Iron Man #2 Review
What? Original Review by Johnkmccubbin91 at Comic Vine
I loved Matt Fraction's run on the character in the last series (The Invincible Iron Man) and after Kieron Gillen doing such good work on Journey Into Mystery I expected a good follow up series. So far the first two issues have been very disappointing and if the series doesn't pick up by the end of this story and defiantly the next I will most likely be dropping it.
Plot
This issue sees Iron Man travel to Symkaria where he hopes to negotiate a deal with Arthur and his Knights to retrieve the Extremist armor they are in possession of. Arthur and his Knights however have other plans.Review
I didn't like this issue. I went into the series expecting Gillen to do a good job and was a bit far with the first issue, because of it being a new series, but this issue wasn't a good follow on. When I first noticed that Arthurian Legend was going to be involved I was happy because I love reading stories involving Arthurian Legend, but it just made the issue more confusing, and hard to read at some points. I don't mind how Gillen is writing the Iron Man character, my problem is that most of the talking or thinking in this issue was from one of the villains.Greg Land's art in this issue isn't bad and actually suits both the Iron Man and Tony character well. I still don' like how he draws women similar and I hate how he draws people smiling, but besides that his art is quite good. At times I like his art but there are other points I don't. This is the same for background detail, some panels, like when Tony's computers are up there will be lots of detail but other times not as much. I'm happy that he's putting the detail into the things that matter but why not just put a bit more detail into the other environments.
Iron Man's New A.I. |
Arthur and His Knights |
Iron Man in Battle |
Final Verdict
A disappointing continuation to what has been a mediocre series. I wouldn't recommend this issue unless you are a big Iron Man fan who is willing to accept an poor story in hopes of it getting better in future issues.Rating: 2.5/5
What I Thought
Cover - 4/5
Art - 4/5
Colors/Ink/Lettering - 3/5
Layout/Flow - 3/5
Story - 3/5
Verdict - 3.3
I'm really confused about this issue. I understand Tony needs to find all the Extremis armor from the last story arc in Invincible Iron Man, but how did we get from that volume and the 1st issue to this one. I also wasn't a fan of all the monologue boxes, your not sure who is talking at first and I've never been a fan of an issue that used them to tell most of the story. Overall this issue doesn't solve or produce anything new.
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