Picking up the latest issue of Iron Man I came away a bit disappointed. It wasnt a bad issues, but it was an issue where bad things happen, and by that I dont mean bad things happen to our hero. I'm talking bad is in poorly thought out story. So if you havent gotten the issue yet, dont read because there are spoilers.
All the armors are being destroyed. Again
Seriously, how many times have all the armors been destroyed in one way, shape or form? Teen Tony blew them up so no one could get their hands on them. Then they were all destroyed during World War Hulk and trying to save the Hellicarrier from the Red Hulk. Then during Legacy of Doom Tony was melting them down. And again this arc will feature Tony sending Maria Hill to the various armories he has hidden around the world to prevent Norman Osborn from getting them. Even though he has all he needs from the ones left in Stark Tower (horrible writing on Bendis part as we all know Stark would have destroyed or shipped them out before anything). So honestly, how many more times are the armors going to be destroyed, especially since we know all of them are going to be coming back at some point in the future?
Iron Potts
Yes, that's right, Pepper now has her own Iron Man armor. Or would it be Iron Maiden? Regardless, Pepper has an armor and it's just so out of character for her. Bethany Cabe, yes, we can see that and she was fine in issue #300. But Pepper? I'm guessing at some point she is going to be bailed out by Iron Arbogast like Rhodey used to bail out Stark? I just cant see good things coming from this.
"The" Iron Man
Why in God's name does Fraction keep having everyone refer to it as "The Iron Man?" Its not a separate entity for gods sake. And worse, it's just plain annoying. Please stop.
Norman Osborn is already boring
Everything he does is so watered down that you cant possibly believe "geez, everyone is going to take his word for it?" But according to Marvel they are. I mean it's one thing we already know he's a bad guy, but there has yet to be one single convincing element of his rule that could possibly make you think anything but retarded monkeys are following him. Its like Marvel isnt even trying. Just being lazy and telling us to accept the story. Which of those two things is worse?
Someone please tell Larocca to draw Tony with a goatee
Nothing special, just draw him with the proper facial hair.
To be fair, the issue wasnt all that bad. So here are some of the pros:
The Stark-Hill Fling
In a way it was surprising, but we also knew it was coming. I mean, it is Stark. Fraction adds in some nice humor with it too.
The Hall of Armors did look cool
I admit: I'm a sucker for seeing a hall of armors. It's just cool to me, and I'm sure no one else gets sick of it.
Despite some short comings, I think Fraction gets Stark
He seems to have his personality down pretty good, and I am definitely seeing Tony do the things Fraction has him do. This is why I'm not giving up on Fraction (yet). Time will tell, but unlike most writers the past ten years, he seems to actually know who he is writing about.
A classic armor that isnt the Classic
I pointed this out in my last post, but i wanted to point it out again. It's nice to see Tony going to a more recent armor than digging all the way back to his early models. We're making progress.
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