Iron Man: The End #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis 2010 hardcover collects the four-issue miniseries that imagines a possible final chapter for Tony Stark. Set decades in the future, an elderly Iron Man must confront old foes like Doctor Doom and Count Nefaria while grappling with the legacy of his armored career. The story also revisits key figures from Stark's past, including Professor Yinsen and Wong-Chu, as it explores themes of mortality and redemption.
In Iron Man: The End #1, a wounded Tony Stark—playboy industrialist and weapons designer—finds himself captured by communist forces in Vietnam. Trapped and desperate, he uses his genius to build a makeshift suit of armor not just to survive, but to outwit his captors and fight his way to freedom. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with art by Don Heck and colors by Tom Chu, this gripping tale captures the birth of a legend in a stark, high-stakes setting. The cover, by Sean Chen and Sandu Florea, sets the tone with a striking image of Stark in his early armor.
In the isolated silence of an Afghan cave, Tony Stark struggles to rebuild the very armor that defined him, his mind slipping between past and present as he works to piece together the truth of his origin. A haunting, intimate portrait of memory and identity, "Framing Sequence" finds the man behind the suit confronting the moment everything began—just as the past begins to blur with the present.
In "Iron Man Is Born!", Tony Stark, a playboy industrialist and weapons designer, is captured by communist forces in Vietnam after being injured. While pretending to build a weapon for his captors, he secretly constructs a suit of battle armor to sustain his failing heart—and uses it to escape and confront the commander who holds him.
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↩ Reprints Tales of Suspense #39 (1963), Iron Man #116 (1978), Iron Man #144 (1981), Iron Man #244 (1989), Iron Man: The End #1 (2009), Iron Man: Requiem #1 (2010)
Reprinted in Iron Man Modern Era Epic Collection #4 (2024)
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