Extremis was waaay better...
Take out Adi Granov, AKA Marvel's best artist.
Take out Warren Ellis, AKA a great story teller.
Replace those two with a... "descent" crew of guys and watch the saturday morning cartoons designed for a ten year old audience. What are we? Kids?
This was depressing. Coming from a brilliant arc to a less exciting arc is always a hard move.
But I suppose that I should say some positive things. I really do think that this issue helps me better understand Extremis and how it has affected Tony. That's true. See? I can write positive things if I want to.
In this issue, we start with a strange looking man and his girlfriend or something getting attacked by an annonymous assasain. It turns out that the weird girl claims the assasain to be Iron Man. Weird right? This could be another stupid story arc where Iron Man gets framed.
Obviously, there is no more armor hijacking because Tony has Extremis now and only one person can control the suit.
Still... I don't see a super bright future for this arc.