Buy used: $26.11

$3.99 delivery January 10 - 11. Details

Select delivery location

Used: Acceptable | Details

Sold by Goodwill of Orange County

Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Follow the author

Daniel Wallace

Follow

Iron Man Manual Hardcover – December 3, 2013

by Daniel Wallace (Author)

4.7 195 ratings

See all formats and editions

Go inside Tony Stark’s amazing high-tech world with this stunning exploration of Marvel’s Iron Man universe. Compiled by Stark’s loyal digital assistant, JARVIS, Iron Man Manual delves into the Stark Industries archives to deliver a complete report on all aspects of the billionaire playboy’s life. From a S.H.I.E.L.D. psychological evaluation that reveals the true Tony Stark to detailed breakdowns of the suits and weaponry that make his armored alter ego so formidable, Iron Man Manual is the ultimate exploration of his extraordinary career. Also featuring in-depth reports on Stark’s allies and enemies, along with classified information on Stark Tower, the Malibu mansion, and Stark’s workshop, Iron Man Manual is the ultimate guide to the world of a Super Hero legend.

Review

IPPY Awards 2014: Popular Culture, Silver Medal

About the Author

Daniel Wallace is the author or coauthor of more than fifty books, including The Jedi Path, Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History, The World According to Spider-Man, Warcraft: Behind the Dark Portal, Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection, and The New York Times best-selling book Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters. His specialty is exploring the underpinnings of popular fictional universes.

Print length

152 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Insight Editions
Publication date

December 3, 2013
Reading age

13 - 16 years
Dimensions

9.25 x 0.9 x 11 inches
ISBN-10

9781608872756
ISBN-13

978-1608872756
See all details

Anthony Breznican
177
Hardcover
in Movie Guides & Reviews
38 offers from $24.10
Daniel Wallace
810
Diary
22 offers from $11.06

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1608872750
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Insight Editions; NOV edition (December 3, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781608872756
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1608872756
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 16 years
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.97 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.9 x 11 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #235,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,589 in Performing Arts (Books)
- #1,684 in Media Tie-In Graphic Novels
- #5,559 in Superhero Comics & Graphic Novels

Customer Reviews:
4.7 195 ratings

Important information

To report an issue with this product or seller, click here.

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Daniel Wallace

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Daniel Wallace is the author or co-author of more than 50 books including The Jedi Path, The World According to Spider-Man, Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History, The World of RWBY, and the New York Times bestselling Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters. His specialty is exploring the underpinnings of popular fictional universes.

Customer reviews

4.7 out of 5

195 global ratings

How customer reviews and ratings work

Reviews with images

See all photos

Sort reviews by

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Jmaynard

Very creative art/technical/scrapbook

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2013

Verified Purchase

I admit it. I had no clue what this book was going to be. I ordered it because I've loved the "Art of" books from Marvel and thought this would at least be fun. I wasn't wrong. So what is it? Something of an art book crossed with a technical manual with a dash of scrapbook thrown in for good measure.

The book is split into seven sections: 1) Understanding Tony Stark, 2) Stark Industries: A History of Innovation, 3) The Forging of Iron Man, 4) The Mansion and the Workshop, 5) Weaponization: the Iron Man Armors, 6) Global Threats and 7) Mr. Stark's Allies. Like the "Art of" books, this manual has a lot of color photographs of locations, people and the armor. Where this book differs is that it's all presented as real. The photos are of Tony Stark, his home and workshop, etc. The book reads like a corporate dossier, as prepared by JARVIS. "Stark Industries" is printed on the cover (not Marvel!).

Like a technical manual, there is a lot of detail on the armors - ALL OF THEM. There is at least a small pic and a blurb for each of the Iron Legion and larger exposes of Tony's main armors. It even goes into details regarding weaponization, gauntlet design, inside the helmet, etc. All referenced as real artifacts - not as concept for a film. There are fold-out pages, schematics, etc. But what really makes this book special is the scrapbook aspect. There are Post-It notes, memos, pamphlets, etc. "glued" in throughout the book. There is even a blue folder inserted (it is bound in) at the beginning which includes Christine Everhart's article on Tony, his notecards from the press conference, his business card, and pics! One Post-It is a reminder that he needs to come up with a "real name" for the element he discovered for the Nobel Committee to use. There are memos from SHIELD, including Black Widow's assessment, as well as a visitor badge to Stark Industries, and so much more. These are like little Easter eggs scattered throughout that make the book a lot of fun to go through. As a Loki fan, I was delighted to find the God of Mischief has a couple of pages under "Global Threats," right alongside Whiplash and Mandarin.

The production values are excellent. Not only does the book have a red leather cover, with cloth spine, but it is smyth-sewn (not glued). This means the book lies open flat without damaging the spine. Very helpful for a "manual". There's no dust jacket, as befitting a technical manual, and the paper is thick and high quality. Full color glossy pages throughout - a truly beautiful book.

Overall, I cannot recommend this enough to Marvel fans in general, but especially to fans of Iron Man. A truly unique book that is actually worth the retail price. Highly recommended!

