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Iron Man 2020 by Mark Beachum, Barry Windsor-Smith, Ken McDonald, Fred Schiller, Tom DeFalco, Simon Furman, Herb Trimpe, Bryan Hitch
3.0
A fun collection of the various stories featuring the anti-hero Iron Man of the future, an odd character who popped up in various areas of the Marvel Universe but strangely not in Iron Man's own title.
As is the case with these types of collections, with various writers and artists, the stories vary in quality. The introductory Spider-Man story works fairly well as a tragedy for Iron Man 2020, setting down the roots of the character as an aggressive, insecure man trying and failing to live up to the example of his predecessor. The entire four issue Machine Man series from 1984, where the character made his first chronological appearance, features a thoroughly pedestrian story by Tom DeFalco, but is saved by the gorgeous Barry Windsor-Smith art. The remaining stories in the book never really rise above "not bad"; a recent solo story by new creators Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Lou Kang shows particular promise, with a great fun idea (like Iron Man suits being piloted by extra-intelligent fetuses) being featured every few pages.
Pretty fun if you can get a discount or library copy, as it's not really worth the $35 Marvel's charging for it.
As is the case with these types of collections, with various writers and artists, the stories vary in quality. The introductory Spider-Man story works fairly well as a tragedy for Iron Man 2020, setting down the roots of the character as an aggressive, insecure man trying and failing to live up to the example of his predecessor. The entire four issue Machine Man series from 1984, where the character made his first chronological appearance, features a thoroughly pedestrian story by Tom DeFalco, but is saved by the gorgeous Barry Windsor-Smith art. The remaining stories in the book never really rise above "not bad"; a recent solo story by new creators Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Lou Kang shows particular promise, with a great fun idea (like Iron Man suits being piloted by extra-intelligent fetuses) being featured every few pages.
Pretty fun if you can get a discount or library copy, as it's not really worth the $35 Marvel's charging for it.