyers pay his bail, he avoids the press and goes straight to another bar. Jim Rhodes as Iron Man is playing baseball with Stark's employees and they like him more now. Morley Erwin is still helping Hodes to control the armor and his devices. Then Yvette Avril, one of Tony's lawyers call Jim telliing he has to find Tony, or he would judicially lost his Industries to Obadiah Stane. Rhodes calls the Avengers Mansion and asks Captain America to go find and taslk to Stark.

Tony was seen for the last time entering a bar in a slum and a beggar tells Cap he entered an old building. Firebrand sees Captain America entering the same building Tony had entered and thinkis they are planning something, and despite being retired from crime, puts his costume on and attacks the building. Cap isn't able to take down Tony on his drunking problem and when he is leaving he sees the fire outside the building. Cap saves Tony from the fire and Iron Man arrives to help them, putting out the fire using a water tank. Then Iron Man sinks Firebrand in the river and arrests him.

At the end, Tony manages to trick Captain America and Rhodes and get away again for more drinking. With that, Tony didin't get in time for the audience and now Obadiah Stane is the new owner of Starks Industries.

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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