I still like his stories.

I haven't had an issue with his writing on this book as of yet.

Fraction is the best thing to happen to Iron Man in a long time. And Pepper having a suit makes plenty of sense, it's not lazy writing, it's called trying something new instead of doing the same old stories over and over again, something I'm glad he's doing. Fraction really knows how to write Tony Stark as this sarcastic jerk who's one of the smartest men on earth and really captures Tony's personalty very well.

I like Fraction's Iron Man.

His X-Men is another story though

Fraction is the best thing to happen to Iron Man in a long time. And Pepper having a suit makes plenty of sense, it's not lazy writing, it's called trying something new instead of doing the same old stories over and over again, something I'm glad he's doing. Fraction really knows how to write Tony Stark as this sarcastic jerk who's one of the smartest men on earth and really captures Tony's personalty very well.

Change is always good.

@TheLastLantern said:

Fraction made Tony start drinking again. I hate him now. I understand that he may have been getting somewhat one dimensional but come on, he just wants a reason to write his own verison of "Demon in A Bottle". Which most likely won't be nearly as good as the original.

the "Demon in a Bottle" story is good, but it's really dated. A lot of today's readers would put it down before finishing it. So if he is just remaking "Demon in a Bottle" with modern standards then I think it's a good thing. But I don't think that's what he is doing.

His Iron Man book is amazing. I don't even care that he's got Tony drinking again. The way he's handling that is very keen on the insight of an addictive personality ("Okay, just one more, and then I'm done", ETC). 
 
His FEAR ITSELF tie ins also pretty much make the entire event worthwhile (IMO).

I feel like matt fraction has gotten really lazy with his writing lately. I also feel like alot of things are getting annoying. It's annoying when pepper has a suit and it's also annoying whenever he takes a good character like Rhodey and makes him bland and incompetent. Am I the only one that thinks that it's time to find a new iron man writer? Keep larocca but change the writer

Personally, I would enjoy seeing Pak or Van Lente pick up Iron Man. Although it seems like Fraction controls Iron Man in the same sense that Brubaker controls Captain America. We may see mini-series by other writers but Fraction probably has no plans to leave Iron Man anytime soon.

Personally, I would enjoy seeing Pak or Van Lente pick up Iron Man. Although it seems like Fraction controls Iron Man in the same sense that Brubaker controls Captain America. We may see mini-series by other writers but Fraction probably has no plans to leave Iron Man anytime soon.

Fraction made Tony start drinking again.  I hate him now.  I understand that he may have been getting somewhat one dimensional but come on, he just wants a reason to write his own verison of "Demon in A Bottle".  Which most likely won't be nearly as good as the original.

@daredevil21134: Agreed but one could always hope. Maybe one day they'll give Iron Man the Daredevil treatment and give the character to a writer who's willing to glazed over the "questionable" work of those who had the character before him/her.

@daredevil21134: Waid's first issue definitely put a huge smile on my face. In just one issue he's already made up for most of Diggles......imperfections.

@daredevil21134: And for what the fans want from a character.

Well I like his stuff on Iron Man and that he focuses on the supporting cast as well. The Wanted arc is my favourite Iron Man story.

Well I like his stuff on Iron Man and that he focuses on the supporting cast as well. The Wanted arc is my favourite Iron Man story.

@MrUnknown: The wanted story arc is your favorite? It might've been fraction's best but not even close to iron man's best. You need to read some of layton and michelin's run or dennis o' neils run. Knauf had a good run as well

I think im being a little harsh on him but i do hate some of the things he's doing with the story arcs

Iron Man needs to hit something. Just saying. I mean character development is great, but whenever I read a few issues I just get bored. 

Iron Man needs to hit something. Just saying. I mean character development is great, but whenever I read a few issues I just get bored. 

@jrock85: Hahahaha, I didn't think dark reign was that bad. Its just more of his current work im referring too. Oh, and i heard his run on uncanny x-men was absolutely terrible. hahaha

I think Matt Fraction is one of Marvel's strongest writers 

@Zachattack1239:  Fraction is the best thing that happened to Iron Man. If you are complaining about the bleeding edge armor, then you don't get who Tony is.  Fraction gets the character way better than anyone and letting anyone else take over the character  would be a colossal mistake. And for those complaining about him drinking again, lets just wait and see what happens. Besides you could look at it this way; for all the physical evolution he has gone through, at heart he is still human.

@greeneagle said:

@Zachattack1239:  Fraction is the best thing that happened to Iron Man. If you are complaining about the bleeding edge armor, then you don't get who Tony is.  Fraction gets the character way better than anyone and letting anyone else take over the character  would be a colossal mistake. And for those complaining about him drinking again, lets just wait and see what happens. Besides you could look at it this way; for all the physical evolution he has gone through, at heart he is still human.

I with you on this one. I happen to find Invincible Iron Man as one of the only consistently good Marvel books. If you pay a good deal of attention, Fraction is setting up a ton of future plot lines that are going to have great upcoming arcs. I'm sticking by Fraction, he definitely gets the Tony Stark character.