The Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares

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The Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares (The Invincible Iron Man #1)

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Tony Stark - Iron Man, billionaire industrialist, and director of S.H.I.E.L.D. - faces the most overwhelming challenge of his life. Ezekiel Stane, the son of Tony's late business rival and archenemy Obadiah, has set his sights, his genius, and his considerable fortune on the task of destroying Tony Stark and Iron Man. What's worse, he's got Iron Man tech, and he's every bi...more

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Published December 17th 2008 by Marvel (first published 2008)

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May 29, 2012 Kemper rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, comics, superhero

The 5 nightmares of Tony Stark:

1) Running out of WD-40.
2) Getting the blue screen of death in mid-flight.
3) Having a bad case of food poisoning kick in and not being able to get out of the armor before a very unpleasant incident occurs.
4) Paternity lawsuits.
5) Robert Downey Jr. decides to quit playing Iron Man in the movies.

OK, actually the five nightmares that Tony tells us about in the narration of this mostly revolve around the loss of control of the Iron Man technology. Unfortunately, Ezekie...more

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Dec 15, 2008 Erik rated it 4 of 5 stars

Many fanboys – not to mention one or two Marvel Studios insiders – are placing bets that Fraction’s current run on the recalibrated Invincible Iron Man title will prove to be the inspiration, if not the literal basis, for the Iron Man sequel that’s slated to begin filming in the next year. And if this first volume collecting the initial seven issues are any indication, that would be a sweet thing indeed.

Other than selling-out to the Feds in last year’s Civil War event, as well as experiencing a...more Many fanboys – not to mention one or two Marvel Studios insiders – are placing bets that Fraction’s current run on the recalibrated Invincible Iron Man title will prove to be the inspiration, if not the literal basis, for the Iron Man sequel that’s slated to begin filming in the next year. And if this first volume collecting the initial seven issues are any indication, that would be a sweet thing indeed.

Other than selling-out to the Feds in last year’s Civil War event, as well as experiencing a near-breakdown in Secret Invasion this year (or was that a skrull in disguise?), I haven’t kept track of Tony Stark’s solo adventures. But coming with the highest recommendations of the most erudite fanboys – which includes the manager of my comic shop haunt – I picked up this first-story arc. And, suffice it to say, I’m hooked.

The premise of Fraction’s first story-line centers on the actualization of Stark’s greatest fears – five, if the subtitle is any hint. The greatest being that his technology is used for terror and destruction; which is exactly what Fraction delivers when Ezkekiel Stane – the son of the late Jeremiah (think Jeff Bridges in the box-office smash earlier this year) – dons a bio-engineered suit to bring down our yellow-and-red Avenger. Rounding out the cast are Tony’s plucky assistant Pepper Potts, his stalwart ally Jim Rhodes, and the abrasive new director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Maria Hill.

Larroca’s stunning artistic realism – more Greg Land than Alex Ross, in my estimation -- only enhances Fraction’s brutally realistic portrayal of the only other “superhero” next to Batman that seems in the least bit plausible; the two having exactly zero (innate) super-powers. I may have initially been a bit deflated learning that Ed Brubaker – for whom I have some major man-love – handed the reins of Uncanny X-Men to Fraction in recent issues, I’m now completely confident that we’re in safe hands with one of the best story-tellers in the comics medium today.
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Dec 10, 2008 Ben rated it 5 of 5 stars

I just wrote reviews of volumes 1 and 2 of Cassanova and am starting to feel my enthusiasm for Matt Fraction become tainted by the fact that everything I read of his is so freaking good. Seriously, the guy can't be that much older than me and manages not only to write the best "small press-anything goes-cause hey, we're making art-style" books on the market but also comes into the Marvel Universe and just completely houses. The man single-handedly pulls me back to a non-Morrison or Whedon-X-men...more

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Apr 29, 2013 Renata rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, graphic-novel

I feel like this series was designed to be friendly to those who have seen the movie but not read any other Iron Man comics, which is basically me. So... hooray.

I wasn't totally clear on what was up with Pepper? Like, Maria Hill was bitching about her being Tony's secretary but Tony said he was the only one he trusted to run the company when he was away, and (view spoiler)...more

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Apr 27, 2013 Sam Quixote rated it 3 of 5 stars

I’m not going to list exactly what the five nightmares of the title are because they’re kind of the same thing - basically, Tony loses control of the Iron Man tech, they proliferate, and it gets used for evil. And whaddayaknow? It comes true. The son of Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges in the first Iron Man movie) goes nuts like his dad and uses his genius to subvert Stark Tech, incorporate it into his body alongside Extremis and becomes a terrorist out to sink Stark Enterprises and kill Tony.

