Dates
- Cover date
- October 1987
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #223 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245410
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Creators
pencils: Bob Layton, M. D. Brightinks: Bob Laytonscript: David Michelinie, Bob Layton, Mark Gruenwaldcolors: Bob Sharenletters: Janice Chiang
Stories
- Counter Force! · 22 pages
Publisher’s description
Shellhead turns out to be just fine following last issues’ climactic ending! The Force wants to go straight, and his employer Justin Hammer wants him dead. Does Iron Man possess enough power to save Force from the B-team of the new Blizzard, Backlash, and the Beetle?
Reprinted in
Iron Man: Armor Wars Prologue (2010), Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Iron Man: Armor Wars Omnibus (2025)