Post by MC on Jan 19, 2010 23:06:24 GMT -5
Solo Avengers by Mike Hintze (#1)
The Cast: Iron Man
Antagonists Faced: Future Iron Man
Stand-Out Character: Future Iron Man
Best Moment: The mystery of Future Iron Man.
This issue was a setup for the huge mystery that will develop and resolve during the first 12 or so issues, but that doesn’t make it a throwaway at all as it came right out of the bat with the huge story points for the spotlighted Avenger…Iron Man. We were introduced to the Wakanda ‘Leaping Forward’ international technical symposium that was developed in Iron Man #1, and also learned that the niece of Justin Hammer, Janine Hammer, was joining Stark Industries as the Executive VP of Operations. How both of these big plot points will reflect on Stark Industries and Iron Man himself have yet to be fully developed.
But this issue had more to sink its teeth into than that, including a call from the Pentagon for assistance from Iron Man, who was shown an advanced version of his own armor that had traces of time travel in evidence, having been found at the bottom of the Marianas Trench. While investigating the armor, it came to life and fled, which resulted in an exciting and well-written chase/fight scene between the Iron Men that ended with the armor revealing our era was in danger…from Stark-Fujikawa!
A final mysterious revelation of the face of the man in the armor has established another mystery for this series, which will expand now that the mysterious future Iron Man is on the loose and going about his mission of saving the world. The initial tease was great and sets the imagination going and I’m very interested in how this turns out and just who this future Iron Man is and what threat was so severe to bring him here to stop. An excellent beginning, Mike!
MC
The Cast: Iron Man
Antagonists Faced: Future Iron Man
Stand-Out Character: Future Iron Man
Best Moment: The mystery of Future Iron Man.
This issue was a setup for the huge mystery that will develop and resolve during the first 12 or so issues, but that doesn’t make it a throwaway at all as it came right out of the bat with the huge story points for the spotlighted Avenger…Iron Man. We were introduced to the Wakanda ‘Leaping Forward’ international technical symposium that was developed in Iron Man #1, and also learned that the niece of Justin Hammer, Janine Hammer, was joining Stark Industries as the Executive VP of Operations. How both of these big plot points will reflect on Stark Industries and Iron Man himself have yet to be fully developed.
But this issue had more to sink its teeth into than that, including a call from the Pentagon for assistance from Iron Man, who was shown an advanced version of his own armor that had traces of time travel in evidence, having been found at the bottom of the Marianas Trench. While investigating the armor, it came to life and fled, which resulted in an exciting and well-written chase/fight scene between the Iron Men that ended with the armor revealing our era was in danger…from Stark-Fujikawa!
A final mysterious revelation of the face of the man in the armor has established another mystery for this series, which will expand now that the mysterious future Iron Man is on the loose and going about his mission of saving the world. The initial tease was great and sets the imagination going and I’m very interested in how this turns out and just who this future Iron Man is and what threat was so severe to bring him here to stop. An excellent beginning, Mike!
MC