IRON MAN #167
(Feb., 1983) "The Empty Shell"
Cover art: Luke McDonnell/Steve Mitchell.
Script: Dennis O'Neil.
Art: Luke McDonnell/Steve Mitchell/Rick Parker/Bob Sharen.
Tony reaches for the whiskey. And, then throws it away. Tries to sleep but is awaken with meetings about Obadiah Stane. Tony is snapping at everyone, Vic, Mrs. Arbogast. He takes a jet to the Swiss Alps. He calls Indries and tells her he loves her. He is attacked by another Bishop and Knight. They sever a cable from a tram. He saves it but is attacked again. He defeats them both. And, Tony Stark makes it to the meeting where all have the purple headphones led by Obadiah Stane. He has the board members hypnotized as they howl out loud. Tony leaves and almost walks into a bar. Meanwhile Rhodey tries to take a cab to the airport when the cabbie is shot. Rhodey jumps in the cab. Tony back at the office is in physical disarray. Waiting in his office is Indries Moomji. She tells Tony that all she wanted was the gifts, and she is done with him, amused, pitied. And, she calls Stane. This was the Queen piece. Tony goes into a room and finds the bottle he threw and begins to drink again.
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