Am I crazy to feel Layton and Romita Jr were the best?

[BuckeyeChaos]

Their run on Iron Man is to me sublime ( I always love to slip that word in when possible)

 

Seriously though, issue 120 is what hooked me to that title forever.

 

They don't really seem to get much run as far as I can tell. Is that true? If so, why?

[blutobc]

Yes, they were a great team.

I don't think any other Iron Man stories have equaled the Micheline/Romita/Layton run.

 

Micheline understood the concept of tech' being cool and Romita/Layton made you believe that the armor could shine....compress flat as a pancake.... and still be hard as a steel plate.

 

Lately, Romita has shown his limits...while Layton tried his hands a few times on solo art...but the solo efforts never measured up to the team effort.

 

Side Note:

I liked Iron Man drunk more than the current jerk flying around in the modern books...which of course makes that late 70s/early 80s run look even better.

[THE_BEYONDER]

I commissioned Layton for an alternate cover from his IM run. It's at the post office right now.

[THE_BEYONDER]

Great storyarc....

 

[BuckeyeChaos]

 

sure would love to have those Beyonder!!

[Darrell F]

I commissioned Layton for an alternate cover from his IM run. It's at the post office right now.

 

It is on his CAF and it looks kick [embarrassing lack of self control]. Nice Hulk battle.

[Jeffro.]

Yes, they were and still are one of the best art teams ever to work on a comic book. However, Romita jr's style has changed so much since those days, I don't think Layton inking him now would produce the same results.

[THE_BEYONDER]

I commissioned Layton for an alternate cover from his IM run. It's at the post office right now.

 

It is on his CAF and it looks kick [embarrassing lack of self control]. Nice Hulk battle.

 

[Silver Surfer]

That stuff was the fisihizzlle.

[HighVoltage]

I loved their run on IM. Like some of you guys, I got in right as things started to really pop - around 120-128. Those issues are very dear to me. IM 149 & 150 are two of my all-time favorite books!

 

However - if you ever talk with Romita JR, he probably won't agree with you. He understands that he was a 'young pup,' really breaking into the biz at that point & that Layton inked him a bit heavy - but that doesn't mean he looks back on those books with fondness. At least this is what he's relayed to me in a few different conversations over the years. (I'm not sure what his relationship with Layton is or if they even have one.)

 

He seems to MUCH prefer his current style over his earlier efforts (although I think his newer Spidey stuff has looked a bit lazy at times).

 

Still, I love that early stuff Romita JR and Layton put together - just wonderful to look at!

[BuckeyeChaos]

Hey Beyonder,

 

do you have anything like what you posted here for sale?

 

Thanks for posting those sweet books regardless.

[Comicdey]

Great storyarc....

 

 

getting some mileage out of those beauties.

[aardvark88]

If u ever dreamed of owning a prime Layton Iron Man splash page, now is your chance. I expect the end price to be HIGH:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bingham-Layton-Iron-...1QQcmdZViewItem

[kidcolt]

Romita Jr is one of my favorites

[OldGuy]

If u ever dreamed of owning a prime Layton Iron Man splash page, now is your chance. I expect the end price to be HIGH:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bingham-Layton-Iron-...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

 

Thrill bid placed!

[the_Greatest]

I looked forward to those books every bit as much as the Byrne X-Men.

They were beautiful.

[Silver Surfer]

Just love this stuff:

 

[HighVoltage]

Just love this stuff:

 

 

Love both of those!!!!!!

 

#149 & #150 is probably my favorite Iron Man story of all time!

 

Beautiful books!

[s-man]

They made a great team..up there close to Byrne/Austin

[Silverspider]

The Hulk Story in #130 to 133 is one of my all-time favorites!!!!!!

 

IMO #118 to 150 rank as high as anything else during that time! Great Stuff!!!!!