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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bethany Cabe, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Detroit Steel, Ezekiel Stane, Fear Itself, Hammer Industries, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #511 review, Invincible Iron Man 511, Iron Man, Living Laser, Mandarin, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Pepper Potts, Rescue, Resilient, Salvador Larroca, Shattered Heroes, Splitlip, Spymaster, Stark Resilient, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Comics Reviews, Fear Itself, golem, Grey Gargoyle, H.A.M.M.E.R., Hammer Corps, Hammer Industries, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #507 review, Invincible Iron Man 507, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Odin, Pepper Potts, Rescue, Salvador Larroca, Sasha Hammer, Stark Resilient, Svartalfheim, the Serpent, the Worthy, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fear Itself, Grey Gargoyle, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #506, Invincible Iron Man #506 review, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Odin, Paris, Pepper Potts, Rescue, Salvador Larroca, Stark Resilient, the Worthy, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Bethany Cabe, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Detroit Steel, Fear Itself, Fear Itself tie-in, Grey Gargoyle, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #505, Invincible Iron Man #505 review, Invincible Iron Man 50, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Paris, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larroca, Stark Resilient, the Worthy, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Arbogast, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Fear Itself, Grey Gargoyle, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #504, Invincible Iron Man #504 review, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Paris, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larroca, Stark Resilient, the Worthy, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
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, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Doc Ock, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Howard Chaykin, Howard Stark, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #503, Invincible Iron Man #503 review, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Obadiah Stane, Pepper Potts, Pimacher, Salvador Larroca, Sandman, Sinister Six, Stark Resilient, Tim Cababa, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 17, 2011 by paladinking
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Barry Kitson, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, General Babbage, Iron Man, Iron Man 2.0, Iron Man 2.0 #3, Iron Man 2.0 #3 review, Jim Rhodes, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Nick Spencer, Palmer Addley, Pepper Potts, Rhodey, Stark Resilient, Tony Stark, War Machine, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Doc Ock, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #502, Invincible Iron Man #502 review, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Otto Octavius, Pepper Potts, Pimacher, Salvador Larroca, Sandman, Sinister Six, Spider-Man, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #501, Invincible Iron Man #501 review, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Otto Octavius, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larroca, Sandman, Spider-Man, Stark Resilient, Tim Cababa, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: .1 comics, .1 Marvel, alcoholics anonymous, Alcoholism, Alex Evans, Avengers, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Hammer Industries, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #500.1, Iron Man, James Rhodes, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Obediah Stane, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larroca, Stark Industries, Stark Solutions, Tony Stark, War Machine, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Detroit Steel, Ezekiel Stane, General Babbage, Guantanamo Bay, H.A.M.M.E.R., Hammer Industries, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #33, Invincible Iron Man #33 review, Iron Man, James Rhodes, Justine Hammer, Maria Hill, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Pepper Potts, repulsor, Rescue, Salvador Larroca, Sasha Hammer, SHIELD, Stark Resilient, Tony Stark, War Machine, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Frank D'Armata, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #29, Invincible Iron Man #29 review, Iron Man, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Pepper Potts, review, Salvador Larocca | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 25, 2010 by dfstell
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Allen Martinez, Comic Book Reviews, Dave Lamph, Dean Stell, Dr. Doom, Dreadknight, Fred Van Lente, Iron Man, Iron Man Legacy, Iron Man Legacy #3, Iron Man Legacy #3 review, John Rauch, Marvel, Pepper Potts, review, Steve Kurth, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 23, 2010 by dfstell
