He's been a meme for a decade now. He writes some good stuff, but he definitely pickles a lot of people wrong with his dialogue, narratives, and characterizations. He's not hated incessantly like a Loeb, but he's had a fair share of detractors for a minute.
being a decompression-era writer, he's known for having long bits of conversations and has a reputation for "talking heads" with snarky dialogue. a lot of people don't like his new avengers run and i feel like his comics just ooze his voice
but he's written some really great comics so he's cool with me imo
I don't get why they always shy away from his iconic look. It's more Iron Man than Doom. A hoodie doesn't make him Doom, and neither did it work for the movie. Add a little more Von Doom character to the armor instead of just changing the color to a shade of grey.
Doom as Iron Man? I could get behind that if:
A) It wasn't written by the same guy who made Moon Knight see Spider-Man, Captain America and Wolverine because Moon Knight (at the time) was said to have DID despite the fact THAT'S NOT HOW DID WORKS BENDIS!
B) This didn't come so close to the announcement of Riri Williams as the new Iron Man. Yes, I know that there are multiple series of certain characters running at the same time, but at least Sam's Captain America series got its time to shine before they brought back Steve Cap. This is just going to take away the wind from the new Iron Man before that series even launches its first issue.
I know there's been the reverse in an elseworld's tale, but doing this in the main universe is...interesting. I like the idea on paper, but I hold no fondness for the writing of the person who'll be putting pen onto said paper.
Been reading superior iron man and he's a complete douche now. what comic do i read to continue that story? it went into secret wars which i just finished reading as well pretty good, but know evil iron man. where he at? or was the story scrapped or something?
These last 2-3 years have been horrible for all of us who love established Marvel characters. Either their character gets figuratively assassinated or they get assassinated for real.
Every Marvel character I love has been nuetered or killed. Thor, (likely Iron Man), Cyclops, Wolverine, Doom, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner....
Magneto is an exception- but "all X-Men must die" so I'm sure he will get replaced soon enough.
I hate All New All Whatever Marvel. I can't wait for it to end.
Oh get over it. They're trying new shit. There are fucking decades of stories with the same goddamned characters. Trying something new is not a bad thing.
It was at that moment that I realized that they are 100% just getting away with redoing one of the most reviled Superman stories of all time. And it's working.
being a decompression-era writer, he's known for having long bits of conversations and has a reputation for "talking heads" with snarky dialogue. a lot of people don't like his new avengers run and i feel like his comics just ooze his voice
but he's written some really great comics so he's cool with me imo
Doom as Iron Man? I could get behind that if:
A) It wasn't written by the same guy who made Moon Knight see Spider-Man, Captain America and Wolverine because Moon Knight (at the time) was said to have DID despite the fact THAT'S NOT HOW DID WORKS BENDIS!
Marc's currently hallucinating everything in his current book. It's not just DID. He's also just sort of crazy. Plus, he was actually talking to them at points and they did actually pay a visit or two to him and they did in fact actually send him to LA in order to find that Ultron head.
Been reading superior iron man and he's a complete douche now. what comic do i read to continue that story? it went into secret wars which i just finished reading as well pretty good, but know evil iron man. where he at? or was the story scrapped or something?
Marc's currently hallucinating everything in his current book. It's not just DID. He's also just sort of crazy. Plus, he was actually talking to them at points and they did actually pay a visit or two to him and they did in fact actually send him to LA in order to find that Ultron head.
Without wishing to derail this thread, that's part of why i'm not a fan of Lemire's current take on the character: After Ellis' excellent run retconned the (frankly) inaccurate and highly questionable portrayal of Marc's mental faculties and instead made him a more complex character who, while suffering from brain damage and coming to grips with the reality of the situation, was both stable, resourceful and smart throughout his escapades, having him potentially hearken back to the "Moon Knight is insane" route
(it's likely that this is somehow being caused by Stained Glass Scarlet due to a recent leak showing her in issue 5 and her appearance in the first issue, plus the prominence of red in said first issue, possibly in conjunction with Seth)
feels like a step back to what is all too often used as a crutch for writers rather than making the lead or his adventures compelling, though the light characterization that Marc and the other characters are given hasn't helped much. Smallwood's art is fantastic and Bellaire's pencils are damn near perfect, but there's little else to justify picking this run up given the aforementioned characterization issues, the pacing issues that plagued all the issues thus far, save for two, plus the constant reminder of what one could be reading (i.e. the original Doug Moench run that Lemire seems to love referencing), have left me dry and not holding out much hope for this story and the supposed ongoing to stem off from it. Still, better than Bendis' run, i'll give it that.
Aw lame, so i guess evil tony won in the end. kinda disappointing wanted to see where that was going. has any issues with the black female iron man been released yet and if so how are they?
