Your 100th Co(s)mic ComicBook B'Cast!! Yay!

It's the 100th B'Cast. 100th! I never thought I would get to the 100th B'Cast.  In hindsight, I would have probably hit 100 a few months or a year ago but too many things kept getting in my way or I guess I let it all get in my way.
Well I finally got here. The 100th Co(s)mic ComicBook B'Cast. Okay for this edition, I wanted to talk about Iron Man. Not the Iron Man we see in the movies but the comic book version.
Also it's a version of the Iron Man armor that divided fans.  They either love it or they love it.  At one time, I read one columnist call this armor "Go-Bot" like.
I think maybe you know which armor I'm talking about. Yep.  The Iron Man armor that's been called the Mark XII or more commonly called the "Silver Centurion" armor.
The armor first appeared in Iron Man issue 200.

The cover to Iron Man # 200 by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.
The Silver Centurion armor first appeared in this issue. Tony Stark may have invented this armor for James Rhodes who at the time (Iron Man issue 170) took over as Iron Man.

Iron Man issue 170 by Luke McDonnell and Steve Mitchell showing us an Iron Man we've never seen before.
So back to the Silver Centurion armor, Tony Stark decided to put on the armor after a close friend was killed by a bomb meant for him.  It was obvious that it was all a plan by Obadiah Stane.

The Invincible Iron Man issue 167 by Luke McDonnell and Steve Mitchell. In the clutches of Obadiah Stane. Stane had manged to basically destroy Tony's life, destroy his reputation and took away his company and his fortune.
For a few issues, we saw a Tony Stark had given up the life of a millionaire playboy, philanthropist and genius.
The Iron Man suit and identity was passed on to James Rhodes. There were a few issues detailing how Rhodes became angry at Stark and ultimately hating Stark.
Tony builds an old basic model of the Iron Man armor and deals with a Rhodey who seems to have lost it.
The "new" old Iron Man armor appeared in this issue, Iron Man issue 191 by Luke McDonnell and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.

And in the next issue, Tony and Rhodey.....well....they... "ironed out" their differences..kinda.

Iron Man issue 192 featured Iron Man versus Iron Man by Luke McDonnell and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.

All of these situations came to a head in Iron Man issue 200. Having lost a friend, Tony decides to take the fight to Stane.  Rhodey offers to return the Iron Man suit but Tony refuses his offer as he has other plans.

Iron Man Silver Centurion by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.
Tony had been working on this new armor which was a huge departure from the armors of old.  The most obvious change was the color scheme, gone was the Red and Gold.  The suit was Red and Silver hence the name Silver Centurion.
The suit looked to be bigger and badder compared to the old models. It was different, a classic.
The armor had aan inverted triangular design on the chest and back plates.  It also had a backpack which had never been seen before in the previous armors.

 I'm guessing the backpack was meant for storage purposes.  In addition there was a new design in the terms of the helmet.  It was now a large oversized hooded helmet.
The new design had incorporated shoulder pads and the new triangular chest beam.
I was so excited when the news came out that Tony Stark would be back in the suit but I never thought they would design a new suit of armor.
The strange thing was, I didn't get a chance to see the silver centurion's first appearance in Iron Man 200, instead I saw the armor for the first time in a different comicbook.  This one.

There he is, Iron Man and his new duds front and well off to the left in West Coast Avengers issue 1. I was surprised to see this issue first before Iron Man 200. I don't know for sure which issue came out first but I saw Iron Man's Silver Centurion armor in this issue and I just excited to see more it.

Throughout Iron Man 200 we get to see the capabilities of the Silver Centurion, all the major improvements Tony had incorporated in the new suit.  I wwas enjoying myself finding out just what the suit was capable of.  I can't list out everything about the armor here but there are plenty of sites out there dedicated to the Silver Centurion armor, like www.ironmanarmory.com
And then we had the final showdown with Obadiah Stane who had designed a suit for himself. He redesigned and rebuilt the New old Iron Man suit Tony was using a few issues ago in Iron Man 191.

This is Iron Monger by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.
What happened when Iron Monger met Iron Man?
Well...

All I'm going to say is, find Iron Man 200 and read it,  it's a great issue.
After Iron Man 200, we got to know the Silver Centurion armor and the armor grew on me,  quickly!

Iron Man issue 201 by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian

Iron Man 202 by Bob Layton.
The new Silver Centurion had a few similarities with the previous models. The suit's arms and legs section would zip into the gauntlets and boots for easy storage leaving Tony with a few easy to store parts which are then kept in his custom designed high tech briefcase.

Iron Man 203 by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.

This has to be one of the best renditions of the Silver Centurion armor. Iron Man 204 by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.

One of the changes made to the armor came in the new special feature in the Silver Centurion armor,  the Chameleon Effect, which enables Iron Man to blend into the background by projecting holograms of the background over the surface of the armor, in essence making the armor invisible.

Iron Man issue 205 by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.

Another good look at the Silver Centurion by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.
The new armor also came with a few new nifty weapons, apart from the repulsors, the new suit had new pulse bolt gauntlet cannons which get stronger the farther they travel.
There's also the Unibeam which was designed for higher intensity and even has a searchlight mode. Cool!

Iron Man issue 207 by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.

Iron Man issue 208 by Mark Bright and Ian Akin & Brian Garvey.
The Silver Centurion armor would stay around for a few issues more until the Armor Wars or Stark Wars but that's a story for another day. 
Hey, it's been fun sharing with you my look at the Silver Centurion armor.  I hope you liked it too, thanks for dropping by and I hope to see you again in the next Co(s)mic ComicBook B'Cast.
Until then, thank you and take care!