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Special thanks to Bob Layton for being a part of this video essay.

This is an important decade for Iron Man comics. The period where Tony Stark gets some serious character development. His creative team during this time consisted of writer David Michelinie, penciler John Romita Jr. and writer/artist, Bob Layton.

Under their direction, Tony Stark became a layered character driven by guilt and a desire to make the future happen sooner. He was constantly battling people and organizations who wanted to steal his Lucky Charms (I mean, his technology). This run presented the iconic “Demon in a Bottle” story, which saw Tony battling with his alcohol addiction. It also features the debut of Justin Hammer, Stark Hater and smoking jacket connoisseur. There were a lot of letters about this story in future Iron Man issues. Such a hard hitting story.

Tony has his team-up with Victor von Doom, time traveling back to Camelot, in the “Doomquest” story.

Marvel put out its first massive crossover in 1984 with Secret Wars. Written by Jim Shooter (RIP) with art by Layton and Mike Zeck. James Rhodes dons the Iron Man mantle for this huge crossover, which is cool.

When Layton and Michelinie (yes, it's “liney”. don't break your spiney falling on your heinie) return to the book, the story speeds into “Armor Wars”. Showing Tony fighting to make sure his technology can’t hurt others. The decade wraps up with more Dr. Doom and Iron Man action.

Do people even read descriptions? (Why?) Did anyone actually win a 10-speed racer back in the day? Anyway, welcome to the scholars reading this.

Some general complaints and comments that weren’t in the final video: Not a fan of how Cly’s role was wrapped up. Not a complaint about this run but Marcy changed into a completely different character in the 90s. She started off as someone who was driven but the 90s run brought her straight into supervillain territory. Also, yes, Nick Fury doesn’t get mentioned in this video even though he wanted to buy some Stark stonks. There are some deleted scenes that I might upload to Patreon at some point.

Denny O’Neil is getting his own video. “Next time, baby”

This video covers Iron Man 116-154, Secret Wars (1984), Iron Man 215-250. Thanks for watching!

SOURCES:
-Bob Layton’s website: https://www.boblayton.com

-Janice Chiang blog post (Todd Klein): https://kleinletters.com/Blog/janice-...

-Jim Shooter Secret Wars: https://jimshooter.com/2011/04/secret...

-David Michelinie Quotes: Iron Man Masterworks Vol. 13

TIMECODES:
-0:00—Dud to stud
-0:20—Bob Layton Interview (Origins)
-6:24—Demon in a Bottle
-11:40—Normal people
-12:43—Dr. Doom vs. Iron Man (Doomquest)
-14:47—Secret Wars 1984 (and Rhodey)
-23:31—Armor Wars
-24:55—Letterer Janice Chiang (aka The GOAT)
-26:58—2 Doom 2 Furious
-28:52—For New Readers
-32:55—Thanks Bob Layton
-33:17—You forgot Denny O’Neil!!!
-33:36—More videos

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