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Series: Essential Iron Man (Marvel, 2000 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: [December] 2004
Key date: 2004-12-00
On-sale date: 2004-12
Indicia publisher: Marvel Entertainment Inc.
Price: $16.99; 27.25 CAD
Pages: 612
Barcode: 978078511487151699
ISBN: 0-7851-1487-4

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Avalon's Matt Milla	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; A.I.M.; Mordius; Jasper Sitwell; Big M [Whitney Frost]
1	Graphic Novels	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset	Iron-Man; Avengers
2	-	credits, title page	3	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Jack Abel	Iron Man [Tony Stark]
3	My Life For Yours!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]
4	My Life for Yours!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Flo Steinberg; pencils: Adam Austin; inks: Gary Michaels, Sol Brodsky; letters: Artie Simek, Ben Oda	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Senator Harrington Byrd; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
5	The Final Sleep!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; First Sleeper; Second Sleeper; Third Sleeper
6	If This Guilt Be Mine--!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Adam Austin; inks: Gary Michaels; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Freak [Happy Hogan] (first appearance in this form); Pepper Potts; Senator Harrington Byrd
7	The Fury of the Freak!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gene Colan, Jack Abel; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Freak [Happy Hogan]; Pepper Potts
8	The Fury of... the Freak!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Adam Austin; inks: Gary Michaels; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Freak [Happy Hogan]; Pepper Potts; Senator Harrington Byrd
9	The Gladiator, the Girl, and the Glory!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: John Romita; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Batroc [Georges Batroc]; Agent 13 [Sharon Carter]
10	Here Lies Hidden.. The Unspeakable Ultimo!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Adam Austin; inks: Gary Michaels; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ultimo (Introduction); Mandarin; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski] (flashback); Freak [Happy Hogan]; Pepper Potts; Senator Harrington Byrd
11	Ultimo Lives!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ultimo
12	Ultimo Lives!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Adam Austin; inks: Gary Michaels; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Ultimo; Senator Harrington Byrd
13	Them!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Chemical Android (A.I.M.)
14	Crescendo!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee, Gene Colan; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gary Michaels; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ultimo; Mandarin; Senator Harrington Byrd
15	Disaster!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
16	Disaster!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee, Gene Colan; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sub-Mariner [Namor] (cameo); Warlord Krang; Lady Dorma
17	He Who Holds the Cosmic Cube!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Don Heck; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
18	When Fall the Mighty!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gary Michaels; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
19	The Power of Iron Man!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dick Ayers; letters: Sam Rosen	Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
20	The Power of Iron Man!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan, Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; letters: Artie Simek	Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
21	The Return of Titanium Man!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]
22	The Return of the Titanium Man!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gary Michaels; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Senator Harrington Byrd; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]
23	The Maddening Mystery of the Inconceivable Adaptoid!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Morrie Kuramoto	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Adaptoid
24	By Force of Arms!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Senator Harrington Byrd
25	Victory!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]
26	Victory!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gary Michaels; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Harrington Byrd
27	The Super-Adaptoid!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Super-Adaptoid
28	The Other Iron Man!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Iron Man [Happy Hogan]; Mandarin; Senator Harrington Byrd; Pepper Potts
29	Into the Jaws of Death!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Happy Hogan]; Mandarin
30	Into the Jaws of Death	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Iron Man [Happy Hogan]; Mandarin; Senator Harrington Byrd
31	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]
32	Death Duel for the Life of Happy Hogan!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Happy Hogan
33	Crisis at the Earth's Core!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Moloids
34	Crisis -- at the Earth's Core!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Steve Rogers]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts; Moloids
35	Tales of Suspense #88 Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Power Man [Erik Josten]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]
36	Beyond All Rescue!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Pepper Potts; Moloids
37	The Monstrous Menace of... ..The New Mysterious Melter!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]
38	The Monstrous Menace of the Mysterious Melter!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts
39	...And Men Shall Call Him Traitor!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
40	The Golden Ghost!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]
41	The Monstrous Crusher!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crusher
42	The Uncanny Challenge of the Crusher!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crusher (first appearance); Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts
43	Before My Eyes... Nick Fury Died!!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Mecho-Assassin
44	Within the Vastness of Viet Nam!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Half-Face [Trung Tuan]
