Iron Man #102

The cover by George Pérez and Pablo Marcos crackles with energy as Iron Man squares off against the skull-faced, winged Dreadknight amid crumbling castle ruins — the cover copy promising "a villain new and deadly from out of Iron Man's past." This September 1977 issue, titled "Dreadknight and the Daughter of Creation!," pits the Armored Avenger against a genuinely menacing foe who looks every bit as formidable as the dramatic exchange of blasts suggests. With Bill Mantlo writing and George Tuska on interior art, it's a solid slice of late-'70s Marvel adventure that fans of classic armored action will find hard to resist.