I‘m trying to start reading the original Iron Man Comics. I know the first Iron Man is Tales of Suspense #39. Does anyone know what Iron Man #2, #3 etc. is?
Void, you are evil. 'The Rapture' is the worst piece of garbage ever published with the 'Iron Man' name on front. The best way to start readin Iron Man comics. I think it's best to wait until no.1 comes out this fall. That's written by Kieron Gillen. It's not an origin issue. But whatever you do, DON'T buy current issues. Those are by Matt Fraction, and Matt Fraction is a devil in the shape of a man, and has done everything in his power these last four years to destroy Iron Man. Origin issue. what would be the best origin issue? The thing is, there is The Essential Iron Man which is really good value, but those stories are all from 1963, '64 and '65. They are kind of dated. An excellent run on Iron Man was Volume 3, the first 25 issues. Those are by Kurt Busiek. An excellent trade paperback to read is 'Iron Man: Hypervelocity', but unfortunately it won't make you any wiser on the subject of Iron Man.
If you are looking to read Iron Man comics from the beginning you may want to start with ESSENTIAL IRON MAN. ESSENTIALS also referred to as 'phonebook collections' are cheap black and white re-prints of early marvel comics. Each volume contains anywhere from 20 to 30 issues of the comic in it. Iron Man himself was 4 Essential Volumes right now. Volume #1 - Containts Tales of Suspence 39-72 Volume #2 - Contains: Tales of Suspence 73-99 Iron Man 1-11 Volume #3 - Contains: Iron Man 12 - 38 Volume #4 - Contains Iron Man 39 - 61 If you've not read other Iron Man books, it is essentiall you find DEMON IN A BOTTLE and probably ARMOR WARS. Otherwise you can start reading it with Matt Fraction's most recent run INVINCIBLE IRON MAN which has been astounding since it's launch. The first 4 trades of this are already out, the 5th is pending The latest issue just came out and it is the perfect jumping on point
