Iron Man #252

Dates

Cover date

January 1990

On sale

1989

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #252 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 07148602454501

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Acts of Vengeance

This is part 32 of 51. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. The Punisher War Journal #12
2. The Punisher War Journal #13
3. Avengers Spotlight #26
4. Avengers West Coast #53
5. Daredevil #275
6. Fantastic Four #334
7. Fantastic Four #335
8. Iron Man #250
9. Iron Man #251
10. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8
11. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #9
12. Quasar #4
13. The Amazing Spider-Man #326
14. The Amazing Spider-Man #327
15. The Avengers #311
16. The Avengers #312
17. The Incredible Hulk #363
18. The Spectacular Spider-Man #158
19. The Spectacular Spider-Man #159
20. The Uncanny X-Men #256
21. Thor #411
22. Thor #412
23. Web of Spider-Man #59
24. Wolverine #19
25. X-Factor #49
26. Alpha Flight #80
27. Avengers Spotlight #28
28. Avengers West Coast #54
29. Daredevil #276
30. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #13
31. Fantastic Four #336
32. Iron Man #252
33. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #10
34. Quasar #6
35. The Amazing Spider-Man #328
36. The Avengers #313
37. The New Mutants #85
38. The Punisher #29
39. The Spectacular Spider-Man #160
40. The Uncanny X-Men #257
41. Web of Spider-Man #60
42. Wolverine #20
43. X-Factor #50
44. Avengers West Coast #55
45. Captain America #367
46. Quasar #7
47. The Amazing Spider-Man #329
48. The Uncanny X-Men #258
49. Web of Spider-Man #64
50. Web of Spider-Man #65
51. The Avengers Annual #19

Creators

Stories

• Apothecary Now! · 22 pages

  Iron Man battles Chemistro and enlists the aid of the villain's brother to devise a way to stop his matter converting beams.

Publisher’s description

Loki sent out his gun in Wrecker -- now it's Kingpin's turn! Chemistro arrives to spill Iron Man's blood. An unlikely hero rises.

Characters

Reprinted in

Acts of Vengeance Omnibus (2011), Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Acts of Vengeance: Avengers (2019)