[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by Parademon1

I beg to differ on John Jr being better than Layton. I mean if you're talking bout early John Jr I might agree. But for some reason he changed his art style later In his career & I didn't like it at all. His early work on IM was awesome: especially his work on "Demon in the bottle" story arc. I consider his version of ironman back then the iconic look for the classic yellow/red armor. A figure based on that armor is long overdue.

JRJR's body of work is far better than Layton's whether one is regarding the beginning, middle, or even his current illustrations. Layton doesn't have many artist credits outside of Iron Man and a couple of Hercules mini-series runs. In the 80s, Layton was largely an inker; I wouldn't compare him to genuine talents like JRJR any more than I would a Klaus Janson or Terry Austin (hell, Layton wasn't even as good of an 'inker' as those two). Whether you like him personally, or not, does not change the amount of fandom JRJR drew nor the sheer number of books he's penciled. Layton, simply put, is not remotely in Romita's atmosphere, let alone class and that's why he was never afforded the opportunity to work on as many books as John Romita Jr. You may personally elevate Layton above JRJR, but neither the comic industry nor fanbase saw it that way...

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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

As far as I can tell, Tony's always been listed as being 6'5" in armor. Obviously, that probably varied somewhat from artist to artist, even back in the earlier days, but I'm pretty sure he's always been intended to be a couple inches taller than Cap while in armor.

Yeah, this isn't an 'official stats thing,' as much as it's an 'as-drawn-side-by-side thing.' Iconic Marvel artists throughout the years (Byrne, the Buscemas, Perez) have drawn the two standing at the same height, with Cap being notably thicker of limb. When I look at the ANAD Iron Man design, I see a reductive effort by Marvel regarding Iron Man's size-in-armor. He's getting sleeker and smaller, bringing him more in line with his less heroically proportioned roots IMO.