(Cover Date: April, 1970)

Summary: Madame Masque (Whitney Frost) is found lying unconscious in a grotto along the Aegean Sea by Dr. Vryolak & is nursed back to health. Vryolak sends his Minotaur son out to steal items to sell in order to buy chemicals. Tony goes to Greece to find Whitney before a jealous Jasper Sitwell does. While searching for Whitney, Iron Man sees the Minotaur raiding a village & tangles with him, but he is low on power, & the creature escapes. Vryolak tries to get Whitney to drink a solution to turn her into a minotaur as a mate for his son. Jasper finds them at that moment & is struck down by the Minotaur. Iron Man finds the doctor, Whitney & the Minotaur in a cavern. While Iron Man fights the Minotaur, Jasper arrives to stop Vryolak from injecting Whitney with the solution. Iron Man tells the others to escape while he holds up the cavern ceiling, which was damaged in the fighting. In a change of heart, the Minotaur takes Iron Man's place, allowing Whitney, Jasper & Iron Man to escape, but he & his father are killed when it collapses. After finding her golden mask on the unconscious Jasper (hit by falling debris), Iron Man gives it back to Whitney before she walks away. more

(Cover Date: February, 1970)

Summary: Iron Man takes Eddie March to the hospital after Eddie's fight with the Crimson Dynamo. Titanium Man breaks free of a crate underwater & is confronted by the police. Alex Niven (Nevsky) tells Janice Cord about the original Crimson Dynamo, his idol, & his desire to succeed him to get revenge on Tony Stark & Iron Man. Titanium Man breaks into the lab to take Alex back to the USSR, from which he fled. Iron Man follows Titanium Man's trail of destruction to Cord Labs. Titanium Man fires an high-voltage electric beam at Iron Man & Crimson Dynamo while they are fighting. Janice is caught in & killed by the beam. An angry Iron Man disables Titanium Man's armor, & they both fall into the water. Iron Man resurfaces, but the Titanium Man has disappeared. A weakened Crimson Dynamo vows vengeance on Iron Man for Janice's death.

Comments: This issue features the death of Tony's love interest, Janice Cord. more

(Cover Date: January, 1970)

Summary: Iron Man finds a new Crimson Dynamo frightening Janice Cord at Cord Industries. After a brief fight, the Crimson Dynamo runs away & is revealed to be Cord head scientist, Alex Niven. Tony decides to retire as Iron Man due to the strain it is putting on his synthetic heart tissue, which could prove fatal. Tony recruits Eddie March, a retired boxer, who is a big fan of Iron Man. Eddie, as Iron Man, is confronted by the Crimson Dynamo while checking out a smuggling operation. The Crimson Dynamo fights against Iron Man to prove he is superior. A doctor tells Tony that Eddie retired due to a blood clot in his brain. Tony flies toward the scene in his own suit of Iron Man armor. Refusing to be beaten, Eddie tries to rise after being battered to the ground by the Crimson Dynamo. more