2007 Hot Issue

HOT SUIT: Ironwear

The Iron Man movie, based on the long-running comic book and starring Robert Downey Jr., doesn't arrive until May, but fans are already abuzz about the flashes of Tony Stark's armor that have surfaced in film teasers. We talked to director Jon Favreau and effects supervisor Shane Mahan, from Stan Winston Studio (of Terminator and Jurassic Park fame), which constructed the armor used in the movie. They gave us the inside scoop on the design of Iron Man's Mark III suit. --DOUGLAS WOLK

To get a closer look at Iron Man's armor, click here.