THE MANY ARMORS
OF THE INVINCIBLE
IRON MAN


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Contrary to other classic comic book characters, Iron Man changes his looks a lot. Most super-heroes have a distinctive costume that barely changed throughout the years. Take Superman for example, with his blue and red costume that has basically remained the same since 1938. Iron Man on the other hand, is all about inovation. Tony Stark is an inventor and he has never hesitated to modify his armor's looks as well as its weaponry to always remain one step ahead of his enemies. Here are some of the main armors he has worn over the years.



The Original
Tales of Suspense #39
(1963)

1

Art: Bob Layton
Golden Avenger
Tales of Suspense #40
(1963-1964)

2
Art: Zircher / McLeod
Red and Gold
Tales of Suspense #48
(1964)

3
Art: Zircher / McLeod
Bolted faceplate
Tales of Suspense #54
(1964-1965)

4

Art: Alex Ross



Classic
Tales of Suspense #66
(1965-1985)

5
Art: Butler
Space Armor
Iron Man #142
(1981)

6
Art: John Romita Jr / Layton
Stealth
Iron Man #152
(1981)

7
Art: Butler
Alien
Secret Wars #8
(1984)

8
Art: McDonnell / Mitchell



Silver Centurion
Iron Man #200
(1985-1988)

9
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Art: Mark Bright/Layton
Undersea Armor
Iron Man #218
(1987)

10
Art: Bob Layton
Classic II
Iron Man #231
(1988-1992)

11

Art: Mark Bright / Layton
Space Armor II
Iron Man #278
(1992)

12

Art: Ryan / Wiacek



War Machine
Iron Man #281
(1992-1993)

13

Art: Zircher / Mahlstedt
Remote Controlled
Iron Man #290
(1993)

14
Art: Julie Bell
Modular Armor
Iron Man #300
(1993-1996)

15
Art: Kevin Hopgood
Hulkbuster
Iron Man #304
(1994)

16
Art: Kevin Hopgood



Impostor
Iron Man #319
(1996-1997)

17
Art: Tom Morgan
Arctic Armor
Iron Man #318
(1997)

18


Art: Tom Morgan
Iron Kid
Iron Man #325
(1997)

19
Art: Jim Calafiore
Renaissance
Iron Man v.3 #1
(1998-1999)

20
Art: Sean Chen



Medieval
Avengers v.3 #2
(1998)

21
Art: George Pérez
Lunar
Fantastic Four v.3 #15
(1999)

22
Art: Salvador Larroca
Sentient
Iron Man v.3 #15
(1999-2000)

23

Art: Joe Quesada
Bad Blood
IM: Bad Blood #4
(2000)

24
Art: Bob Layton



Under Construction
Iron Man v.3 #42
(2001)

25
Art: Keron Grant
S.K.I.N.
Iron Man v.3 #44
(2001)

26
Art: Keron Grant
21st century
Iron Man v.3 #50
(2002-today)

27
Art: Mike Grell
Stealth III
Black Panther v.2 #44
(2002)

28
Art: Velluto / Geiger



Thorbuster
Iron Man v.3 #64
(2003)

29
Art: Alan Davis / Riggs
Ablative armor
Iron Man v.3 #71
(2003)

30
Art: Teranishi / Cannon



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