Iron Man #11

Writer: Daniel Knauf
Writer: Charles Knauf
Artist: Patrick Zircher
Inker: Scott Hanna
Colorist: Antonio Fabela
Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Plot: The long awaited Execute Program storyline nears its conclusion as Tony Stark struggles to prove his innocence. The Iron Man armor has been killing political targets and Tony Stark is desperately trying to figure out how and why before someone else gets killed. However, with The Sentry coming after him at the order of Nick Fury, Tony has more to deal with than the mystery of the Iron Man murders.

Review: This comic book is awesome. I just want to get that out of the way right now. It’s really, really good. The current storyline has really elevated Tony Stark and made him a character that is a joy to read about. However, I really can’t let the insane delays on this book go without mentioning. This storyline features Nick Fury, who has been missing from Marvel comics for at least a year now. The storyline also has nothing to do with Civil War. The reasons for these continuity issues is due to the unbelievable delays this book has seen in recent years. Adi Granov, an amazing artist who really captures the wonderful feel of Iron Man, apparently wasn’t able to do many more than four issues a year of a monthly comic book. Why Marvel hired him on to do a monthly book is beyond me and why they left him on the title even after it was apparent he couldn’t even come close to hitting deadlines is unfathomable to me. So here we are, about three years after the relaunch of Iron Man, on issue 11.

However, I’m not reviewing past issues of Iron Man, I’m reviewing this issue of Iron Man. This story has been awesome. It’s given us a great look at Tony Stark and the things that make him great and the demons that sometimes make him less than great. He can be heroic and brilliant on one page and belligerent and smug on the next. The story itself has been a good break from the usual superhero “me punch villain” storyline. There’s been a good amount of mystery to it and conspiracy and it’s a lot of fun to see it coming to a climax.

Iron Man is another one of those characters that, while I liked, I never thought I would really read his solo comic book. Even with the extreme delays it’s had, the relaunch has been incredible. It’s been a great new look at Iron Man and they’ve been telling great stories with the character of Tony Stark. If you’ve been burned by the predictable and low quality Iron Man comics of the past, this may be a good book for you to pick up and remember just how cool Iron Man can be.




Special thanks go out to Jeremy Shorr, owner of Titan Comics for allowing us to use his advance preview books for review purposes.

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