INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #10

Review by: Tork

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You might remember (or not) that when Ron, Josh, and Conor interviewed Jim McCann at Marvel, he talked how Fraction's run on Iron Man this year was going to be that character's version of Bru's run on Cap. Now, like most of you, when I hear a Marvel employee say that Marvel Property A is going to be the best thing since blah blah, I tend to roll my eyes and go, "Suuure..." However, when someone sys that about my favorite character, I WANT it to be true. So, I took those words and gave Fraction the benefit, hoping he'll make good on McCann's statement.

Is Fraction doing it? I... don't know. First of all, so far, this tale feels like its running at a snail's pace. The arc's title is "World's Most Wanted" yet it's taken three whole issues for Tony Stark to actually become wanted. I don't know how long this arc is going, but I feel like we should be farther into the plot by now, that we should be closer to that inevitable Iron Man/Iron Patriot showdown than we are. Also, and I'm noticing this in the other books as well, I'm not digging Iron Patriot Osborn. His goofy one-liners and his idiotic poses are getting on my nerves. How is anyone buying this bull from Captain Bridge-Throw? He's the Green Goblin! The press knows this! America knows this! Nobody's calling him on this? This whole premise of Osborn as King of Everything just doesn't make any sense and it continues to become more and more clear as Osborn continues to act like a dork on national TV. "Stark's reign of terror is over." Really? Did he seriously call Stark's office a "reign of terror"?

There's also a few other things I really don't gel with. For one, there's the discovery of the Iron Pepper armor which I'm guessing is what Tony wanted Pepper to find, but was discovered purely out of accident. There's some inconsistency in the art where Tony goes from being in his undersheath and a jacket to a wifebeater and jeans in the next page without explanation. Also, the Tony/Maria hook-up, while very Tony, undercuts the whole build-up Tony and Pepper have developed throughout the series. It also makes Maria look a bit like the secondary Bond girl that sleeps with 007 early in the movie only to end up dead in the pool or on the bed later on. As much flak as the character gets, she doesn't need that.

Still, there are glimmers of hope in this issue. Larrocca's art, I think, is getting better. I appreciate Osborn sans sideways cornrows and his faces are getting better, though that background behind Pepper needs to be recolored. We also get Tony in the Heroes Return armor, which is great even though I'd have liked the Modular Armor back. We're also getting to, I hope, a point to where things will pick up. The concepts are interesting and Fraction continues to have a good grip on the main character. Despite its flaws, I don't want to be too harsh on this story. It isn't bad by any means, but I believe I'm holding out for it to be better. I want Fraction to score a win on this and I hope he doesn't let me down.

Story: 3 - Good
Art: 4 - Very Good

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JumpingJupiter says:

February 6, 2009 at 3:31 am

"His goofy one-liners and his idiotic poses are getting on my nerves. How is anyone buying this bull from? He’s the Green Goblin! The press knows this! America knows this! Nobody’s calling him on this? This whole premise of Osborn as King of Everything just doesn’t make any sense and it continues to become more and more clear as Osborn continues to act like a dork on national TV. "Stark’s reign of terror is over." Really? Did he seriously call Stark’s office a "reign of terror"? "

Same goes for Dubya and we took for 8 years! Substitute Osborne for Dubya and Stark for Saddam and you pretty much got it.

I went there!

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Tork says:

February 6, 2009 at 4:21 am

Jokes and political chides aside, I’ve heard this "Well, we bought Bush/Cheney" as reasoning for the public loving Osborn and it doesn’t wash. First of all, as much as we like to joke at the guy’s expense, Bush never went around as a dyed in the wool spandexed supervillain throwing girls off bridges and flinging pumpkin bombs at people. And Stark and Saddam? Iron Man and the Butcher of Baghdad? Not the same guy. The press should know when the Green Goblin makes a hammy wink at the camera and calls a superhero a criminal that it’s crap. It’s obvious crap and intelligent press folk that love to poke holes into the government staring at a supervillain should know better. A President calls a tyrant we KNOW conducted a reign of terror as such and that’s just standard political posturing (which everyone made fun of.) Here, someone we have full, complete, and verifiable proof was a crazed killer in a Halloween costume and the people are supposedly eating up his stuff with a spoon. It does not wash.

And now I ranted. Thanks a bunch.

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JumpingJupiter says:

February 6, 2009 at 5:14 am

Oh yeah I know, I’m just dicking around. I don’t even know the status of Norman’s identity. Is it public? Does the general Marvel populace know that Osborne and Green Goblin are one and the same?

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Tork says:

February 6, 2009 at 1:29 pm

Yeah. They had a whole thing in the Pulse and in Marvel Knights Spider-Man about Osborn getting found out via a murder of one of his employees and he flipped out and attacked the press and the police in full Goblin garb before Cage and Spider-Man took him out.

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JumpingJupiter says:

February 6, 2009 at 7:03 pm

Ah, well it is kind of weird then yeah. I can roll with it in this title. Not Matt’s fault.

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TheNextChampion says:

February 6, 2009 at 7:46 pm

I admit I am not reading this, but I have read other titles with Osborn as the focus (Deadpool, Punisher). Yeah it doesnt make sense how such a recognizable villain can be loved in such an instant. Unless two things are occuring:

A) There is an subtle hint that maybe the entire world is getting sick and tired of the heroes. Not just the mutants, but everyone. If you think about it ever since Civil War the planet has suffered so much….it’s hard not to imagine the public getting swayed over by someone new.

B) (More likely) Again I havent read the series, but apparently Thunderbolts is going to explain somewhat of his identity. Not to spoil *SPOILERS* but a friend told me Obama/Osborn gets attacked on Air Force One by….Green Goblin! So Osborn might be concealing his identity to the public again.

Other then those two points, I agree fully on Tork…..it makes no sense otherwise on why he’s so beloved right now.

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Tork says:

February 6, 2009 at 10:35 pm

Eh, I think the "Goblin" thing is just cast doubt over the tape Samson has of Norman murdering guards in T-Bolts Mountain. Osborn was arrested in his Goblin gear. It’s very well known public knowledge. Soeone else popping up isn’t going to sway much of anyone.

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