What do you think about Iron Man? Since the 90s Iron Man has
been written as a villainous character for example he killed a multiple people
in the 90s, He forced superhuman registration and helped make a prison in the
negative zone to keep his friends, and all the other villainous stuff he did in
the illuminati like send the hulk into outer space against his will. The reason
iron man was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby was to see if they could make a
weapons dealer a likeable character and they succeeded but in recent years he
has been less heroic. Matt Fraction takes IRON MAN back to his roots literally
in this book (trade collects the invincible Iron Man 1-19.) and make him a real
hero once more.
The Good
The story begins before secret invasion with Tony Stark
still the director of shield. The first arc is Tony’s five nightmares it’s a
great call back to the iron monger story from the 90s, In this story the iron mongers
son (Ezekiel Stane) is seeking revenge on Iron Man for the death of his Dad he
is plotting his revenge much like his father by stealing Starks technology and
trying to use it against him. Stane has
reversed engineered Tony’s iron man technology and has created suicide bombers
and a whole new suit just for himself just like his old dad. This teaches tony
a much need lesson in humility. What follows after this story is an iron man
spider man team up it’s a great self-contained story but after what tony has
done to make parkers life worse I’m surprised he would want to be near him. the
next arc is when shit really hits the fan, the story picks up after secret
invasion at the beginning of dark reign where tony is fired from shield and Norman
Osborne takes his place as director of shield the first thing tony does is
destroy all his important information he had left behind when Osborne finds
this out he claims tony is guilty of treason and begins a man hunt too find
stark. Stark knows that if he is captured all the secrets he poses that are
implanted into his brain would be at the disposal of Osborne, so he does the
unthinkable and deletes his memory! This cause Tony to slowly lose his memory like
a super hero with Alzheimer’s causing him to revert back to the older iron man suits
because they are less complex this Force
iron man to as the Beatles say “get back to wear you once belonged “. Matt
Fraction has created an amazing snake eating his tail type of story, his
writing is impeccable and he makes every character feel unique and different
from the last, the banter between Norman and Tony is hilarious it’s great to see tony on the other side of the coin. As
for the Art Salvador Larroca draws Iron Man and all fasciitis of the marvel
universe realistic and believable seeing him draw every ironman suit is a
really treat his art is like watching a well-directed movie, the colors are
also fantastic it really helps the book come to life.
The Bad
The idea of tony deleting his memory is very impractical if
you think about it if he heads a hard drive and he was slow deleting his memory
why was it selective? Why did he forget the little things first? There Is also
a strange love triangle between Tony, Peeper Pots(Tony’s assistant), and Maria
Hill(agent of shield) that I don’t even know was happening until Tony and Maria
Hill had sex but shortly after Tony says Pepper is the only girl for him. Why
does tony have sex with his coworker Maria Hill that’s her boss I didn’t think
there relationship was that romantic
like that or is that just a common thing in comic books.
The Score 8/10
If you love Iron man but don’t know where to start this is
the best place. This was the first Iron Man solo book that I have ever read and
its great read with strong protagonist and great supporting characters that you’ll
actually care about. A great Iron Man book that doesn’t make him look like a
uber-fascist.
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