IRON MAN #27
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When we last left Iron Man, the Golden Avenger was in the grips of a tactical "black hole" nuke, losing contact with SHIELD and seemingly presumed dead. This issue opens up rather anti-climatically as it turns out Iron Man managed "sling-shot" him from the gravitational pull and end up miles away with his "radio silence" last issue just being that he was out for a few moments. If you're sitting there, wondering, "Huh?", don't worry. I thought it was an odd resolution to the cliffhanger last issue, too.
Much of this issue is spent dealing with the ramifications of launching a nuke, even a clean one on an abandoned building, on US soil. Think the whole "Lex hacking the space laser to blow up Cadmus and frame the JLA" plotline from the Cadmus arc on JLU except the good guys actually did it but with no lives in danger beyond the Extremis monsters. Tony's now on probation with SHIELD under surveillance. I mean, after JUST getting off the hook over in Captain America's book, Tony's now right back to where he was when those agents shot protesters at the end of Cap 34. Or maybe nobody just pays attention to everyone else's book at Marvel... err... nevermind.
Jack Kooning, the SecDef since Tony was unseated during Disassembled and seemingly all-around sleaze bag, has gotten tired of being the resident all-around sleaze bag and is going to shoot the Mandarin himself for playing like a puppet on his desires to see Cap's legacy live on. At first when I saw the man Kooning was enlisting, I thought "Holy crap! It's Nick Fury!" before I realized Kooning had nothing to do with Fury's eye. It turns out the ersatz Fury is "Xang", some guy from Kooning's military past who promised to help him track down the Mandarin and loan men to help kill the old warlord. It's interesting to see after a year or so of portraying Kooning as a heartless bureaucrat that the Knaufs are finally giving him a shot at being a decent human now that he's realized how much "Tem" has played him for a fool.
Maya spends the issue being cajoled into revealing the gene sequence of Extremis by "Tony" who is simply the Mandarin using the mind manipulation ring to convince her to give him what he needs to launch the weapon. Frankly, it was kind of obvious even before the reveal that something was fishy about the Maya scenes, such as the "confession" from Shearing, given that seems to be some pretty hard evidence that proves the "Extremis Conspiracy." Added to that was the fact that the testimony of Maya herself would have been sufficient evidence of the Mandarin's plans. Nevertheless, it was a rather clever way of the Mandarin to get what he needed from her. He's proving to be quite the masterful villain again as anyone can see by the now complete Enter the Mandarin series (ie PLEASE read Enter the Mandarin... best Iron Man story in a year by far). The whole situation of the Chinese possibly protecting the Mandarin reminded me of the politicians covering for Lukin in Captain America. It seems both the Red Skull and the Mandarin are being revamped for the 21st Century as being able to manipulate the system for their own gain and how it all turns out will be fun to see how these two fare in the future.
The art was, well, disappointing in some ways. It wasn't bad, mind you. Nevertheless, much of it didn't come across as very well inked and felt kind of flat beyond the first few pages. Perhaps, that's because this was a very action-less issue. Still, Dugan and Norman Osborn look very off here at times and the art very rushed at times.
All in all, this wasn't a very impressive issue with a lot of flaws, but certainly drove the story to where it needs to be next issue. As the penultimate issue of both the Haunted arc and the Knaufs' run before Stuart Moore takes over, this issue seemed kind of too low-key and middle-of-the-pack. I really want to like this arc, but, so far, it's been swaying between pretty good and so-so. Here's to hoping next issue knocks it out of the park.
Much of this issue is spent dealing with the ramifications of launching a nuke, even a clean one on an abandoned building, on US soil. Think the whole "Lex hacking the space laser to blow up Cadmus and frame the JLA" plotline from the Cadmus arc on JLU except the good guys actually did it but with no lives in danger beyond the Extremis monsters. Tony's now on probation with SHIELD under surveillance. I mean, after JUST getting off the hook over in Captain America's book, Tony's now right back to where he was when those agents shot protesters at the end of Cap 34. Or maybe nobody just pays attention to everyone else's book at Marvel... err... nevermind.
Jack Kooning, the SecDef since Tony was unseated during Disassembled and seemingly all-around sleaze bag, has gotten tired of being the resident all-around sleaze bag and is going to shoot the Mandarin himself for playing like a puppet on his desires to see Cap's legacy live on. At first when I saw the man Kooning was enlisting, I thought "Holy crap! It's Nick Fury!" before I realized Kooning had nothing to do with Fury's eye. It turns out the ersatz Fury is "Xang", some guy from Kooning's military past who promised to help him track down the Mandarin and loan men to help kill the old warlord. It's interesting to see after a year or so of portraying Kooning as a heartless bureaucrat that the Knaufs are finally giving him a shot at being a decent human now that he's realized how much "Tem" has played him for a fool.
Maya spends the issue being cajoled into revealing the gene sequence of Extremis by "Tony" who is simply the Mandarin using the mind manipulation ring to convince her to give him what he needs to launch the weapon. Frankly, it was kind of obvious even before the reveal that something was fishy about the Maya scenes, such as the "confession" from Shearing, given that seems to be some pretty hard evidence that proves the "Extremis Conspiracy." Added to that was the fact that the testimony of Maya herself would have been sufficient evidence of the Mandarin's plans. Nevertheless, it was a rather clever way of the Mandarin to get what he needed from her. He's proving to be quite the masterful villain again as anyone can see by the now complete Enter the Mandarin series (ie PLEASE read Enter the Mandarin... best Iron Man story in a year by far). The whole situation of the Chinese possibly protecting the Mandarin reminded me of the politicians covering for Lukin in Captain America. It seems both the Red Skull and the Mandarin are being revamped for the 21st Century as being able to manipulate the system for their own gain and how it all turns out will be fun to see how these two fare in the future.
The art was, well, disappointing in some ways. It wasn't bad, mind you. Nevertheless, much of it didn't come across as very well inked and felt kind of flat beyond the first few pages. Perhaps, that's because this was a very action-less issue. Still, Dugan and Norman Osborn look very off here at times and the art very rushed at times.
All in all, this wasn't a very impressive issue with a lot of flaws, but certainly drove the story to where it needs to be next issue. As the penultimate issue of both the Haunted arc and the Knaufs' run before Stuart Moore takes over, this issue seemed kind of too low-key and middle-of-the-pack. I really want to like this arc, but, so far, it's been swaying between pretty good and so-so. Here's to hoping next issue knocks it out of the park.
Story: 3 - Good
Art: 2 - Average
Art: 2 - Average
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