Matt F...more I’m not going to list exactly what the five nightmares of the title are because they’re kind of the same thing - basically, Tony loses control of the Iron Man tech, they proliferate, and it gets used for evil. And whaddayaknow? It comes true. The son of Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges in the first Iron Man movie) goes nuts like his dad and uses his genius to subvert Stark Tech, incorporate it into his body alongside Extremis and becomes a terrorist out to sink Stark Enterprises and kill Tony.

Matt Fraction’s an ok writer. I like his Fantastic Four stuff he’s doing at the moment and I’ve heard nothing but good things about Hawkeye which I can’t wait to read, but he also wrote some pretty terrible stuff in the 2007-10 period when this book is set, like his godawful Punisher and the brainless Fear Itself Event. Invincible Iron Man falls somewhere in the middle. It’s not terrible but it’s not that great either.

For me the best representation of Tony Stark has always been Warren Ellis’ version from Extremis, Ultimate Human and Ultimate Armor Wars. His Tony is witty and pervy in just the right amounts, but also charming, funny and real. Fraction’s Stark is a one-note character who’s really kinda boring. He’s the embodiment of liberal American attitudes from the Bush era where he feels he has to constantly apologise for all the suffering around the world as he feels somewhat responsible for it. Nice of you to acknowledge but it just doesn’t make for a particularly likeable or interesting character.

Extremis makes an appearance because that’s basically the best Iron Man book ever written and I think Marvel want to milk it for what’s it worth, but it’s not original, nor is Tony worrying about losing control of his tech which seems to be central to any number of Iron Man stories.

Salvador Larrocca’s art is also very unimpressive. It’s very heavily dependent upon computer imaging and it feels very polished and clean. It’s so generic and bland that, while it looks professional, it also looks lifeless and dull. There was nothing about it that made me enjoy whatever I was looking at.

Iron Man is a surprisingly hard character to write. I was thinking about all of the Iron Man books out there and there is literally only one I could say is flawless - Extremis. Check that out for how Iron Man should be written but be warned - it will make you unsatisfied with every other Iron Man you read afterwards. Once you go Ellis you can never go back. (less)

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Jan 19, 2012 Gayle Francis Moffet rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, january-2012, fiction, series, comics

Matt Fraction holds the distinction of writing my very favorite version of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts. And not only that, but he did after the Civil War arc (hated it), and in the midst of Secret Invasion (liked it a bit more). He gives us a Tony who, while a superhero, is not a superhero first. Tony's an industrialist who is trying to save the world through innovation and invention. He's a superhero as well because it makes it easier for him to do what he wants to do: Make a world where he's n...more Matt Fraction holds the distinction of writing my very favorite version of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts. And not only that, but he did after the Civil War arc (hated it), and in the midst of Secret Invasion (liked it a bit more). He gives us a Tony who, while a superhero, is not a superhero first. Tony's an industrialist who is trying to save the world through innovation and invention. He's a superhero as well because it makes it easier for him to do what he wants to do: Make a world where he's not needed. He's a futurist, fighting to create a world where he doesn't need to exist.

Fraction remembers, in short, that Tony has layers. There's the superhero layer, the suave layer, the determined layer, the brilliant layer, and the layer that holds it all together: The layer of Tony where he simply does not believe he's doing enough. Even when pitching anti-landmine technology to the Pentagon, even when bringing down a terrorist cell, even when pausing--on his way to a board meeting--to stop a super villain (Well, the Melter thinks he is, anyway), Tony still doesn't think it's enough.

Fraction wraps this in a story where he can really explore that part of Tony. Tony's old tech has been black market gold for a very long time. And now, someone's using it blow people up just because they can. It's a terrifying moment, not least of which because Tony tells us about the five nightmares he has. Number four is that the Iron Man becomes obsolete and disposable. Number five is that someone who isn't him does it before he does. And that is Tony's fight: Going up against someone who has done what he doesn't want to admit that he will have to do if the world is to be safe without him.

But Tony is just half the story. The other half--as it always is with Iron Man--is Pepper Potts. I adore Pepper, as I think a lot of us do, and Fraction's Pepper just thrills me. She's smart as a whip, ultra competent, ready to handle any situation that can be thrown at her, but most of us, she knows exactly who she is. Tony tells her to fetch champagne for two lovely ladies at a party they're attending. Pepper throws it in his face. When she's seriously injured just after that moment, her first words when she comes to is, "You shouldn't have made me get champagne."

