New Iron Man Suit - April 2010
Even though superhero movies are birthed from the comic books, we inevitably see the movies diverge on some tangent that is completely separate from the comics. Stuff like… bombs in the Batmobile, 30 caliber
Classic Iron Man Suit - wider chin, curved widow's peak
machine guns in the Batmobile, organic web-shooters, raised webbing design on the Spidey suit, Superman has a kid, Catwoman uses dental floss for a suit, Catwoman wears an S&M outfit for a suit, Punisher has no skull on his suit, Captain America has a plastic shield and rides a motorcycle with wings on his helmet, the list goes on and just gets silly at times.
But, with the advent of the new Iron Man 2 movie, we have a convergence where the Iron Man movie suit is influencing the direction the Iron Man comics are going. Iron Man writer Matt Fraction and the designer of the Iron Man and Thor films,
Classic Iron Man Suit - Shoulder crest akin to oil pipe ends
Ryan Meinerding have co-designed the new Iron Man armor for the comic. It will premiere in the April 2010 Invincible Iron Man #25 comic.
Fraction called the new armor “the next evolutionary step in the Iron Man design,” noting its aerodynamic and ergonomic qualities. “The inspiration for the new design came from thinking about a sleeker, leaner, tougher Iron Man,” Fraction said in a Marvel press release.
Classic Iron Man Suit - hip battery packs
“If technology is increasingly getting smaller and lighter it seems like the Iron Man should do the same: ergonomic and aerodynamic. We were looking for something that felt as sleek and glossy as a sports car Tony Stark would covet. I love what we’ve come up with. It feels like the next evolutionary step in the Iron Man’s design.”
Compare images of the classic Iron Man suit to the new one.
Classic Iron Man Suit
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