In the late Nineties, several novels featuring Shellhead were published. Yes, there was a run of novels featuring Marvel heroes in the Seventies and Eighties (Our favorite Avenger starred in Iron Man: And Call My Killer....Modok written by William Rotsler, 1979, Pocket Books. Good luck in finding it!!) but Marvel's made a broad committment to develop a text-only revenue stream. It didn't last that long, but it might be back as trends always seem to repeat themselves.

Available Iron Man novels:

The Armor Trap by Greg Cox

Iron Man: Operation A.I.M. by Greg Cox

Spider-Man and Iron Man: Sabotage by Pierce Askegran & Danny Fingeroth. (This book is the continuation of a series of Spidey team-ups, this one guest-starring Tony Stark and Iron Man, of course.

And in the Young Adult genre:

Iron Man Super Thriller: Steel Terror by Dean Wesley Smith

Coming soon...

Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle (Marvel Comics, 2007) includes issues #120-128, and chronicles one of IM's toughest battles: the bottle. ISBN 0785120432

Out now . . .

Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man (Marvel Comics, 2004) collects Iron Man #84-89, where Tony Stark goes on a rampage. ISBN 0785116532

Iron Man: The Mask In The Iron Man (Marvel Comics, 2001) This TPB reprints Joe Quesada's Living Armor Saga: IM Volume 3, #26 - #30, plus the Wizard #1/2 issue. ISBN 087135 599 X

The Essential Iron Man, Volume 1 (Marvel Comics, 2000) Reprinting Tales of Suspense issues #39-72. ISBN 0-7851-0759-2

The Essential Iron Man, Volume 2 (Marvel Comics) Featuring Tales of Suspense #73-99, Tales to Astonish #82, Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1 and Iron Man #1-11. ISBN 0785114874

Iron Man: The Armor Wars (Marvel Comics, 1990) brings the entire first Armor Wars saga between to covers. ISBN 0871356279

The Power of Iron Man (Marvel Comics, 1989) Presented by Stan Lee, this book looks at nine issues that dealt with Tony Stark's alcoholism, revealing his true strength. ISBN 0 87135 599 X

The Many Armors of Iron Man (Marvel Comics, 1992) This book combines issues 47, 142, 143, 144, 152, 153, 200 and 218 to give an overview of Iron Man's awesome armors. ISBN 0 87135 926 X

Iron Man 2020 (Marvel Comics, 1994) by Walt Simonson, Bob Wiacek and William Rosado. This paperback one-shot looks at Arno Stark, the inheriter of Stark's legacy.

Iron Man Vs. Dr. Doom(Marvel Comics, 1994) This book chronicles the two meetings of these two armored inventors, originally published as Iron Man issues 149, 150, 249, 250. ISBN 0 7851 0062 8