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Issue: Iron Man #163

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Publication Date: October 1982

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Issues: #163 of 332 Issues (756 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 07/13/1982

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Michael Carlin (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #13.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#43)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Iron Man #163 [Direct]

Iron Man #163 [CA Cover Price]

Iron Man #163 [Newsstand]

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1 Content Item
- Knight's Errand [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (6 total)

The Challenge of... ...The Chessmen!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jim Starlin [as JPS] (signed)

Inker(s): Jim Starlin [as JPS] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Iron Man

Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Chessman

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Pages: 1

I Got a Whole Set of All-Time Baseball Greats Free!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Neal Adams

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: sports

Feature(s): Cracker Jack

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Cracker Jack snacks, on the inside front cover.

Knight's Errand

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Denny O'Neil

Penciller(s): Luke McDonnell

Inker(s): Steve Mitchell

Colorist(s): Bob Sharen

Letterer(s): Rick Parker

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Iron Man

Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; James Rhodes; Indries Moomji (introduction); Janny; "the master" [Obadiah Stane] (introduction, villain, partially seen); Chessmen [Rook [Jamie]; Knight; Bishop; Pawn] (villains, introductions); Aloysious Lafferty (villain)

First Line: Twilight on the campus of Stark International...

Synopsis: Iron Man ends the attack on Stark Industries. He saves a woman, Indries Moomji, who was trapped in her car by an explosion. Iron Man travels to New Mexico to confront the man, Aloysious Lafferty, who provided the explosives for the attack. The Chessmen's mysterious master sends the Knight to New Mexico to kill Iron Man. Iron Man defeats the Knight but learns no information from Lafferty.

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Iron Man Epic Collection #10 published October 2013

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Pages: 22

Now Bubble Yum Is SuperYum

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jack Davis

Inker(s): Jack Davis

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bubble Yum

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Bubble Yum gum.

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Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Shooter (signed); ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins

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Pages: 1

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Printed Circuits

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Stephen Scott Beau Smith, Karen Wu, AJ Burr, Mike Sopp, Brian Garrigan, Mark Waldman, Eric Wagner, Mark M. D. Boudreaux, Craig A. Larson and Sandy Giordano.