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    <body><![CDATA[It was an interesting look at what the origins of Iron Man might be by a prolific Sci-Fi writer. However, what I liked most about Iron Man was taken away from him in this version of the story - his vulnerability. It is almost impossible for me to relate to Iron Man if he can regenerate. I originally...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66767442">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say? Andy Kubert does awesome artwork. Orson Scott Card creates a unique tale. It about ends there.<br/><br/>Even though I kind of dig the story line, I fail to see the relationship to the Ultimate line. Is Marvel just slapping Ultimate onto anything because it generates sales?<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26939906">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this leads me to believe that Orson Scott Card can't move away from the &quot;genius kid&quot; theme. For every decent aspect of this story there was something right behind it I didn't like. The best part was the great artwork, Andy Kubert is definately one of my favorite artists in comics r...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think one thing that appeals to me in Orson Scott Card's fiction is the internal dialogue of the characters' thoughts and motives. And that doesn't work as well in a graphic novel. I wonder if a movie would suffer from the same problem?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the worst comics I've ever read. Here's why: Tony Stark's mom becomes infected with a virus that causes cellular regeneration in humans. She gives birth to Tony, who's skin constantly regenerates. This means his skin is always raw and he is in intense pain. Because of this, his father...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22238226">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My first experience reading an Ultimate Graphic Novel.  It was fun, however a little more graphic than I'd thought it would be.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting reinvention of Tony Stark as more of a superhuman genius, but this volume doesn’t get close to closing all the plots it opens, and the second volume isn’t on the horizon yet. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Orson Scott Card" title=" Orson Scott Card"> Orson Scott Card</a> spends the first of the five issues showing the situation in which Stark was bor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4134906">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i saw the poster for this at my local comic shop (All In A Dream on Colfax.. if in denver go say hi), and was intrigued by orson scott card doing a comic. then i saw it randomly in a pile o books at the li-berry, so i grabbed it. the writing is fairly good, but this just didnt grab me, perhaps due t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22438567">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would normally never pick up a comic book. However, I am married to a former comic book collector and he had gotten this from the library. It was sitting on the coffee table and I happened to pick it up to look at it. An hour later I finished it and was astonished to discover that I actually liked...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32209904">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What starts out strong falls pretty flat towards the end.  Orson Scott Card never seems to understand what makes Tony Stark a great character.  There's plenty of cool ideas floating around in here, but the overall sense of story and character feels lost and muddy.  The story of Howard Stark, Tony's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36328932">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Haven't seen the movie, but this book was a cool introduction to the Iron Man character.  Like most comic books, though, at the end I felt like I had just had an appetizer, and I was ready for the main course just as the book was ending.  I guess there's more volumes, maybe.  The dialogue was fun, a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22421038">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Orson Scott Card is an accomplished writer and it really shines through in this collection! I enjoyed the complexity of his story-telling along with the crisp animation. For those who don't know much about Stark's background, this is a fun way to get to know his character.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What fun, to read OSC doing comic book writing!  I was impressed, honestly; it was better than I'd expected.  I like him as a writer, but as we all know, writing comics is an entirely different skill.  He crossed the boundary quite impressively.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Truly gripping writing, revealing an alternate origin (i.e. Ultimate universe origin) for Iron Man. I've never been an Iron Man fan but I loved this book. The Davidson Co. library has it in softcover with different cover art than the one shown here.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Iron Man, written by Orson Scott Card? I'm surprised (that I read this at all?) that this didn't make me twitch as much as I thought it would. I'm not greatly inspired to pick up volume 2, though.]]></body>
    
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