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IRON MAN NOIR #1 (OF 4)
In 1938, Tony Stark is a daring adventurer, traveling the world in search of its mythological treasures and trying to forget the responsibilities of an iron magnate. From the Fountain of Youth to the hanging Gardens of Babylon, Tony has conquered them all…but only his closest confidants know it’s all one last-ditch effort to cure the disease that slowly killing him. But someone has been selling out Stark Industry secrets to Count Nefaria and his Nazi sympathizers, and it’s only a matter of time before they catch up with Tony on his latest quest!
WRITER: Scott SnyderPENCILS: Manuel Garcia
INKS: Arlene So
COVER BY: Mike Fyles
Price: $3.99
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Anybody know about this creative team? The concept sounds awesome.
I really really really want to read this but something tells me I’m not really gonna like it.
I haven’t been too hot on the Noir books so far, but this concept (adventurer-vagabond FOR SCIENCE!) just seems great. I’ll try at least the first issue.
@ohcaroline: Manuel Garcia has done a variety of things over the years. He just signed an exclusive deal with Marvel. His most recent work has been pencillier for Dark Avengers: Ares mini and the Indomitable Iron Man B&W one-shot earlier this year. (Thanks to comicbookdb.com for that)
Scott Synder is writing American Vampires! You know the big new comic for Vertigo? Oh and he also did the Human Torch 70th Anniversary one-shot as well. He is a very good ‘new’ writer to comics and this could be very good. Although I must question what makes this a Noir book…
yeah, I’m thinking about picking this one up for Scott Snyder and the rather pulpy elements of the book, just based on what I’ve read of Snyder’s work thus far.
@TNC – this can absolutely be noir. Noir was a cinematic framework that often pulled stories right from the pulps (The Maltese Falcon, etc.), so he’s channeling a little more of the adventure pulp side of the equation, but how the story is told and how it is drawn (lighting, etc.) can still make it fit the noir landscape.
<…But how hard is it to write a Noir story with essentially a sci-fi/techno character?…>
It was hard when I was coming up with the angle, but then I read David Hine’s Spidey Noir and it was pretty pulp and I realized, let’s just go full thorttle into pulp (I’m a biug fan of the 30’s pulps) and so from there it became a lot of fun, re-imagining the characters, trying to make the story relevant or at least exciting to us… i am nervous, b/c the series is very different than the other pulps in that it’s not dark or gritty – it’s bot dark themes and it’s meant to be hefty when it comes to character, but the tone, superficially, at least, is supposed to be fun and humorous and colorfully bright. In the end, I’m really happy with how it came out, but I underatdn if people have apeoblem with it not being "noir." Basically, it’s the IM Noir I figured I’dd like to read, personally. I’m very interested to hear what people think…
sorry for the typos in that one – wrote while my son was climbing on me…. here it is revised
<…But how hard is it to write a Noir story with essentially a sci-fi/techno character?…>
It was hard when I was coming up with the angle, but then I read David Hine’s Spidey Noir and it was pretty pulp and I realized, let’s just go full throttle into pulp (I’m a big fan of the 30’s pulps) and so from there it became a lot of fun, re-imagining the characters, trying to make the story relevant or at least exciting to us… i am nervous, b/c the series is very different than the other pulps in that it’s not dark or gritty – it’s got dark themes and it’s meant to be hefty when it comes to character, but the tone, superficially, at least, is supposed to be fun and humorous and colorfully bright. In the end, I’m really happy with how it came out, but I understand if people have a problem with it not being "noir." Basically, it’s the IM Noir I figured I’d really like to read, personally. I’m very interested to hear what people think…
Based on that description I’m buying it. Sold!
@ssnyder: Nice description and ideas man. I mean I didn’t think this was going to be bad, not my intention. Just that when you normally think of Iron Man….Noir doesn’t first come to mind.
But you and others have persuaded me it could work. This should be a lot of fun to read.
thanks guys – please let me know what you think. really want to know
Thanks for that, Mr. Snyder! I loved Spidey Noir, I’m sold on this.
absolutely. again, really, really hope you like it. worked hard on it, but i know it’s a different take for a noir book, but i just tried to write the 1930’s im story i’d like to read…
I have never read a Marvel "Noir" book before but the previews for this look great. I planned on picking this up just on the strength of the previews alone. Snyder’s comments above sold me on the whole arc.
This was fantastic!! Just what I wanted — can’t wait for more. And loved the use of Pepper Potts and Jarvis, particularly.
Thanks ohcaroline! Off to Chicago tom. – wish me luck! S
loved this had a good tone and it worked on alot of levels i also got a radiers of the lost ark feel about it