Panel from Iron Man #79 (October 1975), script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Vince Colletta, colors by Al Wenzel, letters by Dave Hunt:
And since Tony gets uniformed for action two panels later, that answers the question you're wonderingjust like Brooke Shieldswhat gets between a man and his iron armor (with plenty of nose room)? Answer: nothing but his Calvins.
There was some 4th wall type stuff about how awful the nose was. It was intended to make him more menacing, if you can believe that!
ReplyDeleteConfirmed -- Even fully clothed, Hal Jordan's butt is MUCH nicer than Tony Stark's!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the help, Bully! ;-)
Vinnie Colletta was well known for drawing women in their underwear but men, not so much.
ReplyDeleteOf course, if I had written the story, the next panel would have a caption like "Fifteen minutes later" and Iron Man would still be locked in the room, but I'm a smart aleck that way.
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