Written by Stan Lee Art by Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Steve Ditko. Experience the armored Avenger's earliest adventures Ñ including classic confrontations with arch-foes Crimson Dynamo, the Mandarin and the Titanium Man and guest-starring the X-Men, Captain America and the Black Widow.Reprints the Iron Man stories from Tales Of Suspense #39-72. 512 pages

Written by STAN LEE Penciled by DON HECK & GENE COLAN Cover by GENE COLAN & FRANK GIANCOIA

It's armored action at its best as Iron Man faces Ultimo; the Mandarin; the Titanium Man, the ever-popular communist menace; and more! Guest-starring S.H.I.E.L.D., the Sub-Mariner and the Hulk! Includes the first run of Iron Man's solo series! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #73-99, TALES TO ASTONISH #82, IRON MAN & SUB-MARINER #1 and IRON MAN #1-11.

Written by ARCHIE GOODWIN, MIMI GOLD, ALLYN BRODSKY & GERRY CONWAY Penciled by GEORGE TUSKA, JOHNNY CRAIG, DON HECK & GENE COLAN Cover by GEORGE TUSKA & JOHNNY CRAIG

Shellhead's rogues gallery grows during his first faceoffs with the Controller, Mordecai Midas, Firebrand and Spymaster -- all enemies destined to plague him for years to come! Meanwhile, Tony Stark splits his life among LMD impostors, but will he lose his heart to Madame Masque? Plus: attacks by aliens, androids, organized crime and more! Guest-starring Daredevil, the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.! Collecting IRON MAN #12-38 and DAREDEVIL #73.

Written by GERRY CONWAY, ROBERT KANIGHER, GARY FRIEDRICH, ROY THOMAS, MIKE FRIEDRICH, BILL EVERETT, JIM STARLIN & STEVE GERBER
Penciled by HERB TRIMPE, GEORGE TUSKA, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH & JIM STARLIN
Cover by GIL KANE
The quintessential cosmic saga of the seventies begins here! Part Four of Iron Man's Essential Adventuredom shakes the?Marvel Universe with the debut of Drax the Destroyer and his Eternal enemy, Thanos of Titan - with Iron Man in the middle! As if that isn't enough, Mister Kline's drawing Tony Stark into another crisis, while the Black Lama's waiting to start a third! Plus: the Mandarin, the Masked Marauder, Mikas and more menaces! Guest-starring Doctor Strange, the Sub-Mariner and the Avengers! Collecting IRON MAN (1968) #39-61.