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Issue: Iron Man Epic Collection #21
Publication Date: July 2003
 
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Title: The Crossing
Variant: unnamed
Rating: T
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/17/2023
Volume: 21
Pages: 512
ISBN: 9781302951597
UPC/EAN: 978130295159754999
Price: $62.50 CAD
$49.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T
Content Items: 66 (20 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding: softcover; trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Some/all of 20 other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagIron Man #319 [Direct Edition] published August 1995
FlagAvengers: The Crossing #1 [unnamed variant] published September 1995
FlagIron Man #320 [Direct Edition] published September 1995
FlagThe Avengers #390 [Direct Edition] published September 1995
FlagIron Man #321 [Direct Edition] published October 1995
FlagForce Works #16 published October 1995
FlagThe Avengers #391 [Direct Edition] published October 1995
FlagIron Man #322 [Direct Edition] published November 1995
FlagWar Machine #20 published November 1995
FlagForce Works #17 published November 1995
FlagThe Avengers #392 [Direct Edition] published November 1995
FlagThe Avengers #393 [Direct Edition] published December 1995
FlagWar Machine #21 published December 1995
FlagForce Works #18 published December 1995
FlagIron Man #323 [Direct Edition] published December 1995
FlagWar Machine #22 published January 1996
FlagThe Avengers #394 [Direct Edition] published January 1996
FlagForce Works #19 published January 1996
FlagIron Man #324 [Direct Edition] published January 1996
FlagForce Works #20 published February 1996
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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]]; Force Works [Century; U.S.Agent; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Scarlet Witch]; Titanium Man; The Mandarin
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Epic Collection

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The Crossing

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The Crossing

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Before... The Crossing

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The Avengers [Quicksilver; Hercules; Crystal]; Luna; Tuc
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Campfire Tales

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The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Deathcry; Crystal; Hercules; Quicksilver]; Marilla; Lockjaw; Swordsman; Magdalane; Tuc; Janet Van Dyne [Wasp]; Luna
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Shadows Call

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Bethany Cage; The Scarlet Witch
In a storm-swept arctic bunker,E
Stark goes through agonizing re-evaluation. Iron Man is confronted by the Scarlet Witch.
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The Crossing

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The Avengers [Yellowjacket [Rita DeMara] (death); Hawkeye; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp; Scarlet Witch; Hercules; Deathcry; Beast; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Crystal; Quicksilver; USAgent; Vision; Gilgamesh]; Edwin Jarvis; Luna Maximoff; Marilla
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Continued in The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #391, Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #321, and Force Works (Marvel, 1994 series) #16.
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Force Works [U.S. Agent; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Scarlet Witch; Moonraker]
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Traitor's Gate

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Force Works [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; U.S. Agent; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Scarlet Witch; Century; Moonraker]; Skewer; Rachel Carpenter
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Hollow Man

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Bethany Cage; Machinesmith
Something's in the air this eve.
Stark is still trying to deal with personal and relationship problems. Some interesting stuff in the background.
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Avengers #390 Page 18 Art

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The Crossing

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Shadows of the Past

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Death of Gilgamesh
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continued in Iron Man (Marvel, 1986 series) #321
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Tony Stark; Marianne Rodgers
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Psi-Fi

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Tony Stark; Marianne Rodgers; Suzie Endo; Masque; Moonraker; Hercules; Marilla
The deepest sub-basement of Avengers Mansion...
Stark works to open the Avengers' safe. Suzie Endo arrives in L.A. Marianne Rodgers attacks Stark.
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Cross-over 'The Crossing' with Force Works & The Avengers.
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Intro New Member..Cybermancer! First Assignment Defeat Hawkeye

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Cybermancy!

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Force Works [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; U.S. Agent; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Scarlet Witch; Moonraker]; Cybermancy; Hawkeye
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Dances with Wolfgang

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Wolfgang; War Machine; Cybermancer
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A Little Muscle

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War Machine [Jim Rhodes]; Wolfgang; Cybermancer; US Agent; West Coast Avengers (flashback cameo); Hawkeye
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Alien Life

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Terror from Behind the Door!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Neut Master at Arms
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The Darkest Page to Turn

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Neut Master at Arms; James Rhodes; Masque; Marianne Rogers; The Avengers [Hawkeye; Vision; Quicksilver; Crystal; Wasp; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]]; Edwin Jarvis; U.S. Agent
It's been too long since Anthony Stark last walked this lonely path,E
Stark gets the Avenger's safe opened and is attacked by Neut-Master at Arms.
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The Stunning Return of the Most Unexpected Avenger Ever! And It Isn't the Swordsman!

