Dates
- Cover date
- January 1993
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #288 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$2.50 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$2.50 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602454501
This edition’s page - Australian edition3.80 AUD cover
Australian
Printed cover price 3.80 AUD.
Barcode 07148602454504
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Ground Zero · 23 pages
The government intervenes with Firepower to stop Atom Smasher from destroying a toxic waste dump. Rhodey agrees with Atom Smasher that Stark Enterprises should close all its nuclear facilities. Morgan Stark uses Marcy Pearson to plant evidence that links Rhodey to Tony Stark's murder.
- Soul on Ice · 14 pages
While Stark dreams of his past in suspended animation, scientists inject him with a tailored virus to rebuild his nervous system.
Reprinted in
Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Iron Man: War Machine (2008)