Tony Stark was the arrogant son of wealthy, weapon manufacturer Howard Stark. Tony cared only about himself, but he would have a change of heart after he was kidnapped by terrorists and gravely injured. Pressured to create a weapon of mass destruction, Stark instead created a suit of armor powerful enough for him to escape. Tony used his vast resources and intellect to make the world a better place as The Invincible Iron Man. Stark's super hero identity led him to become a founding member of the Avengers.
''The Five Nightmares'' is fairly fun. It was probably one of the more effective rebirth of a character I have seen and it brings a lot of interesting new stuff to the table when it comes to other characters like Pepper Potts and eventually Maria Hill.
There is no doubt that the original Stane storyline 161-200 is the best Iron Man storyline yet written. There were a few small arcs written after this but none with the depth and scope of those issues.
For now? Extremis. Aside from Granov's photorealistic art and design sense, as well as Ellis' great concept of Tony being the 'test pilot for the future' and making him for the first time ever a futurist - the thing I like most about the story is the inherent 'realism' of it. In it, Tony with the armor really feels like he's piloting a wearable weapon, and in the clashes with Mallen, it's just straight up brawling. There's no witty banter - the combat feels more like how it would be in real life, intense with no time for comebacks. I thought it made the story all that more grounded in comparison to other IM comics.
But in truth, I haven't read that much of Iron Man. I'm still working my way through Fraction's run right now. I'm also a little ambivalent about picking up the older stuff like Armor Wars or Demon in a Bottle, mostly because I can be a little picky when it comes to older comics.
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