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Invincible Iron Man #511 – Review

Posted on December 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony Stark comes clean to his employees before finding himself in a fight for his life against the Living Laser. The Review:  After the underwhelming Fear Itself, it seems that Matt Fraction is fast replacing Bendis as the new [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #507 – Review

Posted on August 17, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony discovers unexpected problems while Pepper finds herself faced by both Sasha Hammer’s Hammer Corps and the Worthy-fied Grey Gargoyle. What’s Good:  Pepper Potts to the rescue!  Really, were it not for her, this would’ve been a pretty drab [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #506 – Review

Posted on July 24, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony makes a deal with Odin that finds him playing Snow White. What’s Good:  While I was fairly positive of it in my review in Fear Itself, I’ve become somewhat divided on Tony sacrificing his sobriety to Odin.  On [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #505 – Review

Posted on June 19, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors, and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: “Paris is a nightmare.  It’s…it’s biblical, Pep.” The Review:  A lot of comic readers resent event tie-in issues.  I think a large part of this often-merited resentment has to do with the fact that they often derail a writer [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #504 – Review

Posted on May 18, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: After hiring a new chief of security, Tony Stark flies to Paris’ rescue, only to find a city of stone. The Review:  I know a lot of people ragged on Invincible Iron Man during the “building a car” arc. [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #503 – Review

Posted on April 20, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony fights to disarm Doc Ock’s bomb while Pepper goes for another round with Sandman and Electro. The Review:  I think it’s issues like this that make people aggravated about event tie-ins.  Looking at the cover of this issue, [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #502 – Review

Posted on March 19, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony continues his battle of wits with Doc Ock while Pepper battles Electro and the Sandman. The Review: In its second installment, this Doc Ock story-arc continues to be really good, almost surprisingly so.  It’s great writing by Matt [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #501 – Review

Posted on February 28, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: A dying Doctor Octopus makes Tony an offer, or rather a demand, that he cannot refuse. The Review: Tony Stark versus Doctor Octopus?  What the hell? That was my initial reaction while reading this issue,  having come in expecting [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #500.1 – Review

Posted on February 3, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larocca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony attends a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, where he retells his history and his struggles. What’s Good: This is one incredibly well-written comic.  Given that there are a lot of words on the page, as it’s basically one giant [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #500 – Review

Posted on January 22, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca, Frank D’Armata, Nathan Fox, Javier Rodriguez, Carmine Di Giandomenico, & Matthew Wilson (art & colors), Kano (art), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony enlists the aid of former employee Peter Parker to help remember, and stop, a weapon he forgot he invented.  Meanwhile, we also get a glimpse [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #33 – Review

Posted on December 24, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony takes the Resilient on a test drive as he tries to escape Detroit Steel and his horde of drones. What’s Good: I realize that a lot of people have complained regarding the pace of this arc.  While I [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #32 – Review

Posted on November 26, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) & Alejandro Arbona (Associate Editor) The Story: “Team Iron Man” has to fend off an attack by Detroit Steel and his squadron of iPhone-controlled killer drones. What’s good: Finally…action!  This story has been brewing for a long time, so it was nice [...]

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What We’re Looking Forward To In November

Posted on October 31, 2010 by paladinking

Dean There is a LOT to look forward to in November. For one thing, there is a lot of neat stuff in the Spider-Man world as Amazing Spider-Man kicks off its new “big” story line Big Time written by Dan Slott with art by Humberto Ramos. This is also the end of the thrice-monthly ASM [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #31 – Review

Posted on October 13, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: The penultimate chapter of the Stark Resilient / Detroit Steel story arc is here.  Can Stark demonstrate his new electric car for adoring fans while the Hammers are trying to kill him? What’s Good: This issue really shows off [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #30 – Review

Posted on September 11, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (Artist), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: After five issues of very decompressed storytelling, we finally get to the point where we learn the Hammer ladies’ ultimate plan against Tony Stark. What’s Good: Okay, I finally feel like this series has its feet under it again.  [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #29 – Review

Posted on August 11, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Pepper Potts get her new suit of armor and Tony tries to rebuild his company. What’s Good: This story is finally starting to come around and I think it just took Fraction a few issues to reestablish a status [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #28 – Review

Posted on July 14, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Entrepreneurship is hard!  Tony Stark continues rebuilding his new company and the Hammer’s Detroit Steel has a link to an old enemy. What’s Good: For a comic that again features zero action and lots of talking heads (i.e. exactly [...]

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Invincible Iron Man Annual #1 – Review

Posted on July 4, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Carmine Di Giandomenico (art), Matt Wilson (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: The life and times of the Mandarin, as seen by a film-maker working under considerable duress. What’s Good: I don’t want to pile on Matt Fraction’s normal artists (on both Invincible Iron Man and Uncanny X-Men), but it [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #27 – Review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Tony Stark continues the somewhat boring rebuilding of his commercial empire, Pepper Potts wants her repulsor disc back and terrorists strike in Tokyo. What’s Good: I’m enjoying the growth of Pepper and her desire to have the repulsor disc [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #26 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Tony Stark continues to try to rebuild his life and business after rebooting his brain (and losing the last few years of memories) a few issues ago. What’s Good: I really enjoy the way Fraction is playing up the fact [...]

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Iron Man 2 – Movie Review

Posted on May 10, 2010 by SoldierHawk

Iron Man 2 is a great movie. Let’s get that out of the way right now. If that’s all you were waiting to hear, there it is: it’s well worth the price of admission, as it provides you a very solid couple hours’ of entertainment. Robert Downey, Jr. is still a fantastic Tony Stark, the [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #25 – Review

Posted on April 28, 2010 by dfstell

By: Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Laying low by the erasure of his last several years of memories AND the complete destruction of his company and fortune, Tony Stark starts to rebuild his life and his business. What’s Good: A lot of bang for the [...]

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Iron Man Legacy #1 – Review

Posted on April 14, 2010 by dfstell

By: Fred Van Lente (writer), Steve Kurth (pencils), Allen Martinez & Victor Olazaba (inkers), John Rauch (colors) and Dave Nphear (letters) The Story: Iron Man gets a second on-going series where the bad-guy is using (no surprise) stolen Iron Man technology against civilians. What’s Good: Not a whole lot to be honest.  The best part [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #22 – Review

Posted on January 14, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Ghost makes his move and the gang brings in some outside help. What’s Good: Stark Disassembled continues not to disappoint. For the second month in a row, the scenes in Tony’s mind have improved.  Tony’s new surroundings make him [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #21 – Review

Posted on December 10, 2009 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: The surgery to restore Tony Stark takes place. What’s Good: The strange desert scenes within Tony’s mind were my high point in this month’s issue.  Last issue, I found these scenes a little too weird and obscure, but this [...]

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