Iron Man #231 (Guice, Layton) (1988)

I saw this cover for the first time in 1990 (in Italy the stories of the Marvel characters were published at least two years later than in the U.S.A.).
I bought the comic because seeing this new version of the red / gold armor intrigued me a lot.
It has since become my favorite armor.
Fantastic cover in a fantastic collection my friend😉

Great cover from a great run!  Loved the Guice/Layton combo!  And totally agree with you, really nice being able to see both the suit AND the man!  Congrats on this superb acquisition.

Suit up Tony! Congrats.

Thar she blows!

Wow, that is a stellar Iron Man cover!!  And a debut of a new armor to boot.  Congrats on this amazing Guice/Layton acquisition!

Killer cover! Great art team, and part of my favorite run from the series

Great cover!!

Guice and Layton certainly made for a fully gleaming new armor an event in itself!  Guice's clean and detailed style had were rocking it in the late 80's and Layton's inking made it slick and shiny like a new car! 

Great cover from a great (the best?) period for the character

Fantastic cover!

Sockamagee!

Great piece of art and a key cover in it being the return to the red and gold!  The Silver Centurion is my favorite so I was sad to see it go but this armor killed, too.  Love how the chains are going over the title lettering here.  Congrats!

A worthy addition to the collection!

Guice and Layton styles meshed beautifully ! Great cover !

Awesome.

Amazing cover!!

So many grerat memories of this issue.

What an incredible piece of Iron Man history!

As a kid, I HATED this cover for spoiling that Tony survived and what the new armor looked like- so much so that I had Mark Bright draw a whole new cover for it, based on his #200 layout!

Still... I'd trade a pinkie for this cover!