Intro
When I heard, Kieron Gillen writing for Iron Man I was
really amped up to read it. Because I really loved his writing from Journey
into Mystery and Uncanny X-Men very much. So, I really wanted to see what his
take on Iron Man. But as soon as I
started picking it up, I really lost interest. To me, the story he’s taken with
Iron Man doesn’t really add up to well. And I really don’t like the idea of
rewriting the origin of Iron Man. I didn’t mind him having a brother, it’s just
him being adopted by Howard Stark is what bothered me. Yup, you heard that
right! It’s one story that doesn’t add up to well because Howard and Tony has so
much resemblance in terms of looks and
personalities, so how could they not be related? It still isn’t explained
somehow this happened fully. But seeing this happen gives me a headache and I
felt that everything that held Tony and Howard Stark together and the man he
became got erased. Even with this Mandarin rings story it still doesn’t
interest me nearly as much either. It just seems to me that Gillen doesn’t have
any idea of who Iron Man is and the villains aren’t interesting too. Because
they are just too one-dimensional and there’s nothing different about them. I
just really hope someone will eventually take over to make this series better
and much greater such as like Matt Fraction, because it’s the 21st issue
in and it still isn’t a good series.
Story
Abigail is set to find the Mandarin ring bearers and when
she does, Iron Man bumps into them as well.
The Good
The only thing I continue to like in this series is the art.
Joe Bennett still draws the characters very stunning and everything just looks
beautifully detailed. The only problem is that at the very end of the issue,
the quality starts to fall in the action and looks rushed and cluttered. It
looks very weird how it really got to that point. Another good thing is that we
got to learn why these ring bearers hate Tony Stark.
The Bad
There seems to be not much going on in this issue. It feels
very much as a set up and it doesn’t nearly excite you as much for the next
issue. Abigail still seems to be
one-dimensional and nothing seems to differentiate her and the others on why
they hate Tony. We all know why they hate him, but we can’t see the different personalities
they have. They all seem to be the same character but with different ways to
get to a certain point with Tony are the problem. Also, the argument between
Arno and Tony is annoying at this point and it doesn’t look like as if it’s
good character progression.
Verdict
I give this issue a 3.3/7.3 out of 5/10 stars. This issue is
just okay for me. Not much is going on for me to enjoy it and I think it was
just rushed for some drama or collision for the next issue. The problem is that
there isn’t enough room for character development or background history to grow
on. This story just has the problem to run by too quickly and slowly at the
same time. But the plus side of this issue is that the art remains to be pretty
to look at. But other than that this series continues to falter and the only
reason I see picking this up, is if you would like to see what’s going on. But
that still doesn’t hold my interest enough with this series.
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