Iron Man

Iron Man (Anthony "Tony" Stark) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963). more...

Publication history

Iron Man's premiere was a collaboration among editor and story-plotter Lee, scripter Lieber, story-artist Heck, who would illustrate most of the early Iron Man tales, and Kirby, who provided the cover pencils and designed the first Iron Man armor. Heck created the look of characters including protagonist Tony Stark and his secretary, Pepper Potts.

Iron Man starred in generally 13-page but occasionally 18-page adventures, with the rest of Tales of Suspense devoted to anthological science fiction and supernatural stories. He received his bulky golden armor, replacing the original grey affair, in issue #40 (April 1963), and the first iteration of his familiar, sleek red-and-golden armor in #48 (Dec. 1963). Beginning with issue #59 (Nov. 1964), Iron Man began sharing the now "split book" Tales of Suspense with the feature "Captain America". After the final issue, #99 (March 1968), the book became Captain America; Iron Man appeared in the one-shot Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968), and then debuted in his own title with Iron Man #1 (May 1968).

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