#168

Synopsis

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.

Reprinted in

• Strange #174
• Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #396
• Iron Man Epic Collection #10
• Iron Man : L'intégrale #1982-1983

Credits

Script

Denny O'Neil, Jim Shooter

Pencils

Luke McDonnell

Inks

Steve Mitchell

Colours

Bob Sharen

Letters

Rick Parker

Editor

Mark Gruenwald

Assistant editor

Mike Carlin

Editor-in-chief

Jim Shooter

Characters

• Tony Stark
• Machine Man
• Aaron Stack
• Iron Man
• Morley Erwin
• Jim Rhodes
• Vincent Martinelli
• Bambi Arbogast

Other printings & variants

• Direct
• Canadian