Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Erik Larsen ruined this for me. Well, not directly but just something he said recently on Twitter. He was talking about his comic 'The Savage Dragon' and how as it was set in real time, he had no time to waste. Everything had to move plot and/or character forward.So that was very much in my head when reading this. And it's true even if your character isn't in real time. Everything should be moving plot and/or character forward and this.... doesn't. Matt Fraction has a good story here about Tony Stark's fear of a)losing control of his tech (building on Armour Wars) and b)finding out the next generation is better (and therefore worse) than him. The problem stems from Ezekiel 'Zeke' Stane, son of Obadiah, who is incredibly smart and at least as amoral/psychotic as his father. He plans to ruin Tony completely and yadda yadda father issues yadda yadda kids of today etc etc.If it seems like I skipped over fleshing that sentence out that then that's exactly how I felt reading this. It's long but we don't get real insight into Stane. He's just a plot device to mirror Tony and that's slightly frustrating. No one is really fleshed out apart from Pepper who suffers an injury that causes her to understand Tony in a new way. And the great Tony Stark is.... pretty much just the same. I'd kind of forgive it if it was 4 issues but it's 6 (with an additional epilogue to make 7). And that isn't the big problem.The big problem is the art which is stiff, lifeless and lacking in energy and motion. It kills the pacing and 'acting' of the characters which doesn't help the story at all. The colouring feels very muted as well which makes it look a little boring.Not a fan, but your mileage may vary. Asi som našla svojho obľúbeného autora komiksov. Matt Fraction to rozhodne vie a po dokonalom Hawkeyeovi je pre mňa jeho Iron Man ďalšou (v priebehu pár zošitov) obľúbenou sériou. A teší ma najmä to, že tých zošitov mám pred sebou ešte požehnane (horšie je, že skúšky. Skúšky vs. Iron Man. well, fml). Opäť raz vyzdvihujem rozprávanie v prvej osobe od samotného Tony Starka. To čo mi v knihách lezie toľko na nervy je v komiksoch pre mňa absolútne best (alebo je to Fractionova mágia). Teším sa na ďalšie.(nie ešte stále neviem písať review na komiksy. budem trénovať :D)
What do You think about Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares (2008)?
The storyline is good, but the political symbolism gets rather wearing.
—Mirandagogogo
Continuity Note: This story arc occurs just before "secret invasion".
—coveredinskin
Great story, not great art and awful colouring.
—Lebong