Pepper is Tony's right hand, but she is not his doormat. She adores him (as he does her), but her limits are crystal clear, and she won't allow anyone to step over them. It's what makes her such a good match for Tony. He can sweet-talk and connive his way into any party, any business meeting, any bed, but he can't get a thing past Pepper. The subplot through this first arc takes a good look at their relationship to one another. The results are pitch perfect: They adore one another; they love one another, but they will probably never actually settled down and be a romantic couple. But they don't need to be. Some things transcend romantic love, and the relationship Tony and Pepper already have goes above and beyond anything as simple as a romantic involvement. (Not to say I wouldn't be totally okay with that, but I am kind of a romantic at heart.)

Fraction has given us an Iron Man story that will last. Everyone is pitch perfect. He even manages to remember that Tony has some respect for Maria, as much as they snipe at each other. And he puts those characters into a story that resonates. He gives us a thoughtful, nearly broken Tony, and he shows us, in stunning clarity, why Tony can never actually be broken. He simply won't allow it.

(Last note: Issue #7 is hands down one of my favorite comic issues of all time. Not just because we get a Spidey and Iron Man team-up, but because the last page is an absolute, beautiful punch in the gut.)(less)

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Nov 15, 2011 Theddy Blanc added it

Iron Man has become an iconic figure in the last few years due to the blockbuster hits. A billionaire doubling as a superhero is a formula that has enjoyed incredible success and Iron Man is no different. “The Five Nightmares” written by Matt Fraction however digs far deeper as it seeks to explore Tony Starks personal demons as he struggles with a contradicting code and a deeply rooted self hatred. The storyline follows Tony Stark as he discovers a new threat in rising technological entrepreneur...more Iron Man has become an iconic figure in the last few years due to the blockbuster hits. A billionaire doubling as a superhero is a formula that has enjoyed incredible success and Iron Man is no different. “The Five Nightmares” written by Matt Fraction however digs far deeper as it seeks to explore Tony Starks personal demons as he struggles with a contradicting code and a deeply rooted self hatred. The storyline follows Tony Stark as he discovers a new threat in rising technological entrepreneur Ezekiel Stane (son of the iron man’s enemy the marauder). Not only is the young genius building technology that rivals or even surpasses Stark but he has attached cores to dozens of suicide bombers around the world ready to detonate for their own purposes. The plot revolves around Iron Man stopping Stane but the story truly focuses on Tony Starks fears, his five nightmares. His fears revolve around three concepts: succumbing to carnal desires, that his technology becomes disposable, and that the person who did it uses them for murder. The appeal of this work is that its sole focus is placed onto Tony Stark as a person. There are over half a dozen characters and all of them seek to juxtapose, scrutinize, glorify, throw dirt on and question the very fiber of one man. Fraction seamlessly weaves a complete story with dynamic elements and characters and points all the threads toward one point. Even the main antagonist, Stane, questions stark in the climax as he declares “You invented and sold weapons to people around the world , then punished them for daring to actually use the damn things. I don’t bill the people I kill, Tony.” Even in this simple line Fraction diverts the magnifying glass away from the clear villain and straight to Tony, despite the severity of Stane’s crime. Unfortunately, that was often the issue as the plot and character development suffered from all the focus drawing to Tony. To me, Fractions pinpoint focus was a lesson in subtext that could help a writer in establishing a frame of reference in examining a character. This novel definitely belongs in the hands of a reader interesting in learning about the man under the helmet.(less)

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Jul 27, 2009 Brad rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics, marvel

This second Iron Man title is the closest thing to the movie Marvel's publishing, and it's great. Tony Stark takes on Ezekiel Stane, the son of the movie villain, who's outfitting terrorists with Iron Man-like suicide bombs. The science doesn't make that much sense (our bodies are giant batteries that can be exploded, I guess), but it's lots of fun.
The only things holding this back from all five stars are the occasionally annoying art--the coloring on Salvador Larroca's faces sometimes looks we...more

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Apr 22, 2013 Adam Graham rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book is set in the aftermath of the Marvel Civil War with Tony Stark still director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Stark's nightmares center around the acquisition of dangerous weapons including the Iron Man Armor by terrorist factions.

Ezekiel Stane, son of his 1980s enemy, Obadiah creates a new nightmare for Stark with his decision to use bio-weapons to commit mass murder and to strike at the heart of Stark and civilization itself.

