Iron Man was an ongoing comic book

Comic book

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 series published for four years from January 2005 to January 2009 by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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. It starred the superhero

Superhero

A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...

 Iron Man

Iron Man

Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...

. It was the fourth series with this title to be published, following series that ran from 1968–1996, 1996–1997, and 1998-2004. Over the course of its run, it was published under the different titles: The Invincible Iron Man (#1-12), and Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

S.H.I.E.L.D.

S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage and a secret military law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Strange Tales #135 , it often deals with superhuman threats....

 (#15-35), with the change in indicia occurring after the events of Marvel's Civil War.

"Secret Invasion: War Machine: Weapon of S.H.I.E.L.D." (#33-35)

Writers

• Warren Ellis
  Warren Ellis
  Warren Girard Ellis is an English author of comics, novels, and television, who is well-known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and through his writing, which covers transhumanist themes...
  
  , #1-6
• Daniel and Charles Knauf, #7-18 and #21-28
• Christos Gage
  Christos Gage
  Christos N. "Chris" Gage is an American comic book writer and screenwriter.-Early life:Gage is the son of author and journalist Nicholas Gage. He was born in New York, and grew up in Athens, Greece, and then North Grafton, Massachusetts...
  
  , #18-19 and #33-35
• Stuart Moore
  Stuart Moore
  Stuart Moore is a writer and editor of comic books and novels.-Career:Moore's writing includes the original science-fiction series Earthlight and PARA; Iron Man, New Avengers/Transformers, and Wolverine ; Firestorm and Detective Comics ; the multicultural superhero team The 99; the comics...
  
  , #29-32

Artists

• Adi Granov
  Adi Granov
  Adi Granov is a Bosnian-British comic book artist and conceptual designer.-Career:Granov teamed with comic book writer Warren Ellis for the post-Avengers Disassembled relaunch of Iron Man...
  
  , #1-6
• Patrick Zircher
  Patrick Zircher
  Patrick Zircher is an American comic book artist and penciller.-Biography:Zircher's early career as an illustrator in the genre began with production of several completed works for Villains and Vigilantes, Champions and other pen and paper role-playing games as well as early stints with...
  
  , #7-14
• Robert de la Torre, #15-18, #21-22, #25-26, and #29-30
• Jackson Guice
  Jackson Guice
  Jackson "Butch" Guice , is an American comic book artist who has worked steadily in the mainstream comics industry since the early 1980s.-Biography:...
  
  , #19-20 and #23-24
• Carlo Pagulayan
  Carlo Pagulayan
  Carlo Pagulayan is a freelance Filipino comic book artist. Pagulayan began his career in the comics business with a 3-page sequential for Dark Horse Comics, written by Doug Petrie, to aid the victims of the 9-11 attacks, and as a tribute to the fallen World Trade Center Twin Towers...
  
  , #27 and #29-32
• Steve Kurth, #30
• Sean Chen
  Sean Chen
  Sean Chen is an Asian American comic book artist.-Career:Chen is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University where he received a bachelor's degree in industrial design. He started his career after being discovered by Barry Windsor-Smith...
  
  , #33-35

Collected editions

• Iron Man: Extremis
• Iron Man: Execute Program
• Civil War: Iron Man
• Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• World War Hulk: X-Men (#18-19 and other WWH tie-ins included)
• Iron Man: Haunted
• Iron Man: With Iron Hands
• Secret Invasion: War Machine