Micheline and Layton were the first to introduce the idea that Stark developed alternative Iron Man armour for specific tasks, and they kept abreast of real world technology, incorporating updates into Iron Man’s capabilities. Several innovations would determine the approach of later creators. His new girlfriend, Bethany Cabe glamorous and capable, and far more the role model for the 21 st century Pepper Potts in the Iron Man movies than the genuine character was. While Tony Stark’s perennial heart problems played a part, as did some cold war chest-beating, the concerns are far wider, and Stark’s influence global. For almost the first time since his origin, Iron Man felt modern. The immediate result was Iron Man now resembled an up to date technological superhero and Tony Stark’s world as a millionaire businessman was no longer one of 1950s cocktail glamour, but one of contemporary elegance. All were still relatively young, and looked at the world around them in 1978. Michelinie, Layton and Romita Jr changed that. By that point Iron Man had headlined his own comic for a decade, preceded by six years sharing the pages of Tales of Suspense, during which his adventures were almost universally lacklustre despite the creative talent involved. David Michelinie and Bob Layton began writing Iron Man in 1978, their appointment one issue after artist John Romita Jr signing on for his first regular series.
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