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rayaan54's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
captwinghead's review
3.0
This is pretty much on par with the last one. Unfortunately, some of Cap’s stories really waned on me.
What I enjoyed most about this volume, aside from Iron Man v Namor, was Tony’s introspection. There’s a lot of introspection as Tony deals with what he thinks is a death sentence. He’s trapped inside the chestplate and he’s constantly finding himself trapped with a low charge. It’s interesting to think about how many times writers over the decades have removed/tweaked/re-added this plight to Tony’s life. He’s gone from chestplate to armor to artificial heart to having to shock himself to stay alive to an arc reactor to extremis. I think the films made the right choice in just keeping it to the arc reactor although, it would have been interesting if Tony ever experienced the part of 616 Tony’s life where he was afraid to take off the armor for fear that his heart would give out.
So, the most moving part was Iron Man. That’s about it.
Still not Happy’s biggest fan. I hate that Pepper started out as the secretary scorned and she stays that way. A lot of Happy and Tony wondering which of them Pepper’s in love with that week. Surprisingly, if you only pay attention to Pepper’s thoughts, she doesn’t just go back and forth so easily but the men make it sound like they’re one comment away from Pepper hating them or loving them forever. I wish she was more of a character in this older comics but it was the 1960’s *sigh*.
What I enjoyed most about this volume, aside from Iron Man v Namor, was Tony’s introspection. There’s a lot of introspection as Tony deals with what he thinks is a death sentence. He’s trapped inside the chestplate and he’s constantly finding himself trapped with a low charge. It’s interesting to think about how many times writers over the decades have removed/tweaked/re-added this plight to Tony’s life. He’s gone from chestplate to armor to artificial heart to having to shock himself to stay alive to an arc reactor to extremis. I think the films made the right choice in just keeping it to the arc reactor although, it would have been interesting if Tony ever experienced the part of 616 Tony’s life where he was afraid to take off the armor for fear that his heart would give out.
So, the most moving part was Iron Man. That’s about it.
Still not Happy’s biggest fan. I hate that Pepper started out as the secretary scorned and she stays that way. A lot of Happy and Tony wondering which of them Pepper’s in love with that week. Surprisingly, if you only pay attention to Pepper’s thoughts, she doesn’t just go back and forth so easily but the men make it sound like they’re one comment away from Pepper hating them or loving them forever. I wish she was more of a character in this older comics but it was the 1960’s *sigh*.
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