Issue · Marvel Comics

Iron Man (1968) #47: Why Must There Be An Iron Man?

Released Apr 1, 1972

• USD $0.20
• 36 pages
• 2 variants

Following the death of Kevin O'Brien, the people around Tony Stark question whether the world still needs Iron Man. Burdened by doubt, Stark looks back on the wartime injury and the desperate invention that first forced him into the armor. The issue revisits his origin as he weighs whether to set the identity aside for...

Writer

Stan Lee

Penciller

Gil Kane

Inker

Vince Colletta

Letterer

Lee Keys