The release of the Ironheart
series on Disney+ has got me in the mood to make another entry in my recent
and occasional series (as if I haven’t got enough of those running) looking at
the various armours of Tony
Stark. This is Iron Man’s Armory in the MC2: Model 2.
For consistency, I’ll be using the designations for
the various Iron Man armours provided by to the Official
Handbook of the Marvel Universe team’s most recent version of
the All-New Iron Manual, updated and corrected as it appeared in
the Iron Manual trade paperback.
Iron Man’s second armour made its debut in the pages
of Tales of Suspense #48 wherein Tony Stark builds
a brand new, sleeker and lighter suit. This basic outline and the addition of
red to the colour scheme (thanks to artist Steve Ditko, no less) would
define Iron Man for decades.
Now, in the MC2 we see Tony’s original Model
2 armour in the pages of Spider-Girl #57 in the form of a
portrait hung on the walls of Avengers
Compound when May ‘Mayday’ Parker aka Spider-Girl comes calling
on the Avengers
for their assistance.
I’ve not spotted any other appearances of this specific suit,
but it’s entirely possible I’ve overlooked another sneaky cameo somewhere in
the MC2. If you find one, please let me know.
Until I decide to throw a little hot-rod red into the mix, I
remain
frogoat