Invincible Iron Man v2 #507, October 2011, written by Matt Fraction, penciled by Salvador Larroca
Invincible Iron Man v2 #503, June 2011, written by Matt Fraction, penciled by Salvador Larroca and Howard Chaykin
Invincible Iron Man #500, March 2011, written by Matt Fraction and Nick Spencer, penciled by Salvador Larroca, Kano, Nathan Fox, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Barry Kitson
The future sucks. No matter what we do, we’re heading towards a total dystopia ruled by sentient iPhones who know how to use their iMachine Guns with deadly accuracy. I know I’ve read as many miserable future stories as everyone who follows this, but I think my tolerance is starting to weaken under the heavy hits of apocalypse I’ve taken lately. This and “Age of X” came out in the same month!
Luckily Fraction, Spider-Man and a squad of capable artists make this entertaining and not a rehash of every awful tomorrow I’ve seen since first watching Back to the Future 2 twenty years ago.
My Score: 8.4
Invincible Iron Man v2 #33, February 2011, written by Matt Fraction, penciled by Salvador Larroca and Jamie McKelvie
It’s obvious that Marvel’s pretty great right now, right? I read just under thirty Marvel comics a month and almost all of them rank in the 8.4-8.7 range. That’s good. That means I like all of them. It also looks like I’m not really reviewing these comics and just slapping the same rating to each issue. I’m not. There is madness to my madness. Er, I mean madness to my insanity. No, geez, I mean METHOD to my thing with no method. You know.
So I read Invincible Iron Man every month and I like it every month. I really like it. It’s great! It’s always a fun and inventive read! But darnit it never comes close to cracking the 9s because I still am not floored after I read an issue. Not like the series isn’t trying. The main series is such a decidedly adult adventure series and the perfect example of how to alter a series after a blockbuster movie. The movie Iron Man was more Iron Man than Iron Man had ever seemed (that made no sense, just go with it), and Fraction took note. This series is very Iron Man. You know what I mean. And any issue with a Jamie McKelvie backup is A-Okay-Give-Him-An-Ongoing.
SO ANYWAY THIS SERIES IS A TON OF FUN. Get off my case, Mr. Part Of My Brain That Feels Guilty For Scoring Everything My Score: 8.6
