IRON MAN #224

(Nov., 1987) "Low Noon!" 

 Cover art: Bob Layton. 

Script: David Michelinie. 

Art: Bob Layton. 

 Tony frantically seeks a way to thwart the assassination attempt of Force by Hammer's thugs (Blacklash, Blizzard and Beetle)! It's Jim Rhodes to the rescue! Later, Iron Man, Force and Rhodey await the terrible trio's inevitable second attack! Cool sequence where Rhodey decks Blacklash and Force's use of his EMP. (Although, readers may wonder why later models of IM armor cannot function after EMP attack, while the Silver Centurion can -- mobility, at least -- as well as its immediate successor.) 
Force -- Clay Wilson -- becomes a Stark employee as "Carl Walker."

Hube's Recommendation: 3 repulsors!