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Marvel Comics   ·   Released Oct 31st, 1972

Iron Man #55

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Drax is in a strange room, conected to a machine, sending a message to Iron Man: "Beware, Beware, Beware the Blood Brothers!... but the warning arrives to late, because the two giant vampires called the Blood Brothers are already battling Iron Man inside his mansion. When they knock out Iron Man, a strange spaceship arrives and leaves with them. They land inside a Southwest montain, where Drax is arrested by Thanos. Drax is lost in his thoughts, explaining to us how he had reached Iron Man's mind and told him about Thanos:He starts talking about Titan, the biggest moon of Saturn, a land that the super computer ISAAC coordinates. The people of Titan are higly advanced scientists and engineers and are reigned by Mentor and his sons Eros and Thanos. Thanos had tried to steal the power of his father by creating guns in a world where these thing don't exist, and was banished by his own father from Titan. Thanos swear vengeance and made an army of different aliens to take Titan back for himself. Mentor asked for help to Kronos, the father of the Universe, and he grown Drax, the Destroyer from the soil wtih the only mission of destroy Thanos. Thanos destroyed every allied of Thanos and then they finally met and fought. At the end, the planet where they were itself exploded and Thanos had captured Drax.Back to the montain, Iron Man manages to escape from the Blood Brothers, but before he could release Drax, Thanos captures him again. Meanwhile in Titan, ISAAC susceeds on finding Drax, and then Mentor sends a magnetic pulse throwgh the space that reaches the chest plate of Iron Man's armor and releases Drax. Iron Man and Drax defeat the Blood Brothers but Thanos again shows up, but when Iron Man punches him, they realizes that it was only a robot. Thanos had left his robot there just to delay our heroes and explode the montain. Iron Man and Drax escapes one more time, just in time.

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Comic
Page Count
32 pages
Cover Price
$.20
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Creators

Jim Starlin
Story, Penciller, Cover Artist
Jim Starlin
Writer
Mike Friedrich
Mike Esposito
Inker
Mike Esposito
John Costanza
Letterer
John Costanza
Roy Thomas
Editor
Roy Thomas

Main Characters

Iron Man
Tony Stark
Iron Man
Earth-616

Supporting Characters

Drax the Destroyer
Arthur Douglas
Drax the Destroyer
Earth-616
Gh'Ree Blood
Gh'Ree Blood
Earth-616
R'Hos Blood
R'Hos Blood
Earth-616
Thanos
Thanos
Earth-616

Cameos

Eros
Eros
Earth-616
I.S.A.A.C.
I.S.A.A.C.
Earth-616
Kronos
Kronos
Earth-616
Mentor
A'Lars
Mentor
Earth-616

Key Events

First Appearance
Thanos Earth-616
First Appearance
Arthur Douglas as Drax the Destroyer Earth-616
First Appearance
Eros as Starfox Earth-616
First Appearance
A'Lars as Mentor Earth-616
First Appearance
I.S.A.A.C. Earth-616
First Appearance
Gh'Ree Blood Earth-616
First Appearance
R'Hos Blood Earth-616
First Appearance
Kronos Earth-616

Collects/Reprints 1 Issues

  • Marvel Comics Digest #6
    Marvel Comics Digest #6
    Marvel Comics Digest (2017 - 2018)

Collected In

  • Avengers vs. Thanos TP
    Avengers vs. Thanos TP
    Avengers vs. Thanos (2013)
  • Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin Complete Collection TP
    Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin Complete Collection TP
    Captain Marvel Vol. 1 (1968 - 1979)
  • Captain Mar-Vell Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    Captain Mar-Vell Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    Captain Marvel Vol. 1 (1968 - 1979)
  • Drax: Guardian of Galaxy TP
    Drax: Guardian of Galaxy TP
    Drax: Guardian of Galaxy
  • Essential Captain Marvel Vol. 2 TP
    Essential Captain Marvel Vol. 2 TP
    Essential Captain Marvel
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Solo Classic Omnibus HC
    Guardians of the Galaxy: Solo Classic Omnibus HC
    Guardians of the Galaxy: Solo Classic (2015)
  • Iron Man Epic Collection: Battle Royal TP
    Iron Man Epic Collection: Battle Royal TP
    Iron Man Epic Collection (2013)
  • Le Meilleur des Super-Héros Marvel 122. Thanos HC
    Le Meilleur des Super-Héros Marvel 122. Thanos HC
    Le Meilleur des Super-Héros Marvel (2016 - 2020)
  • Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 3 HC
    Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 3 HC
    Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 9 HC
    Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 9 HC
    Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man (2006)
  • Marvel-Verse: Thanos TP
    Marvel-Verse: Thanos TP
    Marvel-Verse (2019)
  • The Life and Death of Captain Marvel TP
    The Life and Death of Captain Marvel TP
    The Life and Death of Captain Marvel (2002)
  • The Life of Captain Marvel #1
    The Life of Captain Marvel #1
    The Life of Captain Marvel Vol. 1 (1985)
  • The Life Of Captain Marvel
    The Life Of Captain Marvel
    The Life Of Captain Marvel Vol. 1 (1990)
  • The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus HC
    The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus HC
    The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus (2019)
  • The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection The Life and Death of Captain Marvel (Part 1)
    The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection The Life and Death of Captain Marvel (Part 1)
    The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection (2011)
  • True Believers: Thanos - The First #1
    True Believers: Thanos - The First #1
    True Believers: Thanos - The First (2018)

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