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The Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 3: World's Most Wanted - Book 2 by Matt Fraction, Salvador Larroca
mjthomas43's review
3.0
Tony struggles to use various obsolete armours to finally erase the knowledge in his head before Norman Osborn can get to him/it. Pepper/Rescue, Crimson Dynamo, Maria Hill, Black Widow, etc. help him along the way.
I've read a couple story lines that take place after this and it's good to get some gaps filled in, but, as usual, reading Iron Man in relation to Batman stories leaves me a little disappointed: there's just not enough subtlety and character detail in the former as there is in the latter. But the tech talk and action is still fun.
I've read a couple story lines that take place after this and it's good to get some gaps filled in, but, as usual, reading Iron Man in relation to Batman stories leaves me a little disappointed: there's just not enough subtlety and character detail in the former as there is in the latter. But the tech talk and action is still fun.
snazel's review
5.0
This was amazing. Tony losing his mind, Hill holding herself together by will alone, Pepper being rescue, Osborne going loopy-- AMAZING
pickett22's review
5.0
This might be the best Iron Man comic I've ever read. It was seriously awesome. Potts, Hill, and Romanov get stuck teaming up and it's amazing. And Pepper takes on Madam Masque and it's just so fantastic.
Here's why it didn't get five stars (there are two reasons that form one problem): 1.) Pepper and Hill take turns wearing nothing but a bed sheet (Hill collapses in the shower at one point, but I actually liked that... that one had a purpose to it. The other two not so much) and 2.) there was one really awkward angle looking up at Tasha basically from between her legs, and while she WAS dressed it was not a nice angle. The two girls in bed sheets I could maybe see as being sort of sexy, this was not. It was awkward.
These two things made the girls seem more like Tony's Angels than independent agents. However, I love all three of these women so very much and so I'm going to ignore these typical comic-book-problems and say it was awesome.
Also, I love JARVIS.
Here's why it didn't get five stars (there are two reasons that form one problem): 1.) Pepper and Hill take turns wearing nothing but a bed sheet (Hill collapses in the shower at one point, but I actually liked that... that one had a purpose to it. The other two not so much) and 2.) there was one really awkward angle looking up at Tasha basically from between her legs, and while she WAS dressed it was not a nice angle. The two girls in bed sheets I could maybe see as being sort of sexy, this was not. It was awkward.
These two things made the girls seem more like Tony's Angels than independent agents. However, I love all three of these women so very much and so I'm going to ignore these typical comic-book-problems and say it was awesome.
Also, I love JARVIS.
the_graylien's review
5.0
Wow.
Writer Matt Fraction's third volume of Iron Man and the second part of his "World's Most Wanted" story arc... well... It rocked.
Norman Osborn is still a maniac, he's still a bad guy, and he's on the cusp of taking over the world and destroying Tony Stark and Iron Man. He's in a position of power and Fraction makes the reader hate him so much and DAMN HIM FOR DOING THIS TO TONY!... But that's not the only thing going on in this one...
It's been a long time since I've read a book so filled with tension. This entire thing moved along at a fever pitch, nearly breaking me into a sweat as I frantically flipped the pages to see what was going to happen with the protagonists.
Fraction did pace this well enough to allow for moments of heartbreak, moments of pure depravity, moments of utter greatness.
Salvador Larroca and co. still continue to treat us with the eye candy and, as you may have seen in my reviews of prior volumes, my opinion of the artwork for this run is in very high regard.
This is a great one. I recommend this to almost anyone. You'd do well to go grab the first two volumes of Fraction's Iron Man run so you know coompletely what's going on, but seriously... Read this.
Writer Matt Fraction's third volume of Iron Man and the second part of his "World's Most Wanted" story arc... well... It rocked.
Norman Osborn is still a maniac, he's still a bad guy, and he's on the cusp of taking over the world and destroying Tony Stark and Iron Man. He's in a position of power and Fraction makes the reader hate him so much and DAMN HIM FOR DOING THIS TO TONY!... But that's not the only thing going on in this one...
It's been a long time since I've read a book so filled with tension. This entire thing moved along at a fever pitch, nearly breaking me into a sweat as I frantically flipped the pages to see what was going to happen with the protagonists.
Fraction did pace this well enough to allow for moments of heartbreak, moments of pure depravity, moments of utter greatness.
Salvador Larroca and co. still continue to treat us with the eye candy and, as you may have seen in my reviews of prior volumes, my opinion of the artwork for this run is in very high regard.
This is a great one. I recommend this to almost anyone. You'd do well to go grab the first two volumes of Fraction's Iron Man run so you know coompletely what's going on, but seriously... Read this.
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