The Many Armors of Iron Man [Paperback]

Roy Thomas (Author), David Michelinie (Author), Bob Layton (Author), Denny O'Neil (Author), John Romita Jr. (Illustrator), Mark Bright (Illustrator), Barry Windsor-Smith (Illustrator), Joe Brozowski (Illustrator)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up

Constantly revamping and improving his suits of armor through the years to meet new adversaries and environmental conditions, Tony Stark is a modern man of science and technology, yet also an Old World man of integrity and discipline. Now, journey into the past and relive comicdom's greatest invention, Iron Man's armors: the Space Armor, the Stealth Armor, the Deep Sea Armor, and more! Collecting Iron Man #47, #142-144, #152-153, #200 and #218.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (March 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785130292
• ISBN-13: 978-0785130291
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #498,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Iron Man, April 21, 2008

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This review is from: The Many Armors of Iron Man (Paperback)

Any fan of Iron Man, espescially the classic stories, will enjoy this book. I highly recomend it. It is actually a collection of stories featuring the Deep-Sea Armor, Stealth Armor, etc... In my opinion the multi-part story featuring the Space Armor is worth the price of admission alone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A journey to Iron Man's armors, August 3, 2008

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Sakis Perivolaris (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Many Armors of Iron Man (Paperback)

For someone who hasn't the original issues and wants to have a collection of stories with Iron Man's different armors from the classic era this is a good find. The book starts nicely with Iron Man's origin story from issue #47 and continues with the Space armor from issues #142-144. Issue #144 for those with short memory features again the Mark-I armor along with the first meeting between Tony Stark and Jim Rhodes. Next comes issue #152 with the Stealth armor featured only in 6 pages and issue #153 in order to not let the story of the previous issue unfinished. Issue #200 follows with the first appearance of the Silver armor and the confrontation between Tony Stark's Iron Man and Obadiah Stane's Iron Monger. The closing story for this book comes with issue #218 and the Deep-Sea armor.

A nice addition to this book would be the Stealth armor's more prominent appearance from issue #229 and the return to the red and gold armor from issue #231 but since these are included in the Armor Wars book the publisher optioned not to have the same stories in two different publications. Maybe in the future we'll see an updated edition along with the more recent armors.

The book is a paperback, not a hardcover as the Demon in a Bottle book, with glossy paper and beautiful colours and every issue is featured with it's original cover.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Half-decent collection featuring various armors over different eras, April 9, 2008

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Many Armors of Iron Man (Paperback)

The Many Armors of Iron Man is just as the title implies: a collection featuring stories that demonstrate the various armors of Iron Man over different eras. The Stealth Armor, the Deep Sea Armor, the Space Armor, the Hulk-buster Armor; it's just about all here. There is a variety of talent behind the issues collected here, including longtime writing duo David Micheline and Bob Layton, as well as Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Romita, Jr., and the great Denny O'Neil. While this TPB features all this variety, there really isn't a whole lot else to really recommend it. It is worth a look at the very least for new fans to see all the historic Iron Man designs, and worth a look for older fans that just want to refresh their memories, but as a whole, there just isn't enough here to hold one's attention for very long. Worth checking out definitely for all Iron Man fans, but whether or not it's worth picking up is a different story.