Iron Man #157 (1982) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	They Came From Outer Space! Spores!	cover	1	pencils: Alan Kupperberg; inks: Bob Layton	Iron Man [Tony Stark]
2	Spores!	comic story	20	script: Alan Kupperberg, David Michelinie; pencils: Alan Kupperberg; inks: Dan Green; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Joe Rosen	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; A Therein (introduction, a living spaceship)
3	The Invincible Iron Man	illustration	1	pencils: Jack Abel; inks: Bob Layton; letters: Jean Simek	Iron Man [Tony Stark]
4	-	in-house column	1	script: Jim Shooter	Denny O'Neil; Al Milgrom; Jim Salicrup; Larry Hama; Tom DeFalco
6	-	letters page	1.67	letters: typeset	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Doctor Doom
7	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.3	letters: typeset

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860245404

Collection	Year
Iron Man by Michelinie, Layton & Romita Jr. Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-6712-9	2013	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #15 ISBN 978-1-302-93336-4	2022	On eBay ›

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