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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 16, 2020 16:32:08 GMT -5
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 16, 2020 19:42:46 GMT -5
Iron Man #1Written by Christopher Cantwell Art by Cafu Summary: Tony is on the rebound and decides its time to go back to basics to find out who he is and where he wants to go.
Plot: I tend to run kind of hot and cold on Iron Man, loving stories like Warren Ellis' Extremis, Denny O'Neils Iron Monger Saga and Pretty much Fraction's whole run but hating the sort of day to day stories or classics like Demon in A Bottle but I still hop on now and again and this book billed as a fresh start seemed like a good reason to try again and boy was it a great call. As much as I love that nostalgic, "Tony is starting over again" kind of vibe I usually enjoy what really made this book stand out for me was the episodic feel to plotting of the issue. It's almost like a string of vignettes but they are naturally entwined in a way that feels fully coherent and that style allows each of the individual scenes a chance to breath and percolate in your mind and makes the gradual change in Tony's perception of the world feel natural. I don't know how long I'll be sticking around but so far it's hitting all the right notes.
Art: I love how cinematic the art feels here, it immediately grabs you and draws you into the book; and the realistic look makes the action feel like it has real weight to it. If they do another Iron Man movie this is the kind of slick look I'd wan to see on screen.
Grade:9/10 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 20:01:32 GMT -5
I didn't realize O'Neil wrote any Iron Man. In fact, I don't think I'm aware of any of his Marvel work. I may look into that this weekend.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 16, 2020 20:17:44 GMT -5
I didn't realize O'Neil wrote any Iron Man. In fact, I don't think I'm aware of any of his Marvel work. I may look into that this weekend. He wrote some pretty great stories, even though there were these huge fights you never felt it was impersonal. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 20:42:27 GMT -5
 Detective Comics #1027.Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Rucka, Matt Fraction, Peter J. Tomasi, James Tynion IV, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Marv Wolfman, Grant Morrison, Tom King, Scott Snyder, Dan Jurgens, and Mariko Tamaki. Art by David Marquez, Jamal Campbell, Eduardo Risso, Chip Zdarsky, Brad Walker, Riley Rossmo, John Romita Jr., Emanuela Lupacchino, Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Burnham, Walter Simonson, Ivan Reis, Dan Jurgens, and Dan Mora. An oversized 144 page issue with 12 stories celebrating Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics #27! I am a sucker for these anthology styled anniversary issues. As usual it's a mixed bag. Some stories are outstanding. Some are OK. Some are a nod to past classic stories. And some are a hint to upcoming stories. IMO this was one of the better anniversary issues DC has done in the last 2 years. All the stories showed how great the character of Batman is and why he has endured for 80 years. 8/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 20:49:19 GMT -5
 Iron Man #1. Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by CAFU. I agree with thwhtguardian. I like the idea of Tony going back to basics. Absent from his huge company and all his high tech toys. He returns to an older classic armor and moves into an apartment in the city. He tries to get away from his rich spoiled image. Will he succeed? I doubt it. We all know this will be temporary but it looks like it will be a fun read while it lasts. I liked seeing Hellcat and the art by CAFU was gorgeous. 8/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 20:55:36 GMT -5
 The Immortal Hulk #37. By Al Ewing and Joe Bennett. Another stunning mix of heroes and horror. The Leader reaches through the Green Door to torture the Hulk and make his life miserable. More great art by Bennett. Just an INCREDIBLE series since #1! 8/10. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 16, 2020 21:02:16 GMT -5
Iron Man #1. Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by CAFU. I agree with thwhtguardian . I like the idea of Tony going back to basics. Absent from his huge company and all his high tech toys. He returns to an older classic armor and moves into an apartment in the city. He tries to get away from his rich spoiled image. Will he succeed? I doubt it. We all know this will be temporary but it looks like it will be a fun read while it lasts. I liked seeing Hellcat and the art by CAFU was gorgeous. 8/10. That doesn't appeal to me at all... it's been done a few times, and other than in the aftermath of his alcoholism, it rarely makes sense. I'll probably get it eventually (I still have to read the 2020 storyline).. but meh. Slott actually had a pretty decent thing going last run, but it really got derailed by crossovers then stuff seemed to happen too suddenly. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 17, 2020 16:04:54 GMT -5
Iron Man #1. Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by CAFU. I agree with thwhtguardian . I like the idea of Tony going back to basics. Absent from his huge company and all his high tech toys. He returns to an older classic armor and moves into an apartment in the city. He tries to get away from his rich spoiled image. Will he succeed? I doubt it. We all know this will be temporary but it looks like it will be a fun read while it lasts. I liked seeing Hellcat and the art by CAFU was gorgeous. 8/10. That doesn't appeal to me at all... it's been done a few times, and other than in the aftermath of his alcoholism, it rarely makes sense. I'll probably get it eventually (I still have to read the 2020 storyline).. but meh. Slott actually had a pretty decent thing going last run, but it really got derailed by crossovers then stuff seemed to happen too suddenly. It's definitely been done before but it was done really well here, and I loved the banter with Patsy Walker and the art was amazing. I'm a fair weather Iron Man reader so I don't know how long I'll stick with it but it definitely has my dollars in the near term. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 17, 2020 16:05:34 GMT -5
