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Dinesh Shamdasani UNITED STATES
Member Since September 2004
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Iron Man #232 cover (Armor Wars epilogue)

Location: Marvel (covers)
Artists: Barry Windsor-Smtih (Penciller) ,  Barry Windsor-Smith (Inker)

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Iron Man #232
Artwork Details
Location: Marvel (covers)
Title: Iron Man #232 cover (Armor Wars epilogue)*
Artist:  Barry Windsor-Smtih (Penciller) ,  Barry Windsor-Smith (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 933
Likes on CAF: 46
Comments: 38
Added to Site: 11/10/2025

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A simple, minimal, yet unforgettable cover from one of the greatest single issues ever published. Barry Windsor-Smith began this tour de force by stripping the issue’s cover down to its barest essentials, creating a now-iconic composition.

Iron Man has long suffered from a shortage of truly great covers—especially in this era—but this striking image stands out as a rare and remarkable exception in the pantheon.

And a prototype for the Windsor-Smith/Layton collaboration that would define Pre-Unity Valiant Comics.

Also of note, many of the stylistic choices and techniques that would later be popularized by Jim Lee and Scott Williams are present.

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Member Since: September 2004
Last Login: July 2026
Country: UNITED STATES
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Eelco V Member Since 2004
2    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Wow! BWS Goodness!

James Dornoff Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Congrats on this cool cover!

Amir E Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Such a memorable cover. Congrats! A real gem!

Robert Altamura Member Since 2006
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

I don't think it's that simple or minimal.  It is just right.  Very nice.

Kavi H Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

A late 80s Iron Man classic from BWS! I love how it was colored also in the final, minty copies of the book present really well. Amazing cover art, congrats!

Bobby L Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Congrats on an awesome cover! Classic and memorable!

J.  Lim Member Since 2008
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Amazing BWS cover! 

Peter Venkman Member Since 2003
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Touchdown !

Dave W Member Since 2006
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Great image and great cover - very memorable. Congrats!

Malvin V Member Since 2004
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

One of the best Iron Man covers! I remember this vividly. Congrats!

Paul  Brzegowy Member Since 2010
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Standout cover, so much so that I went back recently and re-read his Iron Man books. 

Andrew G Member Since 2022
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Dope AF. Congrats

Duke  Fleed Member Since 2013
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Gorgeous!

Ron B Member Since 2024
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

A beauty, congrats!

Carl Choi Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

You already know how I feel about this page. Our shared love for BWS is brotherly real!!! Congrats on another killer page and to me, one of the if not THE BEST in recent acquisitions! 

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

A great era for BWS art.  It's a style closer to the Weapon X saga as everything is rendered in a meticulously measured manner.  Leaving the blank space makes us focus on what's there even more cleanly.     

Rabid Ferret Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

One of the best! Huge congrats!

Nils E Member Since 2014
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

It's great to see it without the colours, I find them overpowering

Carlo M Member Since 2006
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Stark imprisoned by his own techno-obsession. 30 years of character's history on one single piece of paper. Museum quality . 

Lance Suarez Member Since 2004
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

My favorite piece in this gallery. I remember when my buddy Bob had this almost complete with cover and was short a page. Some punk inker was trying to hold him up. Great great cover!

Justin Porter Member Since 2003
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Damn........ Fantastic cover! Congrats!

Dan P Member Since 2009
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Epic!

Andy Wurst Member Since 2004
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Halleluja - awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Rick W Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Astonishing!

James S Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 11/10/2025

Iconic!

Tom Coker Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 11/11/2025

Memorable for sure! Congrats

Toni S Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 11/11/2025

Stellar! OMG what a piece of ART!

Fred Dillon Member Since 2021
1    
Posted On 11/11/2025

Great cover! Congrats!

Just Raj Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 11/11/2025

Awesome!

Ken Lomas Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 11/11/2025

He is... Iron Man. Great book.

Gene Park Member Since 2004
1    
Posted On 11/11/2025

A perfect example of "less is more", BWS making a big impact with no wasted lines. Great pick-up!

Jeremy Radisich Member Since 2004
2    
Posted On 11/11/2025

One of the greatest issues of that era--there must be an interesting story behind how BWS ended up doing it.  Gorgeous artwork and a great introspective story--and a masterpiece of a cover.  And while this may not be reflected in the original art, I've always loved how the published cover was colored--that blue is so deep and striking.  I assume that was BWS doing the coloring himself, as he always preferred to do.  Congrats on acquiring an iconic piece!

Joe Murray Member Since 2006
1    
Posted On 11/12/2025

Iconic to the core and an absolute favorite, the kind of cover I'd only expect to see in a museum, huge congrats!!

George H Member Since 2009
1    
Posted On 12/1/2025

This is an absolutely EPIC cover! One of my favs by BWS.

West Stephan Member Since 2007
1    
Posted On 1/14/2026

I bought this cover at my lcs back in 1988 when I was 16. Such a memorable cover for the times, still is! 

Paul Roach Member Since 2014
1    
Posted On 1/20/2026

A really clever image, made all the more eye-catching by the wisps of smoke and thick wires obscuring the logo. Beautifully and delicately rendered. A great cover!

Scott Williams Member Since 2004
1    
Posted On 3/9/2026

I used to own this cover and foolishly sold it a few years back. Beautiful piece. It's definitely pencillecd AND INKED by BWS, not Layton (who inked the interiors). BWS inks is a huge bonus IMHO!

M L Member Since 2015
1    
Posted On 3/16/2026

Pure memory adrenaline. Epic. 

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