IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD #29
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So, Iron Man's kind of a big deal at the moment, right? Since the movie, every week has released SOMEthing with Tony in it, be a new mini, a new ongoing, Legacy of Doom, or just Secret Invasion, and now the main ongoing has its shot. So, this would be a great moment for the Knaufs to throw down their A-game to draw in new readers and make a splash, right? Thing of it is... the Knaufs are gone this month, replaced by Stuart Moore for a spell. So, who's this Stuart Moore guy? Uh, he's written New Avengers/Transformers, some Justice League Adventures, a story for the Escapist, and some Marvel work for the troops. So, all in all, this guy's pretty green and has just been handed the comic of the big superstar of the month. How does he fare?
I'll be honest in that I wasn't expecting much out of this guy but I was impressed. He brings up some interesting concepts to the story and weaves something that's intriguing. The plot is in two parts: Iron Man and Alpha Team are in Kirikhstan (not a real country) on behalf of the Russians to sweep the area for nukes while a rogue SHIELD agent goes, well, rogue. In some ways, this opener felt like an early episode of a season of 24, which is kind of what this whole book has felt like since after Civil War, just not as strongly as it felt here. You have what amounts to a strong opening issue.
So, as stated above, Iron Man and Co are looking for nukes. It isn't just any nuke either, but a nano-nuke. A nano-nuke... has that ever been done before? I don't think it has, so I say kudos to Moore on an obvious yet original new weapon to bring to the Iron Man universe. Anyways, one goes off on one of the Alphas while Tony tries to diffuse another from going off all Jack Bauer-style. After the big threat is over, a broadcast comes to SHIELD by the villain of the piece: Nasim Rahimov, a one-armed pianist whose wife once made a portrait of Tony Stark! Dun-dun... huh? Granted, not much is revealed about this guy except his wife and arm were taken by the rulers of Kirikhstan and he wants revenge. Tony says the man is his fault, whatever that means. How does this all add up? I'm not sure but I'm interested.
Meanwhile, in DC, Agent Nick Weir is looking for ayback. He used to be the big tech guy around SHIELD until Mr. Built-A-Personal-Defense-Armor-In-A-Cave-With-A-Box-Of Scraps came along. Now he's going to unleash the Overkill Horn, a device that remotely triggers weapons. Using a nanotech swarm, Weir looks to turn into the ultimate living weapons control system. Naturally, things go wrong and the thing goes Tetsuo Shima on him, causing him to flee. So, now a weapon designated too dangerous to use is now upgraded and alive. Yeah, that's going to be a problem.
As far as the art goes, I was torn between Roberto De la Torre who I find awesome and Carlo Pagulayan, who I personally find decidedly less awesome. While De le Torre's art to be dark and moody (a well fit for a spy thriller), I find Pagulayan's art to less polished or dynamic for some reason. I really can't point my finger on it, but I really don't like all that much. Nevertheless, it serves its purpose and doesn't distract too much from what was a solid opening shot for Moore's brief run on Iron Man.
I'll be honest in that I wasn't expecting much out of this guy but I was impressed. He brings up some interesting concepts to the story and weaves something that's intriguing. The plot is in two parts: Iron Man and Alpha Team are in Kirikhstan (not a real country) on behalf of the Russians to sweep the area for nukes while a rogue SHIELD agent goes, well, rogue. In some ways, this opener felt like an early episode of a season of 24, which is kind of what this whole book has felt like since after Civil War, just not as strongly as it felt here. You have what amounts to a strong opening issue.
So, as stated above, Iron Man and Co are looking for nukes. It isn't just any nuke either, but a nano-nuke. A nano-nuke... has that ever been done before? I don't think it has, so I say kudos to Moore on an obvious yet original new weapon to bring to the Iron Man universe. Anyways, one goes off on one of the Alphas while Tony tries to diffuse another from going off all Jack Bauer-style. After the big threat is over, a broadcast comes to SHIELD by the villain of the piece: Nasim Rahimov, a one-armed pianist whose wife once made a portrait of Tony Stark! Dun-dun... huh? Granted, not much is revealed about this guy except his wife and arm were taken by the rulers of Kirikhstan and he wants revenge. Tony says the man is his fault, whatever that means. How does this all add up? I'm not sure but I'm interested.
Meanwhile, in DC, Agent Nick Weir is looking for ayback. He used to be the big tech guy around SHIELD until Mr. Built-A-Personal-Defense-Armor-In-A-Cave-With-A-Box-Of Scraps came along. Now he's going to unleash the Overkill Horn, a device that remotely triggers weapons. Using a nanotech swarm, Weir looks to turn into the ultimate living weapons control system. Naturally, things go wrong and the thing goes Tetsuo Shima on him, causing him to flee. So, now a weapon designated too dangerous to use is now upgraded and alive. Yeah, that's going to be a problem.
As far as the art goes, I was torn between Roberto De la Torre who I find awesome and Carlo Pagulayan, who I personally find decidedly less awesome. While De le Torre's art to be dark and moody (a well fit for a spy thriller), I find Pagulayan's art to less polished or dynamic for some reason. I really can't point my finger on it, but I really don't like all that much. Nevertheless, it serves its purpose and doesn't distract too much from what was a solid opening shot for Moore's brief run on Iron Man.
Story: 4 - Very Good
Art: 3 - Good
Art: 3 - Good
Just a note: Stuart Moore’s been an editor at major publishers for years. He was a Vertigo editor for a time. So, he’s not exactly green when it comes to comic book fiction…
Yeah, but I mean actual writing-wise.