The book itself reflects our 21st Century concerns about terrorism, the sa...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Michael rated it 2 of 5 stars

I am rating this so low because I had actually read this before and had forgotten I ever read it. That speaks to how unmemorable this book is. Matt Fraction might be considered a good writer but here he is taking Ellis' idea from Extremis and redoing it. I had happened to reread Extremis before getting this book so the similarities and what was lacking in Fraction's book were glaring. I should also add he also steals from the Armour Wars ideas as well. So like Extremis someone is taking the next...more

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Jun 07, 2012 Lloyd rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2000s, comic-book-graphic-novel

When deciding to read some Iron Man books after Robert Downey, Jr. knocked the character out of the park in the Avengers-related films, I went to one of my favorite authors first (with Warren Ellis's "Extremis"), and then on to Matt Fraction's run, which, as of my writing of this review, still continues.

I've got to agree with what many folks have said in reading this first volume of Fraction's run: It takes all the best elements of the Iron Man films and adds a little more to make this one a fin...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Neil rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fraction has a way with Iron Man. He knows how to write an SF superhero, with a broad knowledge of technology and the effect it has on people and society. He isn't afraid of pushing the envelope in considering how Tony Stark's advanced tech would be used and abused... the political pressures brought, the desires of others to have it... different ways it could be put to work in the world beyond fighting supervillains. This story focuses on how a terrorist might utilize the advanced technology to...more

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Oct 17, 2010 Christopher Ortiz rated it 4 of 5 stars

In the first volume of The Invincible Iron Man series, we are introduced to a monologue of Tony talking about five fears, five nightmares that he tries to never let become a reality. Then we have the antagonist, Zeke Stane. Matt Fraction, from the gate, has an incredible counter to Tony Stark in terms of character and morality. One cannot tell which is good or bad if it wasn't for the fact that Zeke does terrible crimes. To make a moving story, one fuses plot and character together. One aids the...more

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Oct 24, 2010 Colby Pryor rated it 3 of 5 stars

This story arc begins the Matt Fraction run on Iron Man. Now The Five Nightmares and really the entire run so far is an interesting one. The plots for the stories are very good, very hard hitting sometimes, very well done. The characterization however, is not very good. Tony Stark does appear like Tony Stark, he appears like a regular guy instead of a eccentric, brilliant, arrogant ass. Which isn't good because that is what Tony Stark is. So as a writer who may want to work on licensed propertie...more

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Oct 01, 2012 Coaxial Creature rated it 4 of 5 stars

God, I love Matt Fraction's Iron Man. I've read some of his stuff, mostly in comic issues as they've come out rather than in the collected graphic novels, but I was excited to read this because of the author.

And the art! Salvador Larroca, with Frank D'Armat and Stephane Peru coloring. And as amazing as Larroca is, the art is orgasmic when colored this well.

I've liked what I've read, and seen, of the Stanes, and this is no exception. Both Obidiah and Ezekiel Stane are brilliant, ruthless, and w...more God, I love Matt Fraction's Iron Man. I've read some of his stuff, mostly in comic issues as they've come out rather than in the collected graphic novels, but I was excited to read this because of the author.

And the art! Salvador Larroca, with Frank D'Armat and Stephane Peru coloring. And as amazing as Larroca is, the art is orgasmic when colored this well.

I've liked what I've read, and seen, of the Stanes, and this is no exception. Both Obidiah and Ezekiel Stane are brilliant, ruthless, and want to take Tony Stark down. Except that Zeke blames Stark for his father's death, and he's willing to go as far as experimenting on himself to get his vengeance.

This touches upon terrorism in a super powered world. While the X-Men have done the same in the Marvel universe with Magneto, this combined terrorism with a sense of jihad in that the Stark technology is used to turn people into super-powered suicide bombers. Zeke is more than glad to provide cannibalized Stark tech to those willing to pay, and he's willing to turn those willing into supercharged human bombs. Zeke is chilling, not only because he's a complete sociopath, charming and bullying his way into getting what he wants, but because he's an incredibly smart, trained sociopath.

