tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741435186739357719.post7083886240359957593..comments2020-12-23T04:13:58.125-05:00Comments on El Jacone's Comic Book Bunker: Critical Commentary: Invincible Iron Man #7Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741435186739357719.post-19081622199240765962008-11-11T20:40:00.000-05:002008-11-11T20:40:00.000-05:00Considering the inane and ineffective manner in wh...Considering the inane and ineffective manner in which Bendis ("I know, let's lay him out flat on his back by a random employee of SI for his <B>Civil War</B> tie-in issue of <B>New Avengers</B>!") and Millar have portrayed Tony Stark since "Avengers Disassembled," I was much happier with the Knaufs work in presenting him as the character I have been reading about since high school. The Iron Man from <B>CW</B> is damn near unrecognizable to me in the context of how he was portrayed before that point.<BR/><BR/>Fraction's Iron Man is for new readers, and those who are on board with the direction of the character as an analogue for everything that is wrong with America. "The Five Nightmares" was good but not spectacular. Unlike the Mandarin story over in the Knaufs book, which was really something, but got no press at all since Marvel gave the book no hype.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741435186739357719.post-36627250953889934712008-11-11T10:20:00.000-05:002008-11-11T10:20:00.000-05:00I'm not sure it's worth berating Fraction for what...I'm not sure it's worth berating Fraction for what was quite obviously his intent for the issue; Tony is now finally doubting his path - something he hasn't been shown to do for years now. It's not so much that he doubts his own heroism (self doubt is probably a crucial feature of heroism), but he's in doubt about his decisions. I think this is part of a path towards redeeming the character after the way Millar, Bendis et al. have been portraying him.Nas Hoosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04034722822488775369noreply@blogger.com