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Issue: Essential Iron Man #4
Publication Date: April 2010
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/14/2010
Volume: 4
Pages: 492
ISBN: 9780785142546
UPC/EAN: 978078514254651999
Price: $19.99 USD
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Content Items: 52 (24 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collects Iron Man stories from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 Series) #39-61.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound Trade Paperback
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The Birth of the Power!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]
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Gil Kane is credited with art for this cover. On the original cover Vince Colletta is credited with inks.
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Collected Editions

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Iron-Man; Avengers
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House ad for Marvel Essentials with indicia.
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[untitled]

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The Wrath of the White Dragon!

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A Twist of Memory-- A Turn of Mind!

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White Dragon (first appearance, villain); Shara-Lee (first appearance, villain); Commander Kreol
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Night Walk!

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Cover art credits provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.
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Nightwalk!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; White Dragon (villain, death); Shara-Lee (villain, death); Kevin O'Brien [as Kevin O'Brian]; Marianne Rodgers; Nick Fury; Commander Kreol
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Enter: The Slasher!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Demitrius
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Possible Tuska inks per Nick Caputo.
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The Claws of the Slasher!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Slasher (first appearance, villain); Demitrius (first appearance, villain); Baal (first appearance, villain); Mr. Kline (villain)
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The Wail of the Demon-Queen!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Demon-Queen [Marianne Rodgers]
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When Demons Wail

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mikas (first appearance, villain); Operative 12 (first appearance, villain, death); Mr. Kline [also as Senator Byrd] (villain); Jasper Sitwell; Marianne Rodgers [also as Demon-Queen]; Ben Crandal
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Doomprayer!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mikas
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Romita inks per Nick Caputo, April 2018.
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Doomprayer

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Guardsman [Kevin O'Brien [as Kevin O'Brian] (introduction as Guardsman)] (first appearance, origin); Mikas (villain, death); Mr. Kline (villain); Marianne Rodgers [also as Demon-Queen]; Ben Crandal
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The Night Phantom Lives!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Night Phantom robot; Marianne Rodgers
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Weep for a Lost Nightmare

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Guardsman; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Mr. Kline (first appearance, villain); Night Phantom robot (first appearance, villain); Guardsman [Kevin O'Brien [as Kevin O'Brian]]; Marianne Rodgers; Bridget
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Armageddon on Avenue "A"

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Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Scarlet Beetle (villain, death)
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Calamity on Campus!

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Beneath the Armor Beats a Heart

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Guardsman (villain); Mr. Kline (villain); Night Phantom robot (villain; death); Simon Gilbert (first appearance; villain)
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Engelhart's credit is from http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/First%20Marvel%20Scripts%20I.html.
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And One Must Die!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Guardsman
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Menace at Large

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Guardsman (villain, death); Simon Gilbert
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The Birth of the Power!

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Why Must There Be an Iron Man?

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Iron Man [Tony Stark] (origin retold); Simon Gilbert (villain); Wong-Chu (villain, flashback); Marianne Rodgers
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Splash page notes: "Based in part on a story by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber from Tales of Suspense # 39."
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The Fury and the Inferno!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Firebrand [Gary Gilbert]
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The Fury and the Inferno

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Firebrand [Gary Gilbert] (villain); Simon Gilbert (villain, death); Marianne Rodgers
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The Adaptoid Strikes!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Adaptoid; Marianne Rodgers
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Sinnott inks per Nick Caputo, April 2018. Previous indexer credited Frank Giacoia.
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And in the Shadows There Lurks the Adaptoid!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Adaptoid (villain, later becomes The Super-Adaptoid then the Cyborg-Sinister); Marianne Rodgers; Pepper Potts; Claire
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Preee-senting: Princess Python!

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Deathplay!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Cyborg-Sinister (villain); Princess Python (villain); Jarr (first appearance, villain); Tyrr (first appearance, villain); Marianne Rodgers
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Swing, Blade!--Die, Avenger!

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Now Strikes the Cyborg Sinister

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Cyborg-Sinister (villain, becomes Super-Adaptoid in next appearance); Jarr (villain); Tyrr (villain); Marianne Rodgers; Doctor Walheim
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The Living Volcano!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Raga, Son of Fire; Marianne Rodgers
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Raga: Son of Fire

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Raga, Son of Fire (first appearance, villain); Sister Cynthia (first appearance); Tanya Sims; Marianne Rodgers; Millie; Mack; Cyn; Higgins
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Fate Is the Black Lama!

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The Black Lama!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Lama [King Jerald] (first appearance, villain); Raga, Son of Fire; Black Lama (villain, death); MacKenzie Davies; Jeff Baker; Cynthia
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The Sub-Mariner Strikes!

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Sub-Mariner: Target for Death!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Moondragon [Heather Douglas] (introduction as "Madame MacEvil"); ISAAC
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1st Thanos War story.
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Beware the Blood Brothers!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Drax, the Destroyer; Blood Brothers
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Beware the... Blood Brothers!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mentor [A'lars] (introduction); Eros [Starfox] (introduction); Kronos [Chronos] (introduction); Drax, the Destroyer (introduction); Thanos (villain, introduction); Blood Brothers (villain, introduction); Thanos Thralls (villain, introduction)
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2nd Thanos War story (next installment in CAPTAIN MARVEL #25)
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The Fury of Fangor! The Monster That Walks Like a Man!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Fangor
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Rasputin's Revenge!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Fangor; Doctor Strange; Rasputin (villain, introduction); Edwin Jarvis
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Source for writing credits: Iron Man #61 letters page
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The Mandarin Strikes Back!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin
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Cover inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.
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Strike!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin [also as Gene Kahn]; Jasper Sitwell; Pepper Potts; The Unicorn (in shadow); Jeffers; Mack Guff
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Double-Death!

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Mandarin and the Unicorn: Double-Death!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin (villain); Unicorn (villain); Pepper Potts Hogan; Marianne Rodgers; Guy Lilian
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The Final Triumph of Firebrand!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Firebrand [Gary Gilbert]
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A Madness in Motown!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Firebrand [Gary Gilbert] (villain); Roxanne Gilbert (first appearance); Pepper Potts Hogan; Happy Hogan; Marianne Rodgers (flashback)
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...The Masked Marauder Lives!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Masked Marauder; Steele
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Cry Marauder!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Masked Marauder (villain); Steele (villain); Roxanne Gilbert; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts Hogan; Firebrand [Gary Gilbert] (flashback)
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The Marauder Cries: "Mayhem!"

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Death Knells over Detroit!

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Marvel's Most Heroic Collections!

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Captain America; Iron Man; Hulk; Thor
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House ad for Marvel trade paperback collections.
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[untitled]

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The quintessential cosmic saga of the '70s begins here!
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