Mixed feelings. On one hand, I do appreciate that the storyline is self contained. It starts here, and it's over with here. You don't need much canon background, other than a passing knowledge of Extremis. I already had that, but you could probably pick up everything you needed to know from this collection. And parts of the story are very fun.That said, I did take issue with some aspects of this book, namely the art. Land seems to have a hard time drawing convincing expressions, especially on th...

A very disappointing start to the relaunched title of one of Marvel's biggest heroes. There's not much original about the book, Gillen's writing is so-so while Land's art all but sinks the book. Full review here!

Like many of the comic book omnibuses I've been reading lately, this features amazing artwork and a great storyline...but a bit too much sultriness, blood, and profanity.

This wasn’t particularly great. It felt messy but also boring as hell. Not much happens, but it is a contained story for once. I appreciate that it basically continues the continuity of the extremis storyline and doesn’t involve any crossover event. But it was just boring and generic. Nothing exciting happens and pepper is basically here to push the story forward by questioning why Tony is acting like an idiot. And boy is he acting a fool. This is one of the worst characterizations I’ve seen of

Pretty decent. I wasn't a fan of Fraction's run with IM and this was one was more fun than that series. This book still felt super disjointed. A lot of easy villians for Tony to wipe out. Gives it a pretty slight feeling. Still willing to move forward with this series.

OK, so finally my library got this in, and Vol. 2! I was excited, as I am with all Marvel NOW! Books, versus DC New 52, where I have a feeling that sits somewhere between utter dread and ambivalence.Good stuff: I actually liked the idea of Tony having to go around to shut down the people who'd bought Black-Market Extremis, sort of paying penance for his involvement.Some of the various Iron Man armours are on display here, I thought the liquid smart-metal armour was AWESOME! What a great idea (if...

This is my first iron man book and I was expecting this to be massively crap, but it wasn't. I actually enjoyed it.I always thought iron man is good on screen, but he's never worked for me in comics. This kept me entertained until the end, but I don't think I'd read vol.2 unless it was on sale.I'm wondering if I need to check out any of his old stuff....hmmmm where to start? Anyone?Apart from some dodgy smiles from Tony in this, it was quite entertaining.

nothing like a classic iron man comic to get me through a dreary monday . there were obvious nods to the mcu and first iron man movie which i enjoyed, but something about this arc felt lacklustre and at times like a corny action hero proving himself to be the best of the best. yes I know it’s an iron man comic and that’s what his character is like. but I think it just could be this specific characterization that I just wasn’t vibing with. but nonetheless I still enjoyed myself in gillen’s variat...

There are more good things than bad to be said about Iron Man: Believe.First off, I seriously love the technological advances Tony's made since the beginning of the Marvel Now! initiative. Some of it goes over my head, but-Random person: Um, *cough* Ultron?Me: Tony?Tony: On it. *blasts with repulser* Me: *leaning over charred remains* Ultron's from the 70's, dipshit.Where was I?Oh, right.Iron Man is probably Marvel's most popular superhero, though I bet Spider-Man probably brings in more denero....

Bullet Review:I've not been an Iron Man fan for long, and I've by no means read his entire repertoire, but geez, this was so not worth $20.The Extremis virus is back and Tony must hunt down the four clusters, if you will, out there. Cue lots of "monster of the week" plot lines - a goofy Arthurian one, a somewhat more interesting one involving a drug dealer and his dying daughter, an OK if not terribly well explained one with 13 brainwashed women and the last, a plot involving enhancing humans to...

The introductory arc of Gillen's run in Iron Man is a direct sequel to Warren Ellis' seminal Extremis story-line. It's Tony Stark's worst nightmare, the science that made him the best Iron Man he could in the hands of the weapon merchants A.I.M.I actually appreciated this approach by Gillen because Extremis is much more familiar to me than Matt Fraction's Iron Man, whose work on the character preceded Gillen's. It also helped that the Iron Man sequel released this year borrowed heavily from Elli...

DNF - this book is terrible. Don't read this.This is like one of those posts where someone gave a robot and algorithm and asked them to write a Seinfeld script. Only, this robot was given the first 5 minutes of the 2008 Iron Man film and told to write an Iron Man comic. The art is awful, as well. The women don't have human proportions and don't appear to have bones in normal places. The writing is.... *sighs*Just avoid at all costs.2019 is the year of me no longer giving a f*ck about DNF-ing boo...

Every time I see this type of art (hell, I probably keep seeing the same artist and not realizing it) I knock down a star. I hate, hate, hate how the women are drawn. I feel like they’re almost exactly the same in the face just with different hairstyles. Story was ok. Little haphazard.

This was a fun read!Iron man is flirting with ladies when suddenly he gets a message from Maya Hansen as she is dying that Extremis is lose and we have Tony on the hunt for it and well he goes to different locations on the hunt for it like first using stealth suit and battling enemies like Laser, Firehead and Vibr and that was a fun face off or in space meeting his friend Eli and like seeing how Extremis has changed them and its a fun battle of philosophies and also some new group having "knight...

Read in single issues.I expected Greg Land's art to be a problem, and it was. I didn't expect Kieron Gillen's writing to be a problem, but it was.The best writing in the world would struggle against Land's art, with its squinty-eyed men, its complete inability to depict any convincing human expressions (especially for women, who are limited either to smiling maniacally or looking like they're faking arousal), and its objectifying poses. It is, to be fair, pretty good at the technofantasia -- Iro...

Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Quite a bit of meh to my feelings. When did the chick who engineered Extremis become a good guy? I missed something, didn't I? Somebody tell me what I missed!Tony tracks down Extremis kits that have been sold to various villains and even to some not-so-bad guys.The King Arthur storyline was by far the lamest, and the demon-chick at the end was by far the most confusing.In between there was a lot of that meh I mentioned.

This was the first Iron Man comic I've read since Ellis's Extremis. Oddly, it picks up the Extremis story-line. Some bad guy has stolen the technology and sold it to some people. The book is very episodic with each chapter concerning Stark retrieving the technology from another buyer. This makes for a fairly predictable story, but the author keeps it interesting by the variety of characters and the varying uses the buyers used the technology for. Some use it for evil, some for good (in an ideali...

Review is for the single-issue comics. If you are waiting for the graphic novel, here be spoilers....I was really hoping for good things from Iron Man. I will admit, I have no past experience with the comics but came to Tony and company through the outings of the MCU. When Marvel decided to relaunch most of their comics, I jumped on board a few of their series, hoping to find some adventures, some dynamic characters, and that perfect fusion of art and storytelling. I was thoroughly impressed wit...

Iron Man volume 1: Believe sees me returning to my Iron Man graphic novel reread after completing the Matt Fraction run on the character last year.Unfortunately Believe isn’t the mind blowing and game changing start of a new series. It is part of the Marvel Now! line of relaunches. Instead of bringing a new story to the character of Iron Man this repeats a lot of familiar ground if you have read Iron Man before. Especially with the main plot revolving around his tech and Extremis getting into th...

Is it just me, or does Iron Man really only work in a team setting? Seriously, I like him in the Avengers, and it's fun to read him in New Avengers, but he just doesn't have what it takes to fly solo. Tony Stark has an extreme personality, and you need people to bounce that off of, or he will just become boring. Most of this book is just Tony on his own, and you know what, it became boring. Tony isn't the only problem with this book though. The writing is really subpar. I think the only other th...