Since Stark's five nightmares all revolve around the Iron Man technology, and, well, really Stark technology in general being used for nefarious purposes, Zeke's plans are especially chilling when seen from Stark's point of view. Add to this that Pepper so much as admits that she sees Stark himself as a walking bomb due to the arc reactor. There's a lot going on in the background, with Maria Hill grating on Stark's nerves, Stane circling his company, and Pepper being injured in one of the bombings early on. There's a lot going on with Pepper being so injured, and her having metal that the doctor's don't want to remove so they won't send her into further shock and kill her, so Tony puts in an arc reactor and her begging him to take it out. Stark is being hit from every side, and he handles it all admirably. He even goes to Reed Richards to bounce ideas off someone he considers an equal, or superior, which is a good call because Richards unknowingly hands Stark the answer to his problem with Stane. And it seems to show how much this is wearing on Stark. He rarely ever goes to someone else to bounce ideas off them, so the scene with Reed went deeper than them playing chess, talking about the attacks, or exchanging pleasantries. This scene ties into the last issue, which deals with the aftermath, where Peter Parker/Spider-Man notices how worn down and unsure Tony Stark looks, and seems.

And as much as the last issue seemed like a quick add-on, it actually did touch on many of the themes of the central story arc, and felt like it tied up things nicely. It's all from Peter's point of view, really, and it's nice to have a good, hard look at Tony without him telling us what he feels. I doubt I would have picked up just how ragged, how bone tired, he was if not for that last issue. I doubt I would have really given too much thought to how deeply he must have been cut to go to Reed, although in retrospect it seems obvious.

I'm looking forward to reading more of Fraction's Iron Man. Because I kind of stopped buying comics for a while, and I don't have very many of his run, so yay for graphic novels from the library. (less)

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Sep 16, 2012 Bludhaven rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, comics-and-graphic-novels, marvel

Tony Stark has many reasons to have nightmares. His biggest fear is that his technology could fall into the wrong hands. As a business man he knows how hard it is to keep technology like the Iron Man suit a secret. (We've had Armor Wars after all.) And, of course, his greatest fear comes true, when parts of his technology are used for terrorist attacks.

This is a suspenseful story that puts Tony into a hard place, back pressed against a wall. The ending was really good, probably the best part of...more

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Feb 25, 2012 Jason rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

On the surface, Tony Stark is not a very interesting character.

He's wealthy beyond belief. He's a genius inventor, brilliant businessman, and gets whatever woman he wants. Oh yeah, he's also a badass superhero and the director of Shield. With that much power, Tony Stark can practically do whatever he wants. That's not very compelling.

Stark also has a very strong sense of morality. He's willing to make unpopular decisions that others aren't willing to make. He doesn't ask for permission and doesn...more

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Sep 11, 2009 Sridhar Reddy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels

Matt Fraction's Eisner Award-winning Iron Man series takes a page from the wonderful film adaptation in that the story is more about Tony Stark and less about the Iron Man. Fraction crafts wonderfully complete characters and writes with a contemporary wit that thankfully does not rely upon pop-culture references.

'Invincible Iron Man' is a solid bit of work with just enough polemics and geopolitics to make it relevant. In particular I enjoyed an exchange of dialogue where Stark conducts a buyout...more

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Sep 01, 2011 Matt rated it 5 of 5 stars

The best of Iron Man that I've read yet. I don't know how people can say that Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle even holds a candle to the kind of mastery shown here. The writing - perfect. The art - perfect. The suspense - grippingly perfect. Everything I look for in Iron Man, I could find here. Matt Fraction is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers.
Reminds me of how much I loved Mark Waid's Irredeemable, Volume 2, and that's saying something.

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Nov 14, 2009 Matt Chic rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Collects IIM #1-6, which introduces us to the son of Tony Stark's old nemesis Oadiah Stane and his new brand of terrorism, and IIM # 7 where Spidey makes a guest appearance and helps Iron Man deal with the aftermath of Stane's attacks.

What's really good here is the pacing, and I think Fraction's writing and Larocca's art share an equal part in this, so Marvel's got a decent team on there hands with these two. Larroca's current art style can sometimes bug me though. Like when it's clear he's patt...more

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Sep 06, 2012 Alex Jones rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A very enjoyable, and surprisingly clever, collection of comics. For some reason I took a break halfway through this and it took me about a month to read again, but after finishing this last night I don't think it has anything to do with the comics themselves. I loved the art - every frame looks clean and stylish - although Stark did have an annoying little moustache thing which took forever to get used to! As someone who hasn't really read many of the comics and is mainly aware of the Marvelver...more

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Oct 07, 2011 Stephen rated it 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this a lot. The Tony-Stark-as-Steve-Jobs thing might be wearing a little, but I liked this playboy/presedential spin on it, and I really enjoyed Mark Zuckerberg stand-in, Ezekial Stane (Obadaiah's son). Also with the Stane storyline there was lots of good references back to the Shellhead comics of my teens, and also to the Armor Wars which happened as I was drifting toward more alternative comics (I was going to say "darker", but there was a fair bit of darkness in some of those older...more

