Empire Online has gotten their grubby little hands on what looks like conceptual art for the Iron Man armor in the upcoming Iron Man movie, and they’ve slapped it on the front cover of their “Heroes of 2008″ issue. (Check out a thumbnail of the image to your left, scroll down below for the bigger version.) Iron Man looks pretty darn spiffy, I have to say. Then again, this is just artwork, so who knows how the real thing will end up when someone has to wear that thing. Still looks cool, though.

When Tony Stark is forced to create a life support suit to keep him alive after an accident he decides to use the technology in his suit to fight crime.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, and Leslie Bibb, and directed by Jon Favreau.

Iron Man powers his way into Summer 2008.