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References to and Quotes about
Iron Man (Tony Stark)

4 #30 (July 2006): "Open House", page 17, panel 3:
Namor (discussing Illuminati business with Reed Richards): "As they have been since our... 'project' with Banner began. Compounded by the fact that Stark's paranoia has begun to seem... less paranoid."

Avengers (vol. 1) #502 (Nov. 2004): "Chaos: Part Three of Four", page 4, panels 6-7:
Black Widow: "Well... poor Tony Stark."
Nick Fury: "Yeah, and he has more bad news coming."
Captain America: "They asked him to step down?"
Nick Fury: "Yeah."
Hawkeye: "From Secretary of Defense?"
Nick Fury: "Yeah. And not in the nice way."

Captain America (vol. 1) #101 (May 1968): "When Wakes the Sleeper!", page 9, panel 2:
Captain America (falling from flying craft, which Red Skull's forces blasted to bits): "It's lucky I'm wearing SHIELD's new transparent Inflato-Suit--! Now, I just have to hope it works! I should have known -- anything Tony Stark designed -- can't miss! It'll be like landing on a cloud!"

Captain America (vol. 1) #102 (June 1968): "The Sleeper Strikes!", page 4, panel 2:
Nick Fury: "Make sure yer wearin' all those little gizmos we had Stark whip up for ya!"
Captain America: "I've got them, Colonel! Though I feel like a walking hobby shop!"

Captain America (vol. 1) #107 (Nov. 1968): "If the Past Be Not Dead--", page 12, panel 4:
Captain America (practice-fighting SHIELD Plasmoid 427): "Tony Stark makes each new Plastoid tougher to battle than the old model!"

Captain America (vol. 1) #108 (Dec. 1968): "The Snares of the Trapster!", pages 2, 20:
(pg. 2) narration: "You guessed it! Cap is in one of the special workout rooms which were constructed for his training by Tony Stark, weapons director of SHIELD!"
(pg. 20) Sharon Carter: "I used Tony Stark's chemical tubes to dilute the Trapster's paste supply!"

Captain America (vol. 1) #123 (Mar. 1970): "Suprema, the Deadliest of the Species!", page 18, panel 4:
(pg. 11) Dum Dum Dugan (hypnotized, speaking to Suprema): "Fury's out on our weapon range, testin' some of Tony Stark's newest battle gizmos!"

Note: Appears on page 18: Captain America visits Tony Stark in his lab and asks to borrow his 321 Computer. Also, mentioned on page 11.

Captain America (vol. 1) #140 (Aug. 1971): "In the Grip of the Gargoyle!", page 11, panel 4:
(pg. 9) Commissioner Feingold: "I remember the times he [Grey Gargoyle] fought Thor and Iron Man to a standstill."
(pg. 18) Captain America: "Tony Stark sure knew what he was doing when he built that [high-frequency probe beam] into my cycle"

Note: Seen in Grey Gargoyle's flashback on page 11. Also mentioned on page 9.

Captain America (vol. 1) #142 (Oct. 1971): "And in the End...", page 4, panel 1:
Suddenly, from out of the rapidly dissipating haze appears the answer to [Grey Gargoyle's] taunting challenges--- in the form of a floating turret, armed with the latest invention of Tony Stark's armament factory--- the Ultra-Repulsor Ray Cannon

Captain America (vol. 1) #162 (June 1973): "This Way Lies Madness!", page 11, panel 1:
Falcon (after crashing through glass): "My hunting glove protected by head-- but it is times like this I start wishin' I'd designed a costume more on the order of Iron Man's."

Captain America (vol. 1) #169 (Jan. 1974): "When a Legend Dies", page 6, panel 2:
Falcon (talking about wanting to have super powers): "Well, I was thinkin' maybe the Avengers could come up with something."
Captain America: "Hmmm, maybe Hank Pym could invent a serum for you... or Tony Stark could devise something mechanical..."
Falcon: "No, not them..." [Falcon asks for Black Panther to help him, because the Panther is black.]

Captain America (vol. 1) #178 (Oct. 1974): "If the Falcon Should Fall--!", page 3, panel 2:
Lucifer/Rafe Michel: "I have challenged the X-Men -- Iron Man! I use this human's body solely -Unnhh!-"
Falcon (punching Lucifer): "Solely whatever, you can't just use anybody's body, man! Maybe you were hot stuff once-- but you're only out cold now!"

Captain America (vol. 1) #190 (Oct. 1975): "Nightshade is Deadlier the Second Time Around!", page 9, panel 4:
Would you believe inventor Tony Stark called it 'the Wild Bill Robot' when he first designed it as a special security device for SHIELD?

Gambit (vol. 5) #17 (Nov. 2013): "All In", page 16, panel 4:
Gambit (to Rogue): "But I ain't cut out ta be an Avenger. An' I happen to know they put together a whole file runnin' down all the reasons WHY. Some pretty harsh judgements 'gainst my character, if I do say so m'self. Stark I expected it from. Was a drag to read Captain America pile on..."

Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #1 (July 2000): "The Burrowers", page 8, panel 1:
Daredevil: "So what do we do now?"
Punisher: "I leave and you whistle up Iron Man or Captain America or someone like that."

Marvel Knights 4 #12 (Jan. 2005): "The Stuff of Nightmares: Part 3", page 19, panel 3:
Invisible Woman (to Reed Richards): "Psycho-Man's condition is stable and -- thanks to Dr. Strange -- his psychic energies have been completely suppressed. Tony Stark's designing him a new, benign exo-skeleton..."

Marvel Knights 4 #15 (Apr. 2005): "Divine Time, Part 1", page 7, panel 4:
Today's final score: The Fantastic Falcons 11, the Stark Sharks 10.

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1 (June 2004): "Down Among the Dead Men: Part One", page 12, panels 4-5:
Peter Parker (looking among Aunt May's videos taped from CNN, and holding up one labelled "Iron Man Arrest"): "Hey, what are you doing with these Iron Man videos?"
Aunt May: "It's that little moustache, sweetie. Don't you think he looks just like Ronald Coleman?"

Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #9 (Jan. 1985): "Assault on Galactus!", page 7, panel 1:
Iron Man (James Rhodes, thinking): "A lot of guys have worked with Iron Man before -- but that was when Tony Stark was in this suit! I think they've started to realize there's a different guy in here now..."

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #132 (Apr. 1980): "And Hellfire is Their Name!", page 16, panel 1:
Sebastian Shaw (thinking): "Perhaps the Hellfire Club should set its sights higher -- today, the X-Men; tomorrow... The Avengers? I wonder-- Dare I match my power against that of Iron Man? Or Thor?"

The X-Men (vol. 1) #43 (Apr. 1968): "Call Him...Cyclops!":
Cyclops (Scott Summers): "With the kind of press the X-Men get, though, the papers'll probably report it was halted by Iron Man's Repulsor Rays!"