What do you think?
Rate this book
Superior Iron Man (Single Issues)
Superior Iron Man #2
How much would you pay for perfection, beauty...immortality? TONY STARK is going to find out. The AXIS EFFECT has changed IRON MAN Now HE'S going to change the WORLD...at a terrible cost.
24 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 26, 2014
2 people are currently reading
37 people want to read
About the author
Tom Taylor
1,301 books1,050 followersOnce a professional juggler and fire eater, Tom Taylor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, multi-award-winning comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter.
Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.
He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.
He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.
Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.
He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.
He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 11 of 11 reviews
November 27, 2014
Tony Stark is now “evil” because of what Red Skull did to him in Axis. He’s in San Francisco where he lives in a Tron-esque upside toilet (seriously, that’s the visual!) and he’s given Extremis 3.0 out to a lot of people for free. It turned them young and beautiful - and then he pulled the plug. First taste was free, renewal costs $100 a day or you stay your same old safe. Ooo, that evil Tony!
The desire to use Extremis 3.0 again is making people act irrationally as they do desperate things to get the money to pay the subscription, and that’s where Daredevil (who’s also living in Frisco these days) draws the line. It’s Daredevil Vs Iron Man in an issue imaginatively titled Daredevil Vs Iron Man!
If I was unsure about how I felt about this series with the first issue, I’m fairly certain I don’t like it now after the second. The concept of being “youthful and good-looking” is of course desirable - if you’re neither. But the first person we meet who’s trying to rob someone because he wants Extremis 3.0 is both youthful and good-looking. What’s going on?
The visuals are a major problem with this story. Later on when the mugger’s dad threatens Tony, he’s forced by Tony to take Extremis 3.0 himself. Do we see how an app on a smartphone could possibly turn someone ordinary into a supermodel? Nope! One panel he’s regular-looking, then the next he’s lost his middle-aged paunch - but his clothes still fit him anyway!? It’s a real let-down because seeing how Extremis 3.0 works would be cool but this creative team are skirting around it totally unimaginatively.
At Stark’s upside-down toilet base, Tony gets the drop on Daredevil ridiculously easily. One panel they’re standing apart a few feet, the next Tony’s holding Matt up by the throat? I’m sure Daredevil would’ve seen the move coming, I mean the guy’s got mad senses and Tony’s not Quicksilver! It’s just bad comics storytelling.
Another thing about Extremis 3.0 that bothers me is that it’s affordable if you use it every so often, like on weekends. Who couldn’t splash out on themselves every now and then with $100 for a makeover that actually works? Most people are ok-looking - not super-model good-looks but totally decent - so giving them an option to look super-awesome for a special occasion every now and then doesn’t seem that evil to me.
When I was reading Superior Spider-Man, I was rooting for Otto. I saw he was being a more subversive version of Spidey, but he was doing a good job being Spider-Man and I liked his character the more I read of him. Dan Slott had created a complex, multi-faceted character in the Superior Spider-Man. Tom Taylor’s Superior Iron Man is a douchebag. I’m not rooting for him to make more money for more Tron-themed toilet bases! I don’t want him to succeed after he’s acting like every other one-dimensional villain. He’s a crap, totally uninteresting character - the very opposite of “superior”.
Superior Iron Man #2 is a very weak issue from an increasingly contrived series. Taylor’s writing is as average as ever though his plotting stinks, and I guess Yildiray Cinar does his best with the art to cover up the holes in the script but that HQ design is just awful.
And is it me or does the symbol for Extremis 3.0 look like a circumcised cock with a pair of tiny balls dangling on the side wrapped around a giant smile?
The desire to use Extremis 3.0 again is making people act irrationally as they do desperate things to get the money to pay the subscription, and that’s where Daredevil (who’s also living in Frisco these days) draws the line. It’s Daredevil Vs Iron Man in an issue imaginatively titled Daredevil Vs Iron Man!
If I was unsure about how I felt about this series with the first issue, I’m fairly certain I don’t like it now after the second. The concept of being “youthful and good-looking” is of course desirable - if you’re neither. But the first person we meet who’s trying to rob someone because he wants Extremis 3.0 is both youthful and good-looking. What’s going on?