Detective Comics #1027.Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Rucka, Matt Fraction, Peter J. Tomasi, James Tynion IV, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Marv Wolfman, Grant Morrison, Tom King, Scott Snyder, Dan Jurgens, and Mariko Tamaki. Art by David Marquez, Jamal Campbell, Eduardo Risso, Chip Zdarsky, Brad Walker, Riley Rossmo, John Romita Jr., Emanuela Lupacchino, Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Burnham, Walter Simonson, Ivan Reis, Dan Jurgens, and Dan Mora. An oversized 144 page issue with 12 stories celebrating Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics #27! I am a sucker for these anthology styled anniversary issues. As usual it's a mixed bag. Some stories are outstanding. Some are OK. Some are a nod to past classic stories. And some are a hint to upcoming stories. IMO this was one of the better anniversary issues DC has done in the last 2 years. All the stories showed how great the character of Batman is and why he has endured for 80 years. 8/10. I completely missed this somehow, I'll have to track it down. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 17, 2020 16:55:09 GMT -5
Immortal Hulk #0Written by Bill Mantlo, Peter David and Al Ewing Art by Mike Mignola, Adam Kubert and Mattia De Iulis Summary: Stringing together the plots of Incredible Hulk #312 and Incredible Hulk #-1 we see how the Leader attacked.
Plot: I'm not usually ones for zero issues, they seldom bring anything new to the table other than to explain some minor plot point that never really needed explaining but with throw backs to Bill Mantlo, Peter David and Kubert and Mignola I just couldn't say no. While I loved re-reading these classic Hulk stories, and I think it's a great way to get new readers to go back and check out the classic runs that inspired Ewing's Immortal Hulk the actual framing story of the Leader being involved behind the scenes that Ewing put here did fall into that issue I usually have with zero issues in that it wasn't really all that necessary. That said, despite feeling that the framing story didn't bring anything needed to the table I did really enjoy how it tied together the stories by Mantlo and David which while related as both dealt with Bruce's father really found a kind of osmosis into one story thanks to Ewing. So while not needed to enjoy Immortal Hulk it definitely gets high marks for repackaging some old favorites.
Art: Seeing Mignola's Hulk here made me remember how much I loved how monstrous his take was, I mean you all know how much I love Mignola but seeing him so early in his career here is a treat. On top of that, for the actual Immortal Hulk portions I usually moan about not getting Bennett on art but not today as I actually really loved Mattia De Iulis creepy, yet slick style.
Grade:7/10 |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 17, 2020 17:47:55 GMT -5
The Immortal Hulk #37. By Al Ewing and Joe Bennett. Another stunning mix of heroes and horror. The Leader reaches through the Green Door to torture the Hulk and make his life miserable. More great art by Bennett. Just an INCREDIBLE series since #1! 8/10. After a few issues that felt a little too much like filler for my liking Ewing jumped back on his game here. The characterization of the Leader was great and his banter with Doc Samson was fantastic. Usually I'm not a fan of flashing back and forth with scenes in rapid succession but it worked really well here with the scenes with the Leader and Samson in the Below away from the action with the Hulk and Gammawatch gave those scenes a real sense of tension that they wouldn't have had on their own turning a bog-standard super hero slap down into a tense battle. In my review of Immortal Hulk #0 I mentioned how I don't usually like it when Bennett isn't on art here but in this issue I felt that his art was less than optimal. He had his usually great body horror scenes but it was all kind of scratchier than normal; I don't have my other issues handy but I think the inking team is different here which could be the difference. Grade:8/10 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 18:41:23 GMT -5
thwhtguardian you are correct about additional inkers on Hulk #37. As far as the #0 issue I skipped it since I knew that I had read both stories by Mantlo & David.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 19:44:41 GMT -5
I didn't realize O'Neil wrote any Iron Man. In fact, I don't think I'm aware of any of his Marvel work. I may look into that this weekend. He wrote some pretty great stories, even though there were these huge fights you never felt it was impersonal. I just looked into this and he had a 50 issue run. Wow! Kinda surprised Marvel hasn't done an omni of this run. |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 17, 2020 21:17:19 GMT -5
He wrote some pretty great stories, even though there were these huge fights you never felt it was impersonal. I just looked into this and he had a 50 issue run. Wow! Kinda surprised Marvel hasn't done an omni of this run.
That was back in high school. O'Neil did a really good job on that run.
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