Invincible Iron Man #3
Iron Man's new ongoing series soars to armor-melting speeds! New fans, get in on this one now, 'cause the getting is good! Longtime Iron Man readers, strap in, because Tony Stark's about to face a shocking new menace…one that's oddly familiar! Is this all part of Ezekiel Stane's unstoppable plan to destroy his sworn enemy, Iron Man?! Has Tony's incomparable intellect, genius technical acuity and vast business acumen finally met their match in the brilliant young Zeke? How's ol' Tony gonna get out of this one? Written by Matt Fraction (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) with mind-blowing art by Salvador Larroca (UNCANNY X-MEN)!
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: SALVADOR LARROCA
COVER BY: SALVADOR LARROCA
Size: 32 Pages
Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 1%
Reviews
| User | Added | Spoilers | |
| levitakis | 07/13/08 | No | Read Review |
| Tork | 07/11/08 | Yes | Read Review |
| mrmister | 07/11/08 | No | Read Review |
| JumpingJupiter | 07/10/08 | Yes | Read Review |
Comments
I don't mind the pencils so much as I do the creepy skin. Everyone looks over-tan and the flesh is just rendered enough to look really creepy.
Posted by NealAppeal on 07/07/08 at 10:42 PMThe art on this is vomit enducing. Like, i can stomach the occasional strange faces and storytelling choices from simone bianchi but everyone in this book looks like a melting goldfish.
I've been mostly loving the story with this one and i love fraction but this may be the first time where the art is bad enough to get me to drop a book.
Posted by MisterBlank on 07/07/08 at 11:48 PMI like the comic, but I also agree that the people look like they're made of wax
Posted by eagle6002 on 07/08/08 at 01:03 AMI jsut pretend they're all shrink-wrapped.
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 07/08/08 at 01:37 AMIm really enjoying this title. I enjoy most of the art, except the faces. Im not sure why tho, somthing seems wrong with character faces from panel to panel.
Posted by Dietz82 on 07/08/08 at 10:48 AMthe coloring is odd in this book but overall I'm loving it.
Posted by Kimbo on 07/08/08 at 04:18 PMI just got my copy today. I enjoyed it... I guess I'm not as much of a critic of the art as others are. I love the story though. And the book is wrapped closer and closer to the movie, in a really smart move by Marvel. The movie made me like Tony Stark, and Fraction isn't letting me down.
Posted by jovial1 on 07/08/08 at 10:25 PMStill reading despite finally coming down from my movie high and general disregard for Larocca's current art style - must be the Fraction factor!
Posted by torippu on 07/09/08 at 11:09 PMWho rated this even though it hasn't come out yet?
Posted by eagle6002 on 07/10/08 at 04:22 AMMe. Canadians got their comics yesterday. I'm Canadian.
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 07/10/08 at 08:07 AMAnother great issue. I'm shocked that I'm this excited about an Iron Man series
Posted by cutty on 07/10/08 at 07:36 PM@cutty: You usually don't like Iron Man?
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 07/11/08 at 02:35 AMI've always been kind of neutral on him, and I've definately never given any thought to reading his title. But I think this is one of the best books on the stands right now
Posted by cutty on 07/11/08 at 09:46 AMArgh, my LCS was already sold out of this by 6:00 pm! They have an extremely annoying habit of doing that, and their indie selection is crappy, too. I keep telling myself that I should go to the other shop across town but can't break away, it's too close to my house.
Posted by Paradiddle on 07/11/08 at 12:56 PMGreat series so far. Zeke Stane makes an interesting antagonist. Looking forward to seeing how this develops.
Posted by limegintonic on 07/11/08 at 03:19 PM@ Paradidle
Ask if you can subscribe to comics. I receive a discount for my comics on release date at my LCS because I do so.
Posted by eagle6002 on 07/11/08 at 05:43 PMYup, they slikely have a pre-order program. However, that probably means that you commit to buying books a few months in advance.
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 07/11/08 at 08:34 PMI really liked the idea of gamers piloting drones, but the fact that all of them are very overweight strikes me as being too stereotypey. Maybe a couple of them are pretty heavy, but skinny people play video games too. Other than that I'm really enjoying this. I think the problem with Zeke not being able to handle his own heat output is pretty cool, and so is the fact that he's disappointed that he has to wear a suit to deal with the problem.
Posted by NealAppeal on 07/11/08 at 09:31 PMThis story has it's plusses and minuses.
The good part first. It seems that Matt Fraction has read some of the prior Iron Man issues. While he apparently forgot that Iron Man does not use jet boots anymore, he now remembers that Iron Man has an undersheath and his armor forms around his body. Iron Man kicking the hell out of the three Raiders was entertaining.
Now for the bad or at least confusing part. I am not sure if Matt Fraction is aware, but the Republic of China (Taiwan) is not the same as the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). Teipei is the captial of Taiwan, not the PRC. Taiwan is an open, Democratic society that is eager to cooperate with people. The PRC is a closed society that limits their people's access to the outside world.
So, I'm confused why the ROC (Taiwan) would react as it did in the story. If anything, they would want to cooperate with SHIELD. I thought, perhaps, that in the IM:DOS story would have created bad blood between ROC and Iron Man when IM lead the SHIELD unit to investigate the Mandaran in IM:DOS. However, that occurred in the PRC, not the ROC.
So, I'm back to why would the ROC attack Iron Man at all.
I hope Matt gets better in his research......
Posted by AnotherBrian on 07/15/08 at 10:49 AMthe actually story is good, average but good and until the 2nd issue I was ok with the art until I saw Thor's crazy face, I'm new to cimics, but they need a diffrent artist.
Posted by jjcard on 07/23/08 at 08:40 PMLate to the party but, I don't think it is the art that is strange, it is the coloring. I actually think the art is good and when he is in the iron man suit, it looks amazing. There is just something off with the color that makes people look like wax.
Posted by TacticalChaos15 on 09/10/08 at 06:59 PM





I like the first 2 issues but the art's been lacking. If Larroca gets his groove this could become my favorite book. I wonder why DC is not putting out the equivalent of this in response to the Dark Knight movie...
Posted by JumpingJupiter on 07/07/08 at 10:31 PM