I was surprised to really like this. I don't tend to like the "Elseworlds" type stories where superheroes have an excuse to be written out of character by whoever gets the job, but this one didn't feel like too far of a stretch for Iron Man. I don't know why Tony is an evil ruthless dick here, but it wasn't too much of a leap for his character, without inhibitions and scruples, to have created such a horrible, ethically perverse human virus. I feel like it's very much in character for him to thi...

Good art, an interesting premise. What if Tony went back to his jackass persona back before he became Iron Man? Tony Stark has become a manipulative bastard who is trying to do "good" for his own manipulative ends.

Somewhere between a 3 and a 3.5. This story caught me off guard because I had no clue why Tony was this much of a dick. I haven't seen him this assholish since Civil War. It really took me awhile to adjust. However, he was actually funny in this, so that's a plus. I also really liked the art, and the fights all looked good and well done. I also loved a really great moment with Daredevil and Foggy even if it was just two pages. It really hit me as a huge Daredevil fan. However, the story never fe...

Now this is an Iron Man I can get behind! Cool story. Very fun.

3.5 stars. Due to the events of Axis, Tony’s mind has been altered making him a super Ahole. He is borderline super villain. In this new state of mind, he has created some big new thing for the people of San Fran. The people fall I love with it and don’t want to live without it. But new dickhead Tony takes this away from them and puts a ridiculously high price on it. This of course turns the city upside down and brings a coupe of folks out to confront him about it. There is another side plot wit...

I was more than just ambivalent about this book. Yes, I loved The Superior Spider-Man, against all odds, but this initially looked like a cynical attempt to cash in on an experiment that went strangely right. And ok, maybe it is exactly that. But Taylor is unnaturally good about turning a cynical cash grab into compelling reading. (See Injustice: Gods Among Us, if you haven't already.) And he's done it again.Now, I haven't read Axis, and I'm not likely to, but my impression had been that the "go...

On paper, this was a fabulous idea. In the Axis storyline, Tony Stark gets reversed magic’d into being the ultimate prick - Iron-Man as mountebank, an ego-driven charlatan. Extra Special Bonus: It’s also a return to the incredibly self-involved, booze-guzzling, whore mongering of the past multiplied by a 1,000.Tony’s got big ideas, like his new Extremis phone app that’ll turn everybody beautiful. The first one’s free… Heh!He’s got other projects too.Seemingly the only people standing in his wa...

Love the artwork!

"How did a Llama beat you?"

OK, so the premise of this book is that the Axis inversion turned Tony Stark into a money-grabbing douchebag.I thought the inversion was supposed to change people?I kid, I kid... sort of.I hated Axis. I thought it was a stupid idea, lazily executed... and that pretty much sums up exactly how I feel about the extension of Axis into this book.At least we FINALLY get the lowdown on Teen Abomination's origin, though! I mean, everybody was clamouring for that, right? Right? RIGHT???I'll be happy when...

While the story is mediocre, the artwork shines marvelously. You might confuse this for an Image comic. It's not a complete arc, so the second volume is a must. While we all know Tony to be arrogant, he is a great deal more evil here. It's fun to see what a man with endless resourses and no morals can do to a city.Tony Stark is a changed man after facing Red Skull. The Extremis 3.0 App was given away for free and provided physical perfection for its users in San Francisco. Now evil-Tony wants to...

4.5 starsBuddy read with Jeff, who read it wrong.I kid! I kid! No, this one has ratings that are all over the place. So will you like it?Well, I think that might come down to whether or not you're a fan of the way Tom Taylor writes (Injustice: Gods Among Us, Vol. 1 & Earth 2, Vol. 4: The Dark Age). And maybe also whether or not you like it when superheroes get their evil on.Right now, Tony Stark is one of the coolest, most beloved heroes at the box office. But when it comes to the comic books, h...

In Superior Spider-Man, a dying Doc Ock successfully switched his mind with Peter Parker’s, putting Peter into his body and himself into Peter’s. While retaining some of his super-villain mindset, he nevertheless became an extremely effective Spider-Man – the Superior Spider-Man. Some Spidey fans objected to the radical change but most readers enjoyed it, secure in the knowledge that Peter would inevitably return and the dull status quo reinstated (which it was). Superior Spider-Man, critically

A Superior Iron Man is without inhibitions and without conscience. He's also a douche squared. SO he really isn't much different from regular Iron Man, he just don't care about the consequences, as long as he gets his way.This book, especially its initially monthly issues was executed superbly by the editor. A new persona for Iron Man meant that it would serve to be a great jumping-on point, hence the series renumbering. However, that wasn't the only thing editorial contributed, it had a page fo...

This was fun omg!(view spoiler)[ So Tony after the events of AXIS is not exactly a good guy and we follow him as he sort of becomes villainous like getting the people of SF Hooked to extremis and well we see how this drug things comes about, fighting a new villain named Teen Abomination and slowly caring for him and sort of helping him and finding his origins which was a fun change of pace but the main thing is his tussle with Daredevil and we see one of the biggest moments with the latter and o...

You're not meant to like this version of tony stark, it even says so in issue 5, yet the bigger the douche stark is the more amazing it tends to be. He's a knob to daredevil he's a total twat to teen abomination and maybe i'm just feeling slightly mean when reading this but i find it hilarious if you're into stark being a total dick then you'll probably like it.

Maybe if I had read more of Axis I'd enjoy this more. Right now it just feels like Tony is simply being a dick for the sake of being a dick but as I get further into this, it seems like there is more to the story. I mean extremis 3.0 doesn't just make you better looking but it cures you of other ailments too! It gave Matt back his sight!Teen Abomination (sorry Tony) is growing on me a bit. It's nice to see that even evil Tony is willing to help him out a bit. The series at this time is just eh b...

Tony Stark is a git at the best of times; a well-meaning git, but a git nonetheless.But what if he wasn't so well-meaning, and just mostly a git?Thus is the premise of Superior Iron Man - when Tony Stark is inverted as part of the Axis crossover, he becomes even more selfish, arrogant, and self-centered than before, but now he has all the technology of Iron Man at his disposal to cause trouble with.When Tony introduces Extremis to the populace of San Francisco, both Daredevil (who has recently m...

"Superior Iron Man"? More like "Supersized-Ego Man."Imagine if Tony Stark's personality is tweaked just a little more so that the old 'lovable rogue / jerk with a heart of gold' slides into 'deceitful / manipulative sociopath' (is there any other kind?). Well, here ya go. Stark peddles Extremis 3.0 to the denizens of San Francisco which impacts like an addictive opiate for the masses, initially starting a beautiful people versus dregs of society problem.Pepper, naturally as the voice of reason,

A clever idea, to keep Tony sorta-evil for a while after Axis. My main complaint about that event was "not enough time to explore the characters," so this is perfect. The art is great, the new suit is suitable (ha!) and I look forward to another cool upgrade whenever Tony's un-eviled. In this volume, the different characters and elements are skillfully positioned for future events, and I'm definitely looking forward to more. Tony's got snappy dialogue that could be delivered by Robert Downey Jr....