Ahhh, one of the fond memories of Shell-Head. Interested to know how that puppy holds up after 25 years. It was great, at the time.
I had gone off Iron Man for a few years and when I seen those two names Michelinie and Layton had been working on IM, I jumped back on. Fun run (especially the Spymaster and Ghost issues) as those creators do work well together.
Best run of IM every was when those two wrote IM with John Romita Jr. on art (His art was fantastic back then, not sure what the hell happened
) so if you enjoy this arc, you should certainly check out their first run on the book.
Anywho, let us know if it still reads well or is now dated.
Edit - You kinda got me excited about the old Iron Man run
Went back and did a little research. IF you enjoy this trade ... IF ... you should definitely check out IM runs:
137-140 - (Written by Michelinie/Layton - art by Layton)
and
141-150,152 - (Written by Michelinie/Layton - art by J.R. Jr. ... the good art
)
(And of course issues 120-128 which is the famous DEMON IN THE BOTTLE story arc)
Screw it, grab all you can of issues 119-153
(If you like this trade and it still holds up. If you don't or it doesn't, then ... I just wasted a lot of time.
but that is okay, I just got a little memory excited)