Review: Invincible Iron Man #501
Out of some sick revenge, Dr. Octopus blackmails Tony into trying to solve his terminal brain illness.
Invincible Iron Man » Invincible Iron Man #501 - Fix Me released by Marvel on April 1, 2011.
Out of some sick revenge, Dr. Octopus blackmails Tony into trying to solve his terminal brain illness.
I think in terms of an Iron Man story that this one does a much better job than most, because it looks at the genius underneath the armour, not just the tricks in the suit. Tony is forced to meet with Doctor Octopus and face-to-face, not as Iron Man, but as Tony Stark. As a flashback explains the two had met many years previous at a conference where they had a difference of opinion over the uses of technologies and the morality of creating weapons for the military. Now in the present the two ...
Tony prepares Resilient's first high profile project, the reconstruction of Asgard. With the successful (and unusual) test drive of the prototype car the investors have come rolling in, but before he can enjoy the fruits of his labor trouble comes a knocking on Ol' Shellhead's door. Doc Ock returns to settle an old score with Tony. The Good Normally I absolutely abhor when characters are retconned into another's past, but Fraction does it how it ought to be in this issue. The story opens up wi...