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Jan 22, 2010 Samantha Herdman rated it 3 of 5 stars

I may never get completely comfortable with computer assisted neatness in comicbook art. The blurs were handled well but the gradients just annoy me. Call me a curmudgeon. And then there's the whole self-righteous Mary-Sueness of Tony Stark that drive me nuts. I can't decide which bothers me more. I do know that my favorite part of the book was watching Spidey get under Tony Stark's skin. On the other hand, the story had enough momentum to suck me in and enough arty panels to keep me going. Just...more

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Jun 09, 2009 Dan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, comics

I had no idea that they had so quickly retconned the 616's Tony Stark's origin to sync up with the movie version (so he was injured in the Middle East rather than Korea). Despite that, this was a fun read. I'm not sure what happened to Salvador Larocca's art, though. I remember his work fondly from when he did X-Treme X-Men, and the lovely way it was colored without using an inker. In this book, the pencils themselves seem to have changed, and there several instances I felt compelled to double c...more

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May 08, 2013 Hanka rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, comics

Asi som našla svojho obľúbeného autora komiksov. Matt Fraction to rozhodne vie a po dokonalom Hawkeyeovi je pre mňa jeho Iron Man ďalšou (v priebehu pár zošitov) obľúbenou sériou. A teší ma najmä to, že tých zošitov mám pred sebou ešte požehnane (horšie je, že skúšky. Skúšky vs. Iron Man. well, fml). Opäť raz vyzdvihujem rozprávanie v prvej osobe od samotného Tony Starka. To čo mi v knihách lezie toľko na nervy je v komiksoch pre mňa absolútne best (alebo je to Fractionova mágia). Teším sa na ďa...more

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Nov 29, 2009 anthony e. rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Eh, it was fine. Larocca's art is good, but the smeary coloring is annoying. And, despite all the good reviews this series has gotten, I really just found the story to be a mundane sort of "RIPPED-FROM-TODAY'S-HEADLINES" kind of thing. Yeah, I get it, superheroes deal with terrorists now. I just wish Marvel wouldn't work quite so hard to be RELEVENT and wrote stories that didn't just boil down to a big, climatic boutbetween two supposedly evenly-matched adversaries.

Yawn. Its been done. Make the...more

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Sep 06, 2009 Joshua rated it 4 of 5 stars

Great return to form for Iron Man, an enjoyable read after seeing Tony Stark becoming perhaps the world's most unlikable superhero with his handling of the registration act and subsequent events.

Matt Faction wrote this story with the aim of making it accessible to new fans who saw the movie, but without compromising the story for existing readers so Pepper Potts plays a major role, Rhodney's around and Ezekial Stane, the son of Obadiah is the main villain - but it comes off well and never feels...more

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Aug 21, 2012 Cameron rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels, reviewed

About midway through The Five Nightmares there's a conversation between Tony Stark and the board of a cola company that I'm sure there's more to than we're seeing. It goes like so:

COLA BOARD DIRECTOR: Mr. Stark... You're buying us for our vending machines to sell a drink you don't even like?
TONY STARK: No. I'm buying you for vending machines from which we'll distribute antiretrovirals and--once we get it--the AIDS vaccine, all across the third world. Your vending machines are going to save more...more

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Aug 08, 2009 Matt rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Good comics.

** Yeah, I should say more.

This does what a comic book about a guy flying around in a suit of armour should do. Fraction's scripts are lean with just enough characterization and action to make both vital and a glimpse into the mind of one of the world's smartest men that's exciting and a bit scary. Larocca's found, with this series, a mix of his big-booby cartoonyness of his X-Men and FF work and his too-photo-referenced work of newuniversal. Great stuff and I'm jonesing for the next...more

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Jul 20, 2009 Jack rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics

Really dug all aspects of this book. Even though Iron Man is basically the big jerk of the Marvel Universe after all the Civil War stuff, this title made me really appreciate the complexity of the character -- what he stands for, why he supports the things he does (like the Registration Act), and how trying valiantly to balance the good with the necessary torments him. Character-wise, this is great stuff. Combine this with a tense storyline featuring super-suicide bombers and you've got a real w...more

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"How he got started in comics: In 1983, when Fraction was 7 years old and growing up in Kansas City, Mo., he became fascinated by the U.S. invasion of Grenada and created his own newspaper to explain the event. "I've always been story-driven, telling stories with pictures and words," he said.

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