Iron Man #8

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    Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator

    The Good

    I know this will shock some, but the highlight of this issue for me is Greg Land and Guru Efx's art. Despite some awkward panel layout, slightly jarring inking, and confusion over impact, the arena fight looked fairly solid as Tony grew battered and beaten while he attempted to evade massive pieces of rubble. The visuals also impressed with Death's Head and when Tony finally got a chance to step back into his armor. No matter how much you dislike Land's art, I think we can at least agree he does some pretty good work when it comes to the non-organic elements in the title.

    Kieron Gillen does an able job with the dialogue and keeps conversations fairly amusing. There's no sharp banter here, but the reactions feel appropriate and he managed to give Death's Head an interesting personality. The concept of Tony having an armory following him around was both a logical and humorous development -- humorous to me because it essentially feels like a heavily armed space RV (and so begins the memories of Spaceballs).

    The Bad

    With so much buildup behind the gladiator-esque fight between Iron Man and Death's Head (not to mention a rather sweet cover), I was hoping it would be way more electrifying. The panel layout is less than ideal, cutting off a series of moments that makes you feel as though you're missing part of the action. As stated above, there's also an issue when it comes to a sense of impact when debris smashes and one panel where he's apparently. Additionally, moments later on that should feel bombastic come and go without a real sense of the devastating and powerful event that just happened. Instead, everything just wraps up abruptly due to a big twist and sets the stage for what's next. Now, the twist will obviously be greatly elaborated upon in the coming arc, but as of right now the minimal details sadly leave me not interested in what's to come.

    The Verdict

    We'll of course find out why a cloaking device is so important in due time, but as of right now, this isn't a direction that fascinates me nearly enough to warrant $3.99 per issue to eventually learn the details. That's too bad, too, because sending Tony into space seemed like a thrilling direction, but right now I'm feeling no strong desire to continue. I suppose I'll have to wait until the Guardians of the Galaxy are slapped on the cover before I'm motivated to jump on board again... and seeing as both franchises have movies on the way, it's safe to assume that day will come sooner rather than later.

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    I know this will shock some, but the highlight of this issue for me is Greg Land and Guru Efx's art.

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    #2  Edited By k4tzm4n  Moderator
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    This comic continues to make me dislike the comic book version of Tony Stark even more.

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    #4  Edited By Ellie_Knightfall

    @k4tzm4n: I am notably shocked :P Land art kills a book for me these days (I weathered through the entirety of his X-Men run).

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    #5  Edited By Fenderxx

    God, That cover is killer tho

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    Killen and Land are obviously a horrible combination.

    Land is just horrible by himself already.

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    poor Ironman. Atleast he has an awesome movie comin' out.

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    Land is the new Liefeld

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    I dropped this series after 2

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    @daredevil21134: I did it after 1. Don't have that same vibe as Gillen's other books.

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    @brezej said:

    @daredevil21134: I did it after 1. Don't have that same vibe as Gillen's other books.

    Seems like he's trying to hard to mimic RDJ

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    @daredevil21134: Every writer at Marvel has been trying to write Iron Man like RDJ these days. I wasn't really an Iron Man fan either. And it takes me time to really like Greg Land's art. Was thinking about giving Captain America a try though.

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    @brezej said:

    @daredevil21134: Every writer at Marvel has been trying to write Iron Man like RDJ these days. I wasn't really an Iron Man fan either. And it takes me time to really like Greg Land's art. Was thinking about giving Captain America a try though.

    I tried Cap ,I didn't really dig that either

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    @daredevil21134: Haven't read one issue, but was looking to add something, because I dropped 2 books (Cable & X-Force & Avengers Academy).

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    @brezej: i don't know what you read but i'm having lots of fun with Young Avengers and Fearless Defenders, thunderbolts is pretty good too, sorry if you already pick these up but they're my suggestions

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    I was quite excited to see where Iron Man, as a series, would go after years of being under the horrible yolk of Fraction and his mind-alteringly bad writing.

    Alas, the situation has not improved. It may actually be (gasp) worse.

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    Greg Land's art is amazing. You're all uncultured fools to think otherwise.

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    #18  Edited By ILLO_29

    I love how a positive review for Land's art is "fairly solid", I can't stand it and the writing isn't much better. I've been sticking with it because I enjoy Iron Man but I'm not sure how much longer I can do it. Is the creative them (or at least the artist) changing anytime soon?

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    #19  Edited By JamDamage

    makes me miss Fraction on this title. Sure Fraction took forever to finish his story for I.M. but WOW was a good run.

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    Land is the new Liefeld

    YES!!!! Hahaha!

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    I can't stand Greg Lands art. I love Iron Man but this $#!t is getting painful to look at.

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    @mr_tedward: I read Young Avengers and Fearless Defenders. I love both of them especially Young Avengers, it is my favorite Marvel book. Thunderbolts I have been scared to give a try.

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    I pretty much lovvvve this. <3

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    #24  Edited By Mr_Tedward

    @brezej: Thunderbolts is a good fun read though the plot is a little muddled and the first artist Steve Dillon is not great for this book Daniel Way does a great job with the characters and the new artist Phil Noto is awesome check it out.

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