Iron Man comic book gets new suit of armor in cover redesign

As much as we used to get chromium, hologram & diecut varieties of comic book covers, the basic design of a cover of a comic book has used the same M.O. since the inception of the medium: a title over illustration. Sure, some other design trends have slipped in here in there (who can forget Jim Steranko’s iconic covers) every once in a while but for the most part, same shit. Well with the wrap up of a year long story arc on the Iron Man book, Marvel has called on for an entirely new take on what a comic book cover should look like and they’re recruited Rian Hughes (formerly of the design collective known as MK12) to the redesign and all I can say is that it’s pretty stunning. The redesign starts with issue #20 and I have yet to see how long it will stick but the sexy look is full of WIN in my book. Check out the cover for issue #21 after the break and let us know what you think: Could all of Marvel’s line of book follow suit or does this look only work well with the tech-based Iron Man book?