publication date: December 1987

pencil: Bob Layton & Mark D. Bright

story: David Michelinie & Bob Layton

colors: Robert Sharen

Iron Man faces competition from Stratosfire, Roxxon's super-heroine.
Her has the same powers as Sunturion, namely microwave control.
Iron Man suspects there is something wrong with her and begins to investigate.
Stratosfire is actually Sandy Vincent and lives with her friend Barb (their relationship is not well understood in the story, but an intimate relationship can be suspected).
Barb is not convinced of Roxxon's good faith, who in fact uses her friend to sabotage competitors in South America.
Barb turns to Tony Stark, but doesn't have time to intervene because she is killed.
Stratosfire rebels against her masters and becomes an environmental terrorist.
Iron Man tries to stop her, failing.
Sunturion intervenes to help him, miraculously surviving their first fight, who still works for Roxxon.
Stratosfire is stopped and killed in the fight.

publication date: December 1987

pencil: Mark D. Bright

story: David Michelinie & Bob Layton

inks: Bob Layton

colors: Robert Sharen

Tony Stark analyzes the Force armor and discovers that there are processors of his own invention inside.
Furious begins to investigate, aided by Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man.
On the Hammer Industries server, he discovers that Taskmaster had stolen his technology when he was in New York.
Iron Man also gets a list of who has benefited from his technology.
Thanks to a device of his own invention, he searches for the criminals and neutralizes their armor.
The first to be attacked is Stilt-Man, tracked down during a theft.
Immediately after it is Mauler's turn, who gives him the armor without a fight.
The last opponent of the episode is the Controller, who turns his slaves against him.
When one of them is killed, Iron Man loses control and defeats him.
Stark has only just begun his "War of Armor".

publication date: March 1981

pencil: Joe Brozowski

story: David Michelinie & Bob Layton

inks: Bob Layton

colors: Robert Sharen

Journey into memories for Tony Stark and Jim Rhodes.
Tony remembers being wounded in Viet-Nam and forced to build armor in order to survive.
After the escape, in which Yinsen, the scientist who helped him, is killed, Iron Man meets Jim Rhodes, a US Army pilot.
They help each other out of the jungle and back to base.
Note: Over the years, as has happened with other Marvel characters, the character's origins have shifted over time based on the time of publication.
Originally, Tony Stark was wounded during the Korean War and Jim Rhodes was not connected.
In this version he is wounded in Viet-Nam, the war ended in 1975 with the US withdrawal.
In the film version, Tony Stark is wounded and kidnapped in Afghanistan.