Iron Man #163 (1982) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Challenge of... ...The Chessmen!	cover	1	pencils: Jim Starlin; inks: Jim Starlin	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Chessman
2	Knight's Errand	comic story	22	script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Steve Mitchell; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	Iron Man [Tony Stark]; James Rhodes; Indries Moomji (introduction); Janny; "the master" [Obadiah Stane] (introduction, villain, partially seen); Chessmen [Rook [Jamie]; Knight; Bishop; Pawn] (villains, introductions); Aloysious Lafferty (villain)
4	-	in-house column	1	script: Jim Shooter
5	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860245410
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860245410

Collection	Year
The Enemy Within ISBN 978-0-7851-8787-5	2013	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #16 ISBN 978-1-302-94920-4	2022	On eBay ›

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