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Gravely injured in combat, billionaire businessman and scientific genius Tony Stark saved his own life by designing a life-sustaining shell - the hi-tech powered armour that transformed him into the invincible Iron Man! Marvel Platinum proudly presents the very best Iron Man stories from the House of Ideas. The action kicks off with Iron Man's very first encounter with the Mandarin, followed by an all-out armoured assault with the Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man. Also, Iron Man finds himself caught in a war between the Mandarin and the villain's archrival Yellow Claw! Plus, ol' Shell-Head teams-up with the sensational Spider-Man to tackle Backlash. Next, he joins forces with War Machine to confront an army of battle droids. Clad in outdated armour, Tony Stark then has to face the Iron Patriot in deadly combat! Lastly, the Golden Avenger and Spider-Man fight side-by-side to thwart a band of terrorists, while in the future three generations of Starks wage a desperate war for the fate of mankind against Iron Man's deadliest foe, the Mandarin! Includes an exclusive introduction by the character's co-creator and founder of the Marvel Universe, Stan 'The Man' Lee, as well as a feature on the true origin of the nefarious Mandarin. Plus, Marvel Universe profiles for the Mandarin, War Machine and more! Collecting Tales of Suspense #50, Iron Man Vol.1 #21-22, 68-71, 291, and 500, Marvel Team-Up #145, and Iron Man Vol.5 #19, written by Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, Mike Freidrich, Tony Isabella, Len Kaminski and Matt Fraction, with art by the legendary Don Heck and Salvador Larroca, as well as George Tuska, Greg LaRoque, Kev Hopgood, Carmine di Giandomenico, Nathan Fox and Haim Kano.
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Tony Isabella is an American comic book writer, editor, artist and critic, known as the creator and writer of Marvel Comics' Black Goliath; DC Comics' first major African-American superhero, Black Lightning; and as a columnist and critic for the Comics Buyer's Guide. Contents
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
