Dates
- Cover date
- May 2007
- On sale
- April 11, 2007
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #16 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960605653801611
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07480802454404
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Story arc: The Initiative
This is part 2 of 3. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- The Mighty Avengers (2007) #1
- Iron Man (2005) #16
- Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #1
Creators
Stories
- Untitled · 21 pages
Tony neglects his official duties as director of SHIELD as he and Maya perform an autopsy on a dead ecoterrorist with cybernetic enhancements who killed members of Team Alpha. Karim tracks down Tem Borjigin in a psychiatric facility in China and offers him the ten rings of the Mandarin as he believes Tem to be the villain in disguise. When Tem refuses to respond and is threatened with a gun, he easily dispatches Karim and his men. Dugan gives Tony a lecture about the responsibility of a soldier who has men under his command.
Characters
Reprinted in
Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. - The Complete Collection (2017)