In 1963, the role of Iron Man was first launched in the 39th issue of the comic book "Mystery Story".
However, the original Iron Man armor is not as technologically as in the movie.
Take Mark 1 in the comics as an example. It is more like a robot made of a pile of metal pipes. The image of Mark 2 in the
comics is not much better, but the color of the local tyrant gold is changed.
Subsequently, Marvel's screenwriters and painters followed the popular aesthetics of the times, the design of technological products and the tastes of fans, and improved the details of the Iron Man armor bit by bit. Only then did they have the current Iron Man image.
During this period, Marvel's painters also took a lot of detours. For example, Iron Man in the mid-1970s is by far the weirdest Iron Man armor image.
comic "Invincible Iron Man" Issue 68, Tony Stark upgraded his helmet in this comic.
According to the setting, after wearing the new helmet, Tony's brain waves can be converted into electric current, and the eyes and mouth of the mask are embedded with high-strength plexiglass, so that Tony can dive into the deep sea under pressure. In addition to these two functions, Tony also added a nose to his mask. He felt that such a design could make enemies feel scared.
However, in addition to increasing the sense of disobedience, the nose did not make Iron Man serious and threatening.
Why did the painter have to add a nose to the Iron Man mask? This also has something to do with Stan Lee, the then editor-in-chief of Marvel.
In the 1970s, Stan Lee was already one of the executives of Marvel Comics. At that time, he would not participate in the screenwriting of all Marvel's works, but he would still turn over the comics that had been produced from time to time.
When Stan Lee turned to the Iron Man comics, he felt that there was a problem with the ratio of the face of the Iron Man armor mask. The two eyes were too close.
So Stan Lee found the artist and asked him: "Where is Iron Man's nose?"
Actually, Stan Lee didn't mean to add a nose to the Iron Man mask, but jokingly stated that the ratio of the mask caused two problems. The distance between the eyes is too narrow.
But the artist misunderstood the meaning of his boss. Then, Iron Man had a set of war armor with a nose on a mask... Once the work of
was released, readers and fans responded strongly, but it was not a positive response. Readers unanimously said that this nose is too uncomfortable, and we don't like noses.
And Marvel's response was also very fast. In the 85th issue of the next comic "Invincible Iron Man", Iron Man's nose was off the assembly line.
is not only that, Marvel's screenwriter is also in the comics, giving a reason to remove the nose from the mask.
Tony Stark upgraded his armor again at this time. When upgrading the mask, Tony explained: "In order to maintain symmetry, the nose must be taken away!"
