Iron Man (1968 1st Series) UK Edition comic books 1970

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "The Replacement!" Story by Archie Goodwin. Art by George Tuska and Joe Gaudioso. After attending a boxing match featuring Eddie March, Tony Stark drops by Cord Industries and finds Janice Cord under duress from the Crimson Dynamo! Tony quickly changes into his armor, and the golden avenger goes into battle against the new Crimson Dynamo (Alex Niven). After an inconclusive fight, Tony decides to give up being Iron Man and offers the job to Eddie March instead. In the meantime, Tony renews his relationship with Janice Cord. Everything is going great until the Crimson Dynamo decides its time for a rematch against Iron Man (aka Eddie March). Is the new Iron Man in over his head? First appearance of Eddie March. 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "From This Conflict...Death!" Story by Archie Goodwin. Art by George Tuska and Joe Gaudioso. It's an epic clash of the titans as the golden avenger finds himself in a desperate three-way battle against the Crimson Dynamo and the Titanium Man! Unfortunately, Janice Cord is caught in the crossfire of the fight at the Cord Manufacturing Plant. Can the Invincible Iron Man defeat his two armored adversaries and save Janice? Or will his victory be a pyrrhic one? (Notes: The tragic events of this issue will pit Iron Man against the Crimson Dynamo for years to come. Their next confrontation takes place in Avengers 130.) 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "The Man Who Killed Tony Stark!" Story by Archie Goodwin. Art by George Tuska and Joe Gaudioso. In his quest for vengeance, Iron Man wrecks the cargo ship that smuggled the Titanium Man into the United States. Meanwhile, a new villain called the Mercenary along with Janice Cord's former lawyer, Vincent Sandhurst, plots to ambush and kill Tony Stark. Both bad guys track Tony to his weekend lodge in the Adirondacks Mountains, but they end up encountering Iron Man instead! 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "My Son...The Minotaur!" Story by Archie Goodwin. Art by Johnny Craig and George Tuska. Cover by Marie Severin. Following the events of Iron Man 19, Madame Masque (aka Whitney Frost) washed up in a grotto on an Aegean Sea island. Now she is the unsuspecting prisoner of the twisted Dr. Vryolak and the Minotaur! The duo of Iron Man and Jasper Sitwell is on the way to free her, but can they rescue Madame Masque before Dr. Vryolak turns her into a mate for his son? 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "This Doomed Land ? This Dying Sea!" Guest-starring the Sub-Mariner. Story by Archie Goodwin. Art by Johnny Craig and Sam Grainger. Cover by Marie Severin. Blane Ordway, the project lead at the Stark Industries Meridian Island Project, has done a fantastic job of improving efficiency and cutting costs at the previously struggling facility. What has been the secret to Blane's success? Dump tons of chemical waste into the Atlantic Ocean instead of paying for its safe removal. Now the Sub-Mariner is furious with the pollution near Atlantis and begins to wreck the Meridian Island project! But Iron Man quickly arrives on the scene for another great battle with Namor! 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "Duel In A Dark Dimension!" Story by Archie Goodwin. Art by Don Heck and Johnny Craig. The Collector wants to add the Freak (aka Happy Hogan) to his intergalactic collection! So the ancient elder of the universe abducts Pepper Hogan to lure her husband and Iron Man to his spaceship. After the Collector captures Happy, he proposes a trade to Iron Man. If Shell-head can obtain the solar sword from the dark dimension, the Collector will release both Pepper and Happy. Will the golden avenger betray Val-Larr, the owner of the solar sword, in order to save his friends? 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "The Fury of the Firebrand!" Story by Archie Goodwin. Art by Don Heck and Johnny Craig. Cover by Marie Severin and Joe Sinnott. Iron Man and Eddie March attend the ground-breaking ceremony of a new community center in Bay City. However, before the ceremony can begin; a super-powered anarchist stirs up trouble in the racially-divided community, and suddenly a full-scale riot erupts! Can Shell-head restore order to the city and defeat this new foe? First appearance of Firebrand. 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "The Controller Lives!" Story by Archie Goodwin. Art by Don Heck and Johnny Craig. Cover by Marie Severin and Mike Esposito. Tony Stark and Jasper Sitwell are on their way to the Pinewood Sanitarium in a response to a cry for help. A woman from Tony's past, Meredith McCall, is in danger. It so happens that there is another resident of the upstate New York sanitarium that Tony also knows...Basil Sandhurst, the Controller! Has Iron Man's old foe taken control of the sanitarium? Flashback appearance of Tony Stark's father, Howard Anthony Stark. (Note: This issue includes a half-page ad for Astonishing Tales 1 featuring Ka-zar and Doctor Doom.) 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "Save the People ? Save the Country!" Story by Mimi Gold. Art by Don Heck and Chic Stone. Cover by Marie Severin and Bill Everett. Tony Stark is on vacation in the Caribbean when he suddenly encounters political refugees from a nearby island. A tyrant called the Overseer has taken over the small island nation. Now Tony has a decision to make: is the golden avenger going to become a freedom fighter? 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "The Menace of the Monster-Master!" Story by Allyn Brodsky. Art by Don Heck and Chic Stone. Cover by Marie Severin and Bill Everett. Iron Man is in Japan putting on a demonstration of his armor for executives at the Fujiyama Electronics Company. After the impressive demo, the company's chief research scientist asks the golden avenger to investigate mysterious electromagnetic emissions that are coming from a supposedly deserted island in the Sea of Japan. Upon traveling to the island, Shell-head suddenly finds himself battling Zoga, the mechanical flying monster! Is there a traitor working for Fujiyama? 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "Anything for the Cause!" Story by Allyn Brodsky. Art by Don Heck and Chic Stone. A renegade group called the Smashers incites a riot outside the Stark Industries factory on the small Pacific Island of Lakani. Now Iron Man must stop the anti-establishment group and find the traitorous employee inside his factory. First appearance of Kevin O'Brien. 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 1/- cover price. "Beware the Mechanoid!" Story by Allyn Brodsky. Art by George Tuska and Joe Gaudioso. Iron man investigates a mysterious spaceship hovering over New York City and encounters the Mechanoid Scout MK-5. What is this alien's purpose for visiting Earth? (Note: Mike Esposito inked under the pseudonym Joe Gaudioso.) 32 pages

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. "I Cry: Revenge!" Story by Mike Friedrich. Art by Arvell Jones and Chic Stone. Cover by Gil Kane and Al Milgrom. The War of the Super-Villains resumes after a one-issue hiatus. Iron Man battles the Mad Thinker, the Yellow Claw, and Firebrand to determine the winner of the Black Lama's golden globe. Who will win the war? (Note: The Black Lama storyline continues in Iron Man 80.)