(Cover Date: January, 1988)

Summary: Iron Man stops the Raiders from stealing the cargo from an Air Force plane & renders their armor useless. Although a name was erased during the download, Tony believes that Stingray was the name on Hammer's list that his armor technology was sold to. Tony flies to the Avengers' Hydro-Base to meet with its guardian Stingray. Stingray refuses to turn over his suit for inspection to IM & flees underwater, with IM giving chase. IM manages to stun Stingray unconscious, but then finds that he isn't using his technology, since his negator pack has no effect. Later, due to the bad PR that has been created, Tony announces to the press that Iron Man has been fired.