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A review by stealingyoursunbeams
Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle by David Michelinie
2.0
Demon in a Bottle is a piece of comic canon that depicts a significant event in Tony Stark's life: his battle with alcoholism.
Alcoholism, really? There was barely any of it in here. Instead, it is issue after issue of Tony dealing with other problems (Namor the Sub-Mariner, Justin Hammer tampering with the Iron Man suit to cause the death of an international delegate, SHIELD having a controlling interest in Stark International) after which he'll get cozy with the said demon in a bottle. In fact, his alcoholism doesn't carry much weight in the plot until near the end of the arc, where it was acknowledged, struggled with, and then resolved within a few pages.
I also have issue with the descriptive dialogue the characters say, something along the lines of "My heightened refractory coating is a match for your cold beam!" Then again, perhaps comics were really written that way in the 70's.
Not to mention all the cheesy second-rate villains he has to face. I mean, Man-Killer? Seriously?
Still, I can't say this didn't help shape Tony Stark's character. His battle with alcoholism, no matter how briefly it was dealt with, created a lasting impact on the way Iron Man was written.
Alcoholism, really? There was barely any of it in here. Instead, it is issue after issue of Tony dealing with other problems (Namor the Sub-Mariner, Justin Hammer tampering with the Iron Man suit to cause the death of an international delegate, SHIELD having a controlling interest in Stark International) after which he'll get cozy with the said demon in a bottle. In fact, his alcoholism doesn't carry much weight in the plot until near the end of the arc, where it was acknowledged, struggled with, and then resolved within a few pages.
I also have issue with the descriptive dialogue the characters say, something along the lines of "My heightened refractory coating is a match for your cold beam!" Then again, perhaps comics were really written that way in the 70's.
Not to mention all the cheesy second-rate villains he has to face. I mean, Man-Killer? Seriously?
Still, I can't say this didn't help shape Tony Stark's character. His battle with alcoholism, no matter how briefly it was dealt with, created a lasting impact on the way Iron Man was written.