Iron Man #168

Name: Iron Man #168
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Mar 1983 · Marvel · 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD

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“The Iron Scream”

In "The Iron Scream," a desperate Machine Man seeks answers from Iron Man—only to find a man drowning in alcohol, not a machine. When Tony Stark, lost in a self-destructive spiral, mistakes Machine Man for an agent of Obadiah Stane, the clash that follows forces a shocking revelation: beneath the armor, there’s a human. Denny O'Neil’s story, illustrated with grit and precision by Luke McDonnell and inked by Steve Mitchell, captures a rare, raw moment in Stark’s fall. The cover by McDonnell and Mitchell perfectly frames the tension between man and machine.

writer Denny O'Neil · artist Luke McDonnell · inker Steve Mitchell · colorist Bob Sharen · letterer Rick Parker · cover Luke McDonnell, Steve Mitchell

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Cast · 6 characters

Aaron Stack Bambi Arbogast Iron Man Jim Rhodes Morley Erwin Vic Martinelli

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writer Denny O'Neil

artist Luke McDonnell

inker Steve Mitchell

colorist Bob Sharen

letterer Rick Parker

cover pencils Luke McDonnell

cover inks Steve Mitchell

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Thinking that Iron Man is a robot, Machine Man comes looking for him to see if Iron Man has any answers to problems that Machine Man hasn't been able to solve. Stark, drunk from an alcohol bender, thinks Machine Man has been sent by Obadiah Stane and confronts him. Machine Man defeats Iron Man and learns that there is a human inside the armor and hastily leaves. Rhodey is able to defeat two of Stane's men and flies Stark's jet back to the United States. Stark slips deeper into the bottle.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).