45	Power Vs. Power!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]; Half-Face [Trung Tuan]
46	The Golden Gladiator and... the Giant!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]; Half-Face [Trung Tuan] (origin); Jasper Sitwell
47	If This Be... Modok!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Agent 13 [Sharon Carter]; Modok
48	The Tragedy and the Triumph!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]; Half-Face [Trung Tuan]; Jasper Sitwell
49	If a Man Be Stone!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Grey Gargoyle [Paul Pierre Duval]; Jasper Sitwell
50	If a Man Be Stone!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: L. P. Gregory	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Grey Gargoyle [Paul Pierre Duval]; Jasper Sitwell
51	To Be Reborn	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Captain America [Steve Rogers]
52	The Deadly Victory!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Grey Gargoyle [Paul Pierre Duval]; Jasper Sitwell
53	The Coming of... Whiplash!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti]
54	The Coming of... Whiplash!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti] (first appearance); Big M [Whitney Frost] (first appearance); Jasper Sitwell; Morgan Stark; Maggia
55	Cap Vs. ... The Panther	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Black Panther [T'Challa]
56	The Warrior and the Whip!	comic story	11	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti]; Big M [Whitney Frost]; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Gabriel Jones; Jasper Sitwell; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Maggia
57	At the Mercy of the Maggia!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]
58	At the Mercy of the Maggia	comic story	11	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti]; Big M [Whitney Frost]; Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Morgan Stark; A.I.M. [Advanced Idea Mechanics]; Maggia
59	Special Once-In-A-Lifetime Issue!!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bill Everett	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
60	The Torrent Without-- the Tumult Within!	comic story	11	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; A.I.M.; Jasper Sitwell; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti]; Maggia; Big M [Whitney Frost]
61	Big Premiere Issue	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; A.I.M.; Mordius; Jasper Sitwell; Big M [Whitney Frost]
62	Alone Against A.I.M.!	comic story	17	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; A.I.M.; Jasper Sitwell; Big M [Whitney Frost]; Whiplash [Mark Scarlotti]; Maggia; Nick Fury; Gabriel Jones; Dum Dum Dugan; Whitney Frost [Big M]; Mordius (first appearance)
63	The Origin of Iron Man	comic story	3	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark] (origin retold); Wong-Chu; Professor Yinsen (death)
64	Enter...the Demolisher!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Janice Cord; Demolisher
65	The Day of the Demolisher!	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: L. P. Gregory	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Drexel Cord (first appearance, death); Janice Cord (first appearance); Demolisher (first appearance); Jasper Sitwell
66	My Friend, My Foe...the Fearsome Freak!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Freak [Happy Hogan]; Pepper Potts
67	My Friend, My Foe-- the Freak!	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jasper Sitwell; Whitney Frost [Big M]; Freak [Happy Hogan]; Pepper Potts
68	Unconquered is the Unicorn!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk]
69	Unconquered is the Unicorn!	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Freak [Happy Hogan]; Pepper Potts; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk]
70	Frenzy In a Far-Flung Future!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: George Tuska; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Cerebrus
71	Frenzy in a Far-Flung Future!	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: I. Watanabe	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Cerebrus (first appearance, death); Krylla (first appearance)
72	Vengeance! Cries the Crusher!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: George Tuska; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crusher
73	Vengeance... Cries the Crusher!	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Crusher (death); Jasper Sitwell; Janice Cord; Tyrannus (statue of, in flashback); Big M [Whitney Frost]
74	Cry Gladiator!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gladiator [Melvin Potter]
75	The Maggia Strikes	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Maggia; Big M [Whitney Frost]; Gladiator [Melvin Potter]; Masked Marauder (flashback); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (flashback); Jasper Sitwell; Janice Cord; Vincent Sandhurst
76	A Duel Must End!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: George Tuska; inks: Frank Giacoia	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gladiator [Melvin Potter]
77	A Duel Must End!	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gladiator [Melvin Potter]; Vincent Sandhurst; Janice Cord; Maggia; Big M [Whitney Frost]; Byron Frost (flashback); Roger Vane (flashback); Count Nefaria [Count Luchino Nefaria]; Masked Marauder (flashback); Jasper Sitwell
78	There Lives A Green Goliath!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: George Tuska, John Romita, Marie Severin; inks: Johnny Craig, John Romita, Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk (robot)
79	...There Lives a Green Goliath	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk (robot); Mandarin; Mei Ling; Vincent Sandhurst; Janice Cord
80	Once More... The Mandarin!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: George Tuska; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin
81	Once More... The Mandarin!	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Mei Ling; Janice Cord; Senator Harrington Byrd; Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell
82	Unmasked!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: George Tuska; inks: Johnny Craig	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin
83	Unmasked!	comic story	20	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Mei-Ling (death); Tony Stark LMD (first appearance); Janice Cord
84	The Marvel Essentials Library	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset	Avengers; Fantastic Four; Hulk; Thor
85	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: George Tuska; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Avalon's Matt Milla	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin

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