Dates
- Cover date
- May 1990
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #256 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 07148602454505
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Creators
pencils: John Romita Jr.inks: Bob Layton, Harry Candelarioscript: Bob Layton, Stan Leecolors: Paul Bectonletters: Janice Chiang
Stories
- Soliloquy In Silence · 22 pages
Iron Man is visiting his orbiting space station to decontaminate it from a deadly AIM virus when a bomb explodes and traps him beneath a ton of rubble. Iron Man tries to free himself before his air runs out and the station self destructs, burning him alive upon re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
Reprinted in
Iron Man Epic Collection (2013), Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Jr. (2019)