Iron Man #197

Dates

Cover date

August 1985

On sale

April 23, 1985

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #197 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition65¢ cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition65¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0714860245408 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

  Barcode 0714860245408 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Secret Wars II

This is part 5 of 44. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Secret Wars II (1985) #1
2. The New Mutants (1983) #30
3. Captain America (1968) #308
4. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #196
5. Iron Man (1968) #197
6. Secret Wars II (1985) #2
7. Fantastic Four (1961) #282
8. Web of Spider-Man (1985) #6
9. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #268
10. Secret Wars II (1985) #3
11. Daredevil (1964) #223
12. The Avengers (1963) #260
13. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #312
14. Secret Wars II (1985) #4
15. Alpha Flight (1983) #28
16. Dazzler (1981) #40
17. The Avengers (1963) #261
18. Rom (1979) #72
19. Secret Wars II (1985) #5
20. Fantastic Four (1961) #285
21. The Thing (1983) #30
22. Doctor Strange (1974) #74
23. Secret Wars II (1985) #6
24. Micronauts (1984) #16
25. Power Pack (1984) #18
26. Cloak and Dagger (1985) #4
27. Power Man and Iron Fist (1981) #121
28. Secret Wars II (1985) #7
29. Thor (1966) #363
30. The Defenders (1972) #152
31. The New Mutants (1983) #36
32. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #202
33. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #273
34. Secret Wars II (1985) #8
35. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #111
36. Fantastic Four (1961) #288
37. The Avengers (1963) #265
38. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #274
39. Secret Wars II (1985) #9
40. The New Mutants (1983) #37
41. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #203
42. The Avengers (1963) #266
43. Quasar (1989) #8
44. Dazzler Omnibus (2024) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Call Him... Thundersword! · 22 pages

  Rhodey battles the Beyonder-powered Thundersword. Meanwhile, Bethany Cabe is kidnapped just as she finally manages to contact Tony.

Characters

Reprinted in

Secret Wars II Omnibus (2009), Iron Man: Iron Monger (2010), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld (2015)