Without wishing to derail this thread, that's part of why i'm not a fan of Lemire's current take on the character: After Ellis' excellent run retconned the (frankly) inaccurate and highly questionable portrayal of Marc's mental faculties and instead made him a more complex character who, while suffering from brain damage and coming to grips with the reality of the situation, was both stable, resourceful and smart throughout his escapades, having him potentially hearken back to the "Moon Knight is insane" route
(it's likely that this is somehow being caused by Stained Glass Scarlet due to a recent leak showing her in issue 5 and her appearance in the first issue, plus the prominence of red in said first issue, possibly in conjunction with Seth)
feels like a step back to what is all too often used as a crutch for writers rather than making the lead or his adventures compelling, though the light characterization that Marc and the other characters are given hasn't helped much. Smallwood's art is fantastic and Bellaire's pencils are damn near perfect, but there's little else to justify picking this run up given the aforementioned characterization issues, the pacing issues that plagued all the issues thus far, save for two, plus the constant reminder of what one could be reading (i.e. the original Doug Moench run that Lemire seems to love referencing), have left me dry and not holding out much hope for this story and the supposed ongoing to stem off from it. Still, better than Bendis' run, i'll give it that.
I'm not a Moon Knight expert, and I'm not pretending to be one. Just saying that what Bendis did isn't something unique or different from was done and os currently being done with the character.
Aw lame, so i guess evil tony won in the end. kinda disappointing wanted to see where that was going. has any issues with the black female iron man been released yet and if so how are they?
She's been in issues since #7, but hasn't been Iron Man. They're still building her up to that point in the solo book.
Also Superior's arc was pretty complete. He lost everything due to how shitty he was and he was never going to redeem himself. He was the "I'm always right" attitude taken to the extreme.
Technically he died fighting old captain america during the final incursion when the ultimate universe fought the 616 universe. The current version of Tony is a different one who was created by Reed when he became a god.
Technically he died fighting old captain america during the final incursion when the ultimate universe fought the 616 universe. The current version of Tony is a different one who was created by Reed when he became a god.
I'm fully aware of the actual logistics behind it. Technically everyone that wasn't on the incursion craft, Molecule Man, Doom, Strange, or the Richards family, was recreated because they all died.
They just recreated Tony based on how he was pre-Axis
I'm fully aware of the actual logistics behind it. Technically everyone that wasn't on the incursion craft, Molecule Man, Doom, Strange, or the Richards family, was recreated because they all died.
They just recreated Tony based on how he was pre-Axis
LET'S RECAP:
-We don't know what happens to Tony. Heavy implications are that he either dies or goes missing and people assume he dies.
-Riri is taking over as Invincible Iron Man
-Doom is taking over as Infamous Iron Man
Dawn was with Surfer and they outran the final crunch, made it to a plane inbetween all things or something. Had a kooky adventure, then emerged out the other side back into the newly created Universe
Same with Young Loki (in the agent of asgard books). He went from being the trickster god / god of lies, into the god of stories. During the final incursion, he transcended into the plane where the gods of the multi verse exist. Flipping the old gods the bird, Loki voluntarily enters the new universe, where he doesn't know if he'll still be a good guy or a bad guy.
Technically he died fighting old captain america during the final incursion when the ultimate universe fought the 616 universe. The current version of Tony is a different one who was created by Reed when he became a god.
Inverted Tony was such a massive mistake. The character itself was really cool, but any and all emotional or storytelling beats were rendered null and bullshit by the fact that he is not actually Tony. The fact that everyone acted and reacted to him as if he was Tony was infuriating.
Dawn was with Surfer and they outran the final crunch, made it to a plane inbetween all things or something. Had a kooky adventure, then emerged out the other side back into the newly created Universe
Same with Young Loki (in the agent of asgard books). He went from being the trickster god / god of lies, into the god of stories. During the final incursion, he transcended into the plane where the gods of the multi verse exist. Flipping the old gods the bird, Loki voluntarily enters the new universe, where he doesn't know if he'll still be a good guy or a bad guy.
No. There will be two Iron man books within the same universe. Same as now:
Invincible Iron Man => Invisible Iron Man
International Iron Man => Infamous Iron Man
The only difference is that two different characters will helm the books. I assume the approach to the two characters distilsl them to two different essences synthesized in Tony.
I assume that Doom is on an Avengers book maybe? And Riri is a member of Champions. Would make the most sense.
Inverted Tony was such a massive mistake. The character itself was really cool, but any and all emotional or storytelling beats were rendered null and bullshit by the fact that he is not actually Tony. The fact that everyone acted and reacted to him as if he was Tony was infuriating.
