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Invincible Iron Man #511 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #507 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #506 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #505 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #504 – Review

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. [...]

Invincible Iron Man #503 – Review

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, [...]

Iron Man 2.0 #3 – Review

by Nick Spencer (writer), Barry Kitson & Carmine Di Giandomenico (art), Kano (art & colors), Matthew Wilson & Frank Martin (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: As the mystery deepens, Rhodey gets a very special present from Tony Stark. The Review:  After a fantastic first issue, it seems that Iron Man 2.0 continues to [...]

Invincible Iron Man #502 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #501 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #500.1 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #33 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #29 – Review

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 [...]

Iron Man Legacy #3 – Review

By: Fred van Lente (writer), Steve Kurth (pencils), Allen Martinez (inks), John Rauch (colors) & Dave Lamphear (letters) The Story: Tony Stark’s adventures in Eastern Europe continue as he tries to escape from the bad guys who are applying intense selective pressure to the locals to try to create a new Tony Stark.  Plus, Doom [...]

Rescue #1 – Review

By: Kelly Sue DeConnick (writer), Andrea Mutti (art), Jose Villarrubia (art) & Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Pepper Potts gets to play around in her Rescue armor and has a nice, long chat with her dead husband. What’s Good: This is a nice little story that hits on a lot of the high-notes of what [...]

Invincible Iron Man #22 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #21 – Review

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 [...]

Invincible Iron Man #19 – Review

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: World’s Most Wanted comes to an end as Hill, Pepper, and Black Widow try to escape HAMMER and Stark tries to survive the Iron Patriot. What’s Good: The best thing I can say about this book is that it [...]

The Invincible Iron Man Vol 2: World’s Most Wanted HC – Review

By Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (artist), Frank D’Armata (colorist) On the run, depowered, and dethroned from the seat of power he built in Civil War and held through Secret Invasion, Tony Stark is now the world’s most wanted man; compliments of his usurper, Norman Osborn.  Through a complex series of lies, executions, and skillful [...]

Invincible Iron Man #16 (Dark Reign) – Review

By Matt Fraction (Writer), Salvador Larocca (Artist), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Anyone tired of the “World’s Most Wanted” arc yet? I know I’m not.  It’s refreshing to see a Marvel comic that’s breaking the common “six-issue” rule. The Story: Madame Masque talks to her “lover” Tony Stark as a captive [...]

The Invincible Iron Man #15 (World’s Most Wanted Chapter 8) – Review

By Matt Fraction (Writer), Salvador Larocca (Art), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The seventh chapter of “World’s Most Wanted” showed that Fraction’s lengthy arc has yet to run out of any steam. That’s quite an accomplishment for Matt Fraction considering that some stories start feeling stretched thin after only two or [...]

The Invincible Iron Man #14 (Dark Reign) – Review

By Matt Fraction (Writer), Salvador Larocca (Art), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Invincible Iron Man is written by the Matt Fraction that made me a fan of Matt Fraction. The Story: With a mind that’s being deleted cell by cell, Tony Stark encounters the Crimson Dynamo and sees an opportunity. Meanwhile, [...]

Invincible Iron Man #13 (Dark Reign) – Review

By Matt Fraction (Writer), Salvador Larroca (Artist), and Frank D’Armata (Colorist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Invincible Iron Man is easily one of the best Marvel monthlies. Matt Fraction writes one hell of a Tony Stark and his handling of Stark’s inner circle (which includes Mariah Hill and Pepper Potts) has been absolutely brilliant. The [...]

Invincible Iron Man #12 (Dark Reign) – Review

By Matt Fraction (Writer), Salvador Larocca (Artist), and Frank D’Armata (Colorist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ve been loving Matt Fraction’s take on Tony Stark. What I haven’t been loving is the artwork it’s unfortunately saddled with. Thankfully, Fraction’s writing is strong enough to easily handle the burden. As a result, I can’t wait to [...]

Invincible Iron Man #10 – Review

By Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (artist), Frank D’Armata (colorist) The Story: In part three of “World’s Most Wanted,” Norman Osborn unleashes the full fury of H.A.M.M.E.R. down on Stark, raiding Tony’s global offices and seizing his technology, and issuing a warrant for Tony’s arrest for crimes against humanity.  Now as officially Earth’s most wanted [...]

Invincible Iron Man #9 – Review

By Matt Fraction (Writer), Salvador Larroca (Art), and Frank D’Armata (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ll admit that I was a bit worried that the excellent Invincible Iron Man series would lose a bit of it’s flavor now that it’s a major part of Marvel’s Dark Reign. However, all doubts were quickly laid to [...]

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