Post by goldenfist on May 22, 2008 7:50:55 GMT -5
Shellhead get's reviewed by ign.com in Iron Man: Director of S.H.I
E.L.D. #29.
Here's the bad news – Charles and Daniel Knauf are M.I.A. from Iron Man. That's a real shame considering they just delivered what I felt was the best Iron Man comic in years with Iron Man #28. Here's the good news – they'll only be absent for four issues before resuming their ongoing story. Here's the better news – Stuart Moore fills the gap so nicely you'll barely even notice their absence. Were I not such a sleeper for solicitation info I probably wouldn't even have noticed the presence of a new writer.
So the moral is that Iron Man continues to steadily chug along as one of Marvel's better ongoing series. The main difference is that this arc doesn't concern itself with The Mandarin or Extremis, two elements that have dominated the book since the end of Civil War. At this point it feels refreshing to have Iron Man break free and venture into new territory. I only wish the new villain didn't involve dredging up another element of Tony' troubled past. We saw this with the Sons of Yinsen back in the Knaufs' first arc, we saw it two weeks ago in Matt Fraction's Invincible Iron Man, and we're seeing it again now.
That only applies to one of the villains, though, The other is a rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who wants to replace Tony's Iron Man-based weapons with something more mass-market friendly. I assumed this agent was a Skrull, but was pleasantly surprised to see that might not be the case. I don't know if Marvel had marketed this arc as a Secret Invasion tie-in or I just imagined it. For the time being it doesn't appear to be, and I can't say that fact bothers me at all.
It's disappointing, but not entirely unexpected, to see that Roberto de la Torre's art isn't quite up to the standard he set last issue. It's becoming apparent that de la Torre's art requires more time and care than a monthly schedule will allow. More disappointing is that he shares art duties with Carlos Pagulayan. The inker and colorist do a decent job of masking the random shifts, but it's still pretty noticeable. By and large, though, this issue was a pleasant surprise. If nothing else, Stuart Moore is doing a bang-up job of keeping the Iron Man chair warm.
Review Score: 8.6 Great
E.L.D. #29.
Here's the bad news – Charles and Daniel Knauf are M.I.A. from Iron Man. That's a real shame considering they just delivered what I felt was the best Iron Man comic in years with Iron Man #28. Here's the good news – they'll only be absent for four issues before resuming their ongoing story. Here's the better news – Stuart Moore fills the gap so nicely you'll barely even notice their absence. Were I not such a sleeper for solicitation info I probably wouldn't even have noticed the presence of a new writer.
So the moral is that Iron Man continues to steadily chug along as one of Marvel's better ongoing series. The main difference is that this arc doesn't concern itself with The Mandarin or Extremis, two elements that have dominated the book since the end of Civil War. At this point it feels refreshing to have Iron Man break free and venture into new territory. I only wish the new villain didn't involve dredging up another element of Tony' troubled past. We saw this with the Sons of Yinsen back in the Knaufs' first arc, we saw it two weeks ago in Matt Fraction's Invincible Iron Man, and we're seeing it again now.
That only applies to one of the villains, though, The other is a rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who wants to replace Tony's Iron Man-based weapons with something more mass-market friendly. I assumed this agent was a Skrull, but was pleasantly surprised to see that might not be the case. I don't know if Marvel had marketed this arc as a Secret Invasion tie-in or I just imagined it. For the time being it doesn't appear to be, and I can't say that fact bothers me at all.
It's disappointing, but not entirely unexpected, to see that Roberto de la Torre's art isn't quite up to the standard he set last issue. It's becoming apparent that de la Torre's art requires more time and care than a monthly schedule will allow. More disappointing is that he shares art duties with Carlos Pagulayan. The inker and colorist do a decent job of masking the random shifts, but it's still pretty noticeable. By and large, though, this issue was a pleasant surprise. If nothing else, Stuart Moore is doing a bang-up job of keeping the Iron Man chair warm.
Review Score: 8.6 Great