Iron Man #225

Marvel ⋅ 1987
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Key Facts

Part one of the Armor Wars story arc that runs through #231

Tony Stark examines the battlesuit technology of a criminal named The Force to discover that it is top secret, Stark circuitry that powers the armor

Rhodes and Stark investigate who stole the tech and discover a villain named Spymaster was the culprit who sold it to Justin Hammer

Stark wears the Silver Centurion armor while battling Stilt Man and the Controller

[December 2020 - Don Cheadle will return as War Machine for an Armor Wars series coming to Disney+]

Issue Details

Publisher

Marvel

Writer

David Michelinie

Artist

M. D. Bright

Published

December 1987

Synopsis

In the sky Iron Man is pursued by two singer missiles. He tricks them into colliding with each other and they explode. Shortly thereafter he notices three other missiles incoming and coming in quick. He manages to destroy them and lands on base. General was pleased with his performance and says that's enough practice for the up-and-coming charity event in the near future.Iron Man flys to catch up with Rhodey, the one who was recording the training exercise. They discuss the results and head out of the army base. Once they arrive back at Stark Enterprises, Tony starts to disassemble Force's armor to see how it works. During it's disassembly, he notices that some of the suit was manufactured by Stark Enterprises. Tony goes on a rampage and starts breaking stuff. After Rhodey arrives and is able to calm him down, Tony prints a list of all armored heroes for investigation. He wants to see if anyone else has been using his stolen technology.Tony heads to Barstow Electronics--a sub-division of Stark Enterprises--to interview Force who is in witness protection. He quizzes him as to where he got his armor. Force states that he designed some of the equipment himself but got the majority of it from Justin Hammer and his organization.Iron Man shows up at a new weapons demonstration back at the army base and destroys the tank by accident. The general is upset and states he will send the bill to Stark Enterprises.After the Army incident, Tony attends a movie premier with his close friend. On screen it shows a lot of killing and acts of terrorism. Tony takes this to heart and imagines how many people have been hurt because of his stolen technologies. He is upset and walks out of the movie, his date follows.Late at night and unable to sleep Tony calls Clayton (aka the former Force) and asks how many people he's killed using his suit. Force declines to answer and hangs up the phone. In the morning Tony takes the helicopter to Accutech to investigate how Hammer got his technology.Needing...

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