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The Past Is With Us Always

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The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Deathcry; Crystal; Hercules; Quicksilver; Vision]; Marilla; Edwin Jarvis; Luna; Janet Van Dyne [Wasp]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Swordsman I; Swordsman II; Malachi (intro); Tobias (intro); Mantis
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The Crossing.

Mantis' appearance here later explained by Kurt Busiek in Avengers Forever as being the appearance of a Space Phantom brainwashed into believing he was Mantis. (Note added by Fred Snyder via the GCD Error Tracker.)
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Moonraker's Paradox: Welcome to Nowhere!

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Welcome to Nowhere

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Force Works [U.S. Agent; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Scarlet Witch; Moonraker]; Cybermancy; Apocryphus; James Rhodes; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Hawkeye
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Brothers In Arms

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Hawkeye's Revenge

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye
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Innocent Eyes

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye; The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Crystal; Quicksilver; Hercules; Swordsman; Deathcry; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]]; Mantis; Luna; Masque [Bethany Cabe]; Marianne Rodgers; Machinesmith
The Eliza Jo was running out of San Diego Harbor at 20:15 when it was seized.
Iron Man and the Avengers look for a way to prove Hawkeye innocent of murder. In the end, it appears Stark did it.
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The Crossing

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Dark Days Dawn

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The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Deathcry; Crystal; Hercules; Quicksilver; Vision; Hawkeye; Wasp; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Swordsman; Luna; Malachi; Tobias; Mantis; Tuc; Masque; Kang the Conquerer
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Mantis! Kang! ...the Hands behind the Puppet!

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Time out of Mind

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Kim (mainstream)
Something deep inside him is screaming.
Iron Man find's himself in Kang's Limbo fortress with Kang, Mantis, Kang's "sons", Neut and a mysterious woman. It's revealed that Tony has been secretly working for Kang for many years. At the Works HQ, Amanda discovers the real Suzi Endo in a stasis capsule. Unfortunately, Iron Man returns, sees Amanda, and immediately kills her. He then orders VIRGIL to commence countdown to a process that will virtually end the world in 21 hours. Tony attempts to kill Jim Rhodes and Rachel, but Century stops him just in time. Jim then powers up his Warwear, and confronts Iron Man.
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The mysterious woman with Kang and Mantis (who has appeared in other chapters to the Crossing storyline), is eventually revealed to be a time-displaced adult Luna Maximoff. However, it was later retconned by Kurt Busiek in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 1998) #8 that this was false, and that she, along with Mantis, Moonraker, Kang's sons (Malachi and Tobias), along with other antagonists in the storyline, were in fact Space Phantoms from Limbo working for Immortus.
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Sales to Astonish: August 1995 Catalog Cover

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The Last Stand

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Avengers: The Crossing Omnibus HC Full Cover Art

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This Jury Finds Him Guilty!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; The Avengers [Crystal; Quicksilver; Vision]; Moonraker; Century
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So Far to Fall

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye; The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Crystal; Quicksilver; Hercules; Swordsman; Deathcry; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Vision]; Mantis; Luna; Masque [Bethany Cabe]; Marianne Rodgers; Machinesmith; Force Works [Moonraker; Century; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Scarlet Witch; U.S. Agent]; Kang
One twist is all it takes.
The Avengers assault Stark's arctic fortress.
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Avengers: The Crossing Omnibus HC Variant Cover

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Iron Man #320 Promotional Art

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Iron Man #323 Promotional Art

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Force Works Headquarters--Alive and Deadly!

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Scarlet Witch
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Siege Perilous

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Force Works [Cybermancer; Scarlet Witch; U.S. Agent; War Machine [James Rhodes]; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]]; Fisher; Rachel Carpenter
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Crossing

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Introducing the Wasp?!?

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The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Crystal; Vision; Wasp]
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Pencils, Inks: Previously F. Benes. New info by David B. Elson, 2005-07-05 (Per Sandell ed.)
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Bad Blood

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The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Deathcry; Crystal; Hercules; Quicksilver; Vision; Hawkeye; Wasp; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Panther]; Swordsman; Malachi; Tobias; Mantis; Tuc; Masque; Kang the Conquerer
Wasp gains new appearance.
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This storyline was apparently controversial. Kurt Busiek, in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 1998 series), retroactively claimed that the Mantis who appeared in the story was actually a Space Phantom brainwashed into thinking he was Mantis.
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Epic Collection

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Iron Man: Murderer?!

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