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1994-11-01 01:03:31
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1994 / Box 39 / EiC: Tom DeFalco

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Iron Man #310

Issue(s): Iron Man #310
Cover Date: Nov 94
Title: "Friends... and other enemies"
Credits:
Len Kaminksi - Writer
Tom Morgan - Penciler
Tom Morgan - Inker
Mike Marts - Assistant Editor
Nel Yomtov - Editor

Review/plot:
The fight between Iron Man and War Machine continues.

The employees of Worldwatch and Stark Enterprises watch the fight, and eventually Bethany Cabe comes out with an EMP gun, causing both suits to lock up.

The idea is that they should talk over their differences while they're stuck there. But instead the Mandarin uses it as an opportunity to teleport them both to him.

Prior to this, the Mandarin sent his new Avatars to Hong Kong, but we don't really get to see them yet, so i'll talk about them in Force Works #6.

Quality Rating: C

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: Continues directly from War Machine #8. Continues directly in Force Works #6, which is officially the first part of Hands of the Mandarin.

References:

  • Continues from War Machine #8.
  • Stark was able to shut down Rhodey's armor in Iron Man #192 but Rhodey has "changed those codes". See the comments regarding this.
  • Rhodey and Stark met in the flashback in Iron Man #144.
  • Stark thinks to himself that he should never have lied to Rhodey about his death from Iron Man #284.
  • Iron Man says that if really never cared about Rhodey, he wouldn't have saved him during the reentry to orbit in Iron Man #216.

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: Hands of the Mandarin TPB

Inbound References (1): show

  • Force Works #6

Characters Appearing: Abe Zimmer, Bethany Cabe, Butterfly, Deluge, Felix Alvarez, Foundry (Avatars), Iron Man, Mandarin, Mrs. Arbogast, Ranald Jeffries, Rebecca Bergier, Travis Berkeley, War Machine

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Comments

There's a reference here that Tony took Rhodey down before by shutting down the armor but that won't work this time. Does anyone know what issue that's referring to?

Posted by: Michael | February 10, 2018 2:26 PM

The footnote points to #192. I think it's an incorrect remembrance of when Tony crushed Rhodey's hip pod circuit and disabled his armor at the end of that fight.

Posted by: fnord12 | February 10, 2018 2:40 PM




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