by Nick Walden, CMRO Contributing Writer
Invincible Iron Man
Issue #512
Written by Matt Fraction, Art by Salvador Larroca
Published: March 2012
Another good but not great offering from Matt Fraction is keeping me on the Iron Man teat for a few more months. Really I shouldn’t complain. Stringing together consistent good books is very hard and Fraction has done a nice job. This book is another good one, but is a little slow and may not appeal to everyone. We have Tony/Iron Man and we have the Mandarin but they end up being the background for most of the issue.
Really, that is okay. One thing about Matt Fraction that he does well is to develop multiple aspects of a story. This book gets solidly into the new ‘Lifearmor’. As this could develop into something huge down the line I feel the extra time spent here is very important. I really prefer ideas to be fleshed out early when they can be such a big deal instead of mentioned as an afterthought later.
So this story keeps getting bigger and more interesting. The plot is fairly thick and I am looking forward to how it will all tie together and end. Larroca provides solid art work again. There is nothing super spectacular to see, but the issue has less action to focus on and more character interaction panels.
The bottom line is that if you are enjoying the story on this current long arc then this is an issue that you need to read. Much like a good book it does take time to develop certain elements. However if you are all about the ‘bang bang’ action that Iron Man usually brings then this book might be a little bit of a letdown.
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