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Andrea Mutti, Clayton Cowles, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Jose Villarrubia, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Marvel Comics, Pepper Potts, Rescue, Rescue #1, Rescue #1 review, review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Black Widow, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Donald Blake, Dr. Strange, ghost, H.A.M.M.E.R., Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #22, Invincible Iron Man #22 review, Iron Man, Maria Hill, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Natasha Romanova, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larroca, Stark Disassembled, Steve Rogers, Thor, Thunderbolts, Tony Stark, War Machine, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dark Reign, ghost, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #21, Invincible Iron Man #21 review, Iron Man, Madame Masque, Maria Hill, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Oklahoma, Pepper Potts, Rescue, Salvador Larroca, Sooner, Stark, Stark Disassembled, Thor, Thunderbolts, Tony Stark, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 22, 2009 by paladinking
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Black Widow, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dark Reign, Extremis, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #19, Invincible Iron Man #19 review, Iron Man, Iron Patriot, Maria Hill, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Natasha Romanova, Norman Osborn, Pepper Potts, Rescue, Salvador Larroca, Thor, Tony Stark, Victoria Hand, Weekly Comic Book Review, World's Most Wanted | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 18, 2009 by tonyrak
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Dark Reign, Frank D'Armata, Graphic Novel Reader, H.A.M.M.E.R., Invincible Iron Man: World's Most Wanted HC, Iron Patriot, Maria Hill, Marvel, Matt Fraction, Norman Osborn, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larroca, Tony Rakittke, Tony Stark | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 7, 2009 by pozzyfreak
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Black Widow, Comic Book Reviews, Dark Reign, Frank D'Armata, Invincible iron man #16, Invincible Iron Man #16 Review, Kyle Posluszny, Madame Masque, Mariah Hill, Matt Fraction, Norman Osborn, Pepper Potts, Rescue, Salvador Larocca, Tony Stark, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Worlds Most Wanted Chapter 9 | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 1, 2009 by pozzyfreak
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dark Reign, Frank D'Armata, H.A.M.M.E.R., Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #15 Review, Iron Man, Kyle Posluszny, Madame Masque, Mariah Hill, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Norman Osborn, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larocca, Tony Stark, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, World's Most Wanted, World's Most Wanted Chapter 8 Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 18, 2009 by pozzyfreak
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, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: comic reviews, Crimson Dynamo, Dark Reign, Frank D'Armata, Iron Man, Jarvis, Kyle Posluszny, Mariah Hill, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Ms. Hand, Norman Osborn, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larocca, The Invincible Iron Man #14, Tony Stark, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, World's Most Wanted | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 9, 2009 by pozzyfreak
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: comic reviews, Dark Reign, Frank D'Armata, Futurepharm, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #13 Review, Kyle Posluszny, Madame Masque, Mariah Hill, Marvel comic Reviews, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Norman Osborn, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larroca, Starktech, The Controller, The Good, Tony Stark, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 1, 2009 by pozzyfreak
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ben Berger, Comic Commentary, Comics, Dark Reign, Discussion, Forum, Frank D'Armata, Graphic Novels, H.A.M.M.E.R., Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #12 Review, Iron Man, Issues, Kyle Posluszny, Mariah Hill, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Namor, Norman Osborn, omnibus, Pepper Potts, Raymond Hilario, Reviews, Rob G., Salvador Larocca, SHIELD, Tony Rakittke, Tony Stark, WCBR, Wednesday Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 6, 2009 by tonyrak
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dark Reign, Frank D'Armata, H.A.M.M.E.R., Invincible Iron Man 10, Iron Patriot, Maria Hill, Matt Fraction, Norman Osborn, Pepper Potts, Running Press, Salvador Larroca, Tony Stark, World's Most Wanted | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 9, 2009 by pozzyfreak
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dark Reign, Extremis, Frank D'Armata, H.A.M.M.E.R., Invincible Iron Man, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Norman Osborn, Pepper Potts, Salvador Larroca, Secret Invasion, SHIELD, The Invincible Iron Man #9 Review, Tony Stark Mariah Hill | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Ben Berger, Comic Commentary, Comics, Dark Reign, Discussion, Forum, Frank D'Armata, Graphic Novels, H.A.M.M.E.R., Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #12 Review, Iron Man, Issues, Kyle Posluszny, Mariah Hill, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Namor, Norman Osborn, omnibus, Pepper Potts, Raymond Hilario, Reviews, Rob G., Salvador Larocca, SHIELD, Tony Rakittke, Tony Stark, WCBR, Wednesday Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | Leave a Comment »