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Iron Man #272 (1991) · The Collector

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Iron Man (1968)
#272

Marvel#272

Iron Man

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Iron Man #272

Dragon Seed

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: September 1991
Cover price: $1.00
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Printing not stated · $1.00
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Printing not stated · Newsstand · AU market · A$1.50

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Aliens crash land in the orient, explaining from whence came the stories of Dragons, and how Fin Fang Foom came to be on Earth. Most of the rest of the story is exposition and description of how fact got turned into legend. The ending comes as Iron Man comes face to face with Fin Fang Foom.

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Printing not stated · $1.00

Credits

Writer: John Byrne
Penciller: Paul Ryan
Inker: Bob Wiacek
Colorist: Paul Becton
Letterer: Michael Heisler
Covers: Paul Ryan, Bob Wiacek
Editor: Nel Yomtov
Editor in chief: Tom DeFalco

Characters

Black Widow
Chen Hisu
Fin Fang Foom
Iron Man
the Mandarin
Tony Stark

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