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| Iron Man Annual Captain America Annual | |
| Title: | "Life & Liberty" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 1998 |
| Cover price: | $3.50 |
| Cover date: | December, 1998 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Bob Harras |
| Writers: | Kurt Busiek; Roger Stern; Mark Waid |
| Pencilers: | Patrick Zircher |
| Inkers: | Randy Emberlin |
| Cover artists: | Patrick Zircher |
| Cover inker: | Randy Emberlin |
| Colorists: | Tom Smith |
| Letterers: | Richard Starkings; Comicraft |
| Editors: | Matt Idelson |
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| Next: | Iron Man Annual 1999 |
"Life & Liberty" is the title to the story from the 1998 crossover Annual edition of Iron Man and Captain America. The story was written by Mark Waid and plotted by Kurt Busiek and Roger Stern. It was illustrated by Patrick Zircher with inks by Randy Emberlin. Zircher and Emberlin also rendered the cover art illustration to this issue. It was colored by Tom Smith and lettered by Richard Starkings of Comicraft. The story was edited by Matt Idelson. This issue shipped in December, 1998 and carries a cover price of $3.50 per copy (US).
Synopsis[]
Iron Man and Cap fight past automated defenses and AIM agents to reach Zenith city, learning its origins from the locals. Suddenly, MODOK remotely mind controls the population and uses them as pawns against Iron Man and Cap. MODOK uses the people's combined psychic energy to generate a psychic construct of himself to battle the heroes, but they destroy it. With a fleet of AIM vessels coming to conquer Zenith, Iron Man determines a means to revert the population to normal and most useless to MODOK. However, Iron Man is so depleted from recent battles that he cannot complete the operation, forcing Cap to take the action; the experience helps Cap realize why Tony makes the hard decisions he does. Later, Tony re-reveals his secret identity to Pepper and Happy.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- Iron Man & Captain America Annual '98 redirects to this page.
- The character of Captain America was created by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby. He was introduced in the pages of Captain America Comics #1, published by Timely Comics in March, 1941.
- Iron Man was created by writers Stan Lee & Larry Lieber and artist Don Heck. He first appeared in the first story presented in Tales of Suspense #39 in March, 1963 titled "Iron Man Is Born!".
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue is UPC barcode number 759606047147 00111.
- The tagline to this issue is "MODOK's Back!", which is probably just as disturbing as MODOK's front.
- This issue shipped to retailers on November 11th, 1998.
- This issue features a wrap-around gatefold cover.
- This issue includes an introductory recap page spotlighting the main characters and events leading up to this issue.
- This issue was published concurrently with Captain America, Volume 3 #13, Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #5 and Captain America/Citizen V Annual 1998 as well as Iron Man, Volume 3 #12.
Reprints[]
The story from this issue is reprinted in the following volumes:
- Captain America: American Nightmare
- Captain America: Heroes Return: The Complete Collection 1
- Iron Man/Captain America 2010
- Iron Man: Revenge of the Mandarin
- Iron Man by Kurt Busiek & Sean Chen Omnibus
- Iron Man: Heroes Return: The Complete Collection 1