That's what he said in the comic itself. (I put the link to the page at the top, if you haven't read that one. It's one of the early ones. ;)

At the time, he didn't know who Iron Man was and he was way too busy caught up in dreaming about being with Agent 13 to really think about what he was doing... as far as I can tell, anyway. I know that I cringed my way through that entire plot, at least. XD