51 people found this helpful

Helpful

Murder Shrimp 🦐

Awesome for Fan-Fic Writers and RPers

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2014

Verified Purchase

This book is really quite fun and well worth the price. The printing is absolutely beautiful and there is a lot of hand-work put into it, considering all the extra pieces. It is full of little factoids that will absolutely delight Iron Man fans, particularly the writers and RPers. The whole thing is set up as a dossier by JARVIS aimed at Pepper, which makes for a cute perspective.
I did find it lacking in the allies and enemies section, completely leaving out all of the Avengers (well, except Black Widow). I felt like they really missed an opportunity to look at these characters from a unique perspective. At the very least I felt like they should have included some information on Bruce Banner, seeing as he and Tony seem to be friends, but I can understand that the sheer amount of information might have seemed daunting.
I wouldn't suggest this to someone looking for in-depth schematics or information on the technology. Though they picture and describe each of the suits, they are quite brief with the information. This is true of most things; for the most part this book only offers overviews. Because it is supposedly a digital presentation there would be the option for Pepper to read more in-depth, but, of course this isn't available in book format!
It would be really interesting to see a digital version with more information, but the time and space necessary to expand so many different topics would be a phenomenal undertaking. Given the breadth of topics and the size of the book, I think that the authors / editors did a decent job of including interesting information.
My favorite parts, by far, are the "extra" bits that are glued in. You get ticket stubs, schematics, a diary, and all sorts of interesting bits. These are just delightful for someone like me who likes to know as much as possible about each character. I feel like this book is well-worth the cost just for these extra pieces!

8 people found this helpful

Helpful

Paulo B. Abesamis

Most Elegant Iron Man book

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2014

Verified Purchase

I got it today, waited two weeks, it was all worth the wait. This book far exceeded my expectations as far as visuals and its JARVIS who is guiding the reader who is supposedly Pepper Potts being the new CEO for Stark Industries. Along the book you will find notes from Stark and Potts and business cards, passes, tickets, schematics that's neatly tucked in this book. As Jarvis goes on to guide the reader in this book, profiles for every important character in Iron Man are reviewed briefly enough to give insight to the person reading it about that character's profile. The first 7 armors of Stark are also reviewed here with precise details, the Iron Legion has been given more attention and some even have their larger look into.

Quality wise, this is a standout as the paper is of utmost quality, very crisp I should say glossy quality, avoid folding it and each of the items tucked in this book are perfect representations of what Stark used, the SHIELD profile for Stark is also included here. I'm starting to love this book which will serve as a companion to my Iron Man 3 Art Book.

I strongly advice any buyer of this book to take good care of the notes and schematics in this book, why? A gentle pull can take it off its place, and buy it new you will appreciate all the good stuff JARVIS has prepared for you in this book/ manual.

Helpful

Amazon Customer

Awesome! Perfect for any fans of the Iron Man movies, or the early MCU in general

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2021

Verified Purchase

This book was awesome; it came full of a lot of interesting information and great pictures. It’s great who grew up on the Iron Man trilogy or who just loves the MCU. Do be aware that 1. This book only cover the movies, not the comics and 2. It only covers the Iron Man trilogy and the first Avengers movie, so all the stuff from Age of Ultron, Civil War, Infinity War, and Endgame isn’t here.

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English

Amazon Customer

super fast delivry

Reviewed in Canada on June 27, 2018

Verified Purchase

Gr8 products and quality, super fast delivry, a must as seller, THX !

Saurabh Saxena

Amazing but want more ⭐️

Reviewed in India on February 21, 2020

Verified Purchase

This book is amazing 👏
Are you working on far from hone manual.
Stark techs Edith

leonardo

Per collezionisti

Reviewed in Italy on July 12, 2019

Verified Purchase

Se vi piace Ironman questo libro fa per voi! Ottimo e sfizioso!

Translate review to English

atsuman

歴代型式カタログとしても貴重な資料

Reviewed in Japan on April 30, 2017

Verified Purchase

原書なので英語力が無いと詳細は理解不能です。
しかしシリーズ3作品の主要場面アルバム
或いは歴代アイアンマン形式カタログとして見れば充実度は高いです。

また、いくつもの添付資料(ページに直貼り)は劇中で使用された
プロップまんまのものが多数あり、MCU世界に入り込んだ感覚が味わえます。
米国現地仕様のフェイズ1BDボックス特典と重なる資料が多いので
ボックス所有者は不要かもしれませんが、本書自体の価値観も高いので
コレクションとしてお勧め致します。

Translate review to English

Antony Jeffs

Worth Every Penny.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2016

Verified Purchase

Ever since I saw the Iron Man films, I wanted to desperately have a peek behind the scene's of Tony Starks world. This book delivers.

Written in the style of a report put together by JARVIS (Just Another Really Intelligent System) for Pepper Potts, you are immersed in a whole other world. There are indepth reports on each suit, starting from the MkI onwards, and even a guide to Starks mansion.
What makes it more realistic are the little notes stuck on various pages from characters such as Pepper and Tony, and other items including the SHIELD letter recommending Iron Man for the Avengers, but not Tony Stark (end of Iron Man 2). If they did an Avengers Manual like this I would buy it in an instant.

A must buy!

See more reviews

Image Unavailable

Follow the author