Iron Man Versus, Part 65: Comic-Con Edition!

Welcome back for another installment of "Iron Man Versus", where Old Shell-Head does a dangerous dance of death with dorks!  Today we have a very special edition in anticipation of Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend, as our spotlight Avenger goes up against an entirely new and different threat!

I hope you enjoy, from Iron Man v1 #72 (1975), a little adventure I like to call Iron Man vs. the 1974 San Diego ComicCon!

 
As a special bonus, this story takes place during the time that Iron Man had a nose!   


 
 
Clearly, this story is a hilarious comedy of errors.  Like all (bad) comedy of errors, it ends with the protagonist triumphant!


Noticeably absent from the above panel: Iron Man.


Look, I've read the whole comic and it really doesn't make any more sense than the parts I'm showing you.  Just be glad I cut out the parts with the supervillains. 

Some Quick Updates

A lot has happened in the last few weeks, which I will recap quickly, with pictures.

Talia came to visit. Liz baked a cake to celebrate. Result: Yum.


While she was here, we went to the Baltimore Comic Convention, where we met Mike Mignola, Dan Slott, and Michael Avon Oeming---among others---and had a chance to listen to Bendis and Kirkman argue about creator owned comics. Not to mention all the sweet comics we each acquired and got signed. Result: Awesome Fun!



Liz & I went to the Maryland Renaissance Festival with Angela, a girl I grew up with. She lives in the DC area with her fiance, and we got both of them in Renaissance clothes for the first time. Result: I got to wear my pantaloons!



I have been trying to make my way through my massive backlog of unread comics, made worse by my recent comic-con acquisitions. So there have been many hours spent sitting in my comic reading chair. Result: I've been spending a lot more time with Cassy.



Liz's mom came to visit and we went to the Baltimore Aquarium. They have lots of awesome fish and frogs there. Result: We got some awesome pictures.



That's the short version. I'm too busy right now for a longer version, sorry!

Comic Con

Yesterday I went to the Motor City Comic Con. I had a lot of fun and saw a lot of cool things and people.

I was originally looking forward to seeing Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating, but after watching them sign autographs for a minute I could see they were just there to make $20 a pop for autographs and were actually dicks. Plus they both looked like Ambercrombie models, which REALLY shouts, "I don't belong" when you're at a Con.

I did talk to two people. One was a comic book artist named Jason Howard. He just co-created a new book called "The Astounding Wolf-Man" that I'm really liking so far. I went to his booth to tell him I love his work on the book and he was super cool and appreciative. That's the kind of guy you actually want to talk to. He was doing a quick sketch for a fan when I went up to him, which was also a cool thing to do.

The coolest thing that happened was that I met Billy West. He did a session where he talked about his career and afterwords he was outside the room and I went up to him and told him how much I love his work (part of me still wants to be a voice actor) and asked if I could get a picture with him. We said something along the lines of "of course you can" and jumped next to me a threw his arm around me. He is a super awesome guy.


I also saw a lot of cool comic books, toys, and the car from Knight Rider, but meeting Billy West was still the coolest thing that happened. I did succeed in my task to find out how much my death of Captain America issue is worth, and also discovered that a few of the other books I've gotten in the last few months have doubled or trippled in value.