The visuals are a major problem with this story. Later on when the mugger’s dad threatens Tony, he’s forced by Tony to take Extremis 3.0 himself. Do we see how an app on a smartphone could possibly turn someone ordinary into a supermodel? Nope! One panel he’s regular-looking, then the next he’s lost his middle-aged paunch - but his clothes still fit him anyway!? It’s a real let-down because seeing how Extremis 3.0 works would be cool but this creative team are skirting around it totally unimaginatively.
At Stark’s upside-down toilet base, Tony gets the drop on Daredevil ridiculously easily. One panel they’re standing apart a few feet, the next Tony’s holding Matt up by the throat? I’m sure Daredevil would’ve seen the move coming, I mean the guy’s got mad senses and Tony’s not Quicksilver! It’s just bad comics storytelling.
Another thing about Extremis 3.0 that bothers me is that it’s affordable if you use it every so often, like on weekends. Who couldn’t splash out on themselves every now and then with $100 for a makeover that actually works? Most people are ok-looking - not super-model good-looks but totally decent - so giving them an option to look super-awesome for a special occasion every now and then doesn’t seem that evil to me.
When I was reading Superior Spider-Man, I was rooting for Otto. I saw he was being a more subversive version of Spidey, but he was doing a good job being Spider-Man and I liked his character the more I read of him. Dan Slott had created a complex, multi-faceted character in the Superior Spider-Man. Tom Taylor’s Superior Iron Man is a douchebag. I’m not rooting for him to make more money for more Tron-themed toilet bases! I don’t want him to succeed after he’s acting like every other one-dimensional villain. He’s a crap, totally uninteresting character - the very opposite of “superior”.
Superior Iron Man #2 is a very weak issue from an increasingly contrived series. Taylor’s writing is as average as ever though his plotting stinks, and I guess Yildiray Cinar does his best with the art to cover up the holes in the script but that HQ design is just awful.
And is it me or does the symbol for Extremis 3.0 look like a circumcised cock with a pair of tiny balls dangling on the side wrapped around a giant smile?
November 29, 2014
Better than #1, but still not good.
I mean something actually happened in this issue, and it wasn't completely boring. The character development is still very poor, however the artwork was a little bit more interesting this issue. Who knows, I may pick up the next one one day, but I am in no rush.
I mean something actually happened in this issue, and it wasn't completely boring. The character development is still very poor, however the artwork was a little bit more interesting this issue. Who knows, I may pick up the next one one day, but I am in no rush.
May 19, 2019
fuck, and i cannot stress this enough, off
19/100
19/100
July 30, 2024
I mean I'm still super invested but was the whole thing really necessary? and idk why I'm even surprised by it (tbf I'm like 90% sure it's not supposed to be a good thing but I still hate that trope)
July 27, 2019
"Mr. Arno Stark, please come and collect your inverted-asshole brother. He needs to be removed from the Axis event."
January 9, 2017
Certainly more interesting that the first issue.
Tony has released an app that can turn anyone's physical appearance to perfection with just a click. Well, anyone that can pay that is, since Tony is not a philanthropist anymore.
Daredevil doesn't like Tony's idea of perfection or his new vision of the future. So he decided to put an end to all this.
But Tony gives Matt a gift. Is Matt strong enough to denny it?
Tony has released an app that can turn anyone's physical appearance to perfection with just a click. Well, anyone that can pay that is, since Tony is not a philanthropist anymore.
Daredevil doesn't like Tony's idea of perfection or his new vision of the future. So he decided to put an end to all this.
But Tony gives Matt a gift. Is Matt strong enough to denny it?
January 27, 2015
L'armatura-simbionte è una ficata! :D
July 3, 2015
Mucho mejor que el primero. Creo que hasta me ha hecho entrar en pánico.
December 19, 2016
The part at the end reminded me of that scene where Cyclops can open his eyes without blasting someone with his laser in The Last Stand. (X3)
September 4, 2015
Es impresionante todo lo que sucede, vamos por mas!
Displaying 1 - 11 of 11 reviews