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Invincible Iron Man #1

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Tony Stark is back with a brand new suit of armor. Will that prepare him for what he's about to encounter?

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 is on sale October 7, 2015.

First of all, it might be a minor and silly thing, but I love having INVINCIBLE back in the title. It's a brand new series and the immediate question many will have is where does this fit in? What do you have to know from before? The answer to second question is, not much. We're back to the core of who Tony Stark is. He's a billionaire inventor futurist playboy etc. We may not know what happened during Secret Wars but once you start reading, you'll see it doesn't matter too much right now.

Brian Michael Bendis has brought back the Tony we're all familiar with. New and old readers will immediately recognize the brilliant and arrogant inventor sitting in his workshop, tinkering with a new suit of armor. As we get a feel and taste for Bendis' Tony Stark, there is also a bigger story brewing in the background. Stark will soon face a old foe many of us have been longing to see. David Marquez's rendition of this foe, plus the new armor, look great.

Bendis does his thing and really gives us a taste of the characters. While there is some pretty cool action scenes, there is a bit of set up, showing us where Tony is and is going, along with a new player or two popping in. The conversations scenes are fun but some of the panel layout gets a little tricky. It's something we've seen before where some double page spreads, you're not sure if you should be reading straight across to the next page or vertically before moving to the second page. Some of the panels didn't quite line up but you can pretty much tell right away when you're headed in the wrong direction.

David Marquez really dives into the art. With Justin Ponsor's colors, it's a gorgeous book. Even the scenes with the conversation look great. You'll want to take in all the detail and you'll find yourself looking forward to what's coming up in the series more and more as you move through the issue.

And of course there's a pretty great and crazy last page that will leave you hanging until the second issue is released.

Who is Iron Man? Brian Michael Bendis is answering that question for us. Picking up on some previous loose ends along with setting things up for this next phase in the Marvel Universe, this new Iron Man series is off to a pretty cool start. Bendis sets it all up and makes the book completely accessible to readers, regardless of what you have or haven't read before. We get a firm grasp of who Tony is at this point and the story is establishing a new era for Iron Man. David Marquez's art along with Justin Ponsor's colors makes this a thing of beauty. You won't want to miss an issue.