Posted by ROBBY REED on April 29, 2008, 1:06:28
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DBB #426 Secret Origins of IRON MAN PART FIVE of SIX! Click here!

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Posted by Happy Sam on April 29, 2008, 8:45:48, in reply to "DBB #426 - Secret Origins of IRON MAN - PART FIVE! "

Sorry Robby! That Iron Man pin-up attributed to Steve Ditko is actually drawn by Don Heck. And the Pepper Potts pin-up may be inked by Mike Esposito, (though I'm not sure it is) but it is definitely penciled by Heck!

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Posted by ROBBY REED on April 29, 2008, 11:52:13, in reply to "Re: DBB #426 - Secret Origins of IRON MAN - PART FIVE! "

That Tony Stark head sure looks like Ditko to me! And I see no Heck at all in the Pepper pinup. Can anyone verify?

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Posted by Comic Reader Man on April 29, 2008, 16:33:32, in reply to "Are you sure?"

Robby, I gotta say that Tony Stark head & pinup looks like Don Heck's art to me...especially the nose & eyes & the shape of the feet. As for the Pepper Potts pinup, I'm thinking Don Heck again, inked by Vinnie Colletta? They were the regular team for IM around that period in Tales of Suspense. I also think you have the George Tuska/Gene Colan credits reversed. And Iron Man #19 is by Gerald Parel, who's been doing a lot of painted Marvel covers lately.

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Posted by Comic Reader Man on April 29, 2008, 16:41:56, in reply to "Re: Are you sure?"

And now that I look at it some more, it could be Mike Espositi (or Mickey Demeo if you will) inks over Heck on the PepperPinup. And I apologize for my previous post...Vinnie Colletta inked a few issues of TOS on Iron Man, I implied he was the regular inker, and it was in fact mostly Esposito during those days. He may have done the Pepper though, the facial expressions kinda look like his stuff.

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Posted by JJ on April 29, 2008, 16:50:49, in reply to "Re: Are you sure?"

No pictures of the armor with the nose? Can't say I blame you for that, but it is one of the goofy artistic hiccups in the history of the character.

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Posted by Comic Reader Man on April 29, 2008, 18:25:40, in reply to "Re: Are you sure?"

Here's a Steve Ditko version of the armor: And you want SOME NOSE? I'LL GIVE YOU NOSE, BUDDY!! Here's George Tuska with a "nose job": Which spun out this bizarre little number from Mego: And from Secret Invasion #1...is that Tony or a Skrull wearing the Nose armor? And below it, a teaser image circulating the Internet from an upcoming cover (for #2?):

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Posted by Happy Sam on April 29, 2008, 21:48:11, in reply to "Re: Are you sure?"

Yes, I am sure!

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