Invincible Iron Man #5The fifth installment to the newly relaunched Invincible Iron Man series is the best of the bunch, namely because we see Tony Stark get his ass kicked by Ezekiel Stane, son of Obadiah from the Iron Man movie.
The issue starts with a well thought out explanation of the empire that is Stark Industries, as four tour groups simultaneously visit the four biggest Stark Industries plants in the world, which also happen to be the targets for Stane's terror.
The Vallencia factory is the first casualty to the plan, causing fifty-eight civilian deaths by suicide bomber.
Meanwhile, Tony is looking for Stane at an undisclosed location and, as previously mentioned, gets his metal butt handed to him by the aforementioned Stane.
The issue ends with a cliffhanger.
Tony Stark is dead!!!
Haven't heard that one before.
The story for this first arc is quality work from writer Matt Fraction, but come on, the old "hero is dead" story again, only to discover that he actually isn't and who we thought was dead, was really a clone, robot, skrull, (insert stupid plot device here). Still, the story keeps me interested and is one of the fastest reads each month.
The art for this issue was good as Larroca does a good job of illustrating the hurt that Tony gets from Stane especially when he gets a repulsor ray to the face.
The series, which launched around the time of the superbly-awesome Iron Man movie, is a legitimate offshoot of the film as Stane wants to kill Stark for killing his father.
It truly is a great jumping-on point for those, like myself, who don't really know anything about Iron Man and all his troubles.
I'm stoked to see how it plays out
4/5 stars
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