![]() ![]() The Amount of Armors he'll have will be Massive, far larger than his comic counterparts.īasically he'll have a combination of his 616 Counterpart's Armors plus armors that would be seen in alternate universes in Marvel. In terms of Hall of Armors, Prior to Joining The Guardians of Freedom, Stark will already have Half of his armors. There's not much difference between G-Verse Stark and his MCU Counterpart honestly, other than his genius level is a combination between His MCU & Comic counterparts. This is a bit of an explination for The Tony Stark/Iron Man of The Guardian-Verse. The Original version of the song ain't bad but I prefer the heavier Metal version by Metallica. A key twist late in the issue really hinges on the faces and emotions.Iron Man's Theme: Incase the Song Doesn't come in for you it's Metallica's Cover of Iron Man. His figures aren't quite as sleek as I'd like given the emphasis on futurism and idealized human bodies, but Cinar definitely keeps the book lively with his strong facial work. For his part, Cinar brings a clean, precise look to the series with his pencils and inks. This issue's one real action scene focuses on the old armor, meaning we still have yet to see what Taylor and artist Yildiray Cinar can really do with this Superior Iron Man. Still, it's nice to see the character return to a more futuristic and alien sort of technology after the boringly movie-esque suit he had reverted to in the previous Iron Man comic. Aside from the silver paint job, Tony's new Extremis 3.0 armor isn't a drastic departure from his 2010-2012 era Bleeding Edge armor. Iron Man receives a significant visual overhaul with this new series (which seems to be the source of more controversy than the whole "Evil Tony Stark" thing). The trick is in establishing which direction this series is headed sooner rather than later. ![]() ![]() That sort of conflict would play into Tony's core struggle as a hero - atoning for all the terrible, destructive things he did when he was younger, drunker, and more careless. There is potential to be found in the idea of Taylor mucking with Tony's life for 6-12 issues, making him the most hated man in the Marvel Universe, and then restoring the hero to his normal self and forcing him to deal with the consequences of his actions. The other option is that this new status quo is a very temporary one. Evil Tony is fine, but he needs more depth regardless of his current moral standing. I really hope this is something Taylor will address over time. Tony behaves badly, and there's no sense of anything deeper motivating him and his grand plans for San Francisco than ego and a desire for wealth. Taylor writes some solid humor throughout this issue. There's a definite appeal in seeing this ruder, baser Tony bouncing off of Pepper Potts and other Marvel characters. To his credit, Taylor is able to tap into the character suave charm and snarky attitude - elements the movies have done a far better job of exploring than the comics lately. Tony's behavior in this issue is flat-out reprehensible. With Superior Spider-Man, Otto Octavius may have been a grade-A jerk, but he still had depth and clear desires and a redemptive arc to follow. The more fundamental issue is that Tony is not sympathetic in this issue. At the very least, this series would probably have been better positioned as a post-AXIS launch rather than hitting smack dab in the middle of that event. Even AXIS has yet to do an adequate job of explaining what the inversion actually entails or why the psychological change seems to be permanent in Tony's case. With Superior Iron Man, there's no context in the story for why Tony has become such a jerk. As hard as it is to believe that Superman could ever fall as hard as he does in that book, at least we understand his motivations and the horrible tragedy that sparked his transformation. Injustice has always had the benefit of evenhanded characterization. What writer is better qualified to write a darker, more troubled Iron Man than Taylor? Here's the problem - Tony is portrayed as too dark and twisted in this issue. Even on his best days he's a far more morally ambiguous character than most of the Avengers. It's not a stretch to imagine Tony Stark becoming an arrogant, egotistical jerk. Here, Taylor doesn't have to work nearly as hard to establish the core conceit. ![]() Taylor has thrived on DC's Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic, which hinges on the concept of Superman going off the deep end and becoming a tyrant. Marvel certainly picked the ideal writer to craft this saga of an Iron man gone bad. ![]()
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