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Superior Iron Man (2014)
Superior Iron Man, Vol. 2: Stark Contrast
Pepper Potts has had enough! As Tony Stark's wealth and influence increase across the globe, he prepares to unveil a new Stark world. Pepper alone knows the extent of his "superiority," and she's determined to prevent him from slipping even further. But she'll need help. As Tony is left reeling by shocking revelations, doubt begins to creep in, and his future looks uncertain. Who or what lurks in Tony's old armor - and can Pepper trust it? Iron Man clashes with Iron Man in an epic battle that could mean the death of the Tony Stark we know and love. The Superior Iron Man is dead -long live the Superior Iron Woman? Plus, Tony struggles with sobriety in a seminal story from his classic years! COLLECTING: SUPERIOR IRON MAN 6-9, IRON MAN (1968) 182
136 pages, Paperback
First published September 9, 2015
About the author
Tom Taylor
1,293 books1,100 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.
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December 28, 2015
2.5 stars
I was one of the readers that loved the first volume, so I was excited to get my hands on this one.
Unfortunately, it didn't really impress me.
Tony getting his personality rewritten into a more douchey version of himself wasn't (to me) a bad thing. I like seeing characters take on their worst traits...for a while. I do expect it to get fixed eventually, though.
Sadly, it looks like Secret Wars is hijacking this storyline from here on out, so this seemed like a rushed jumble of unformed ideas.
Maybe this is how it was supposed to go down, but it felt very unfinished (again, to me). For example, the entire Daredevil storyline just...disappeared. This was all about Pepper and an old version of Tony (a downloaded personality...roll with it) trying to stop Evil/Amoral Tony.
Midway through, I could just kind of feel everything slipping off the rails, and sliding into phone-it-in territory. It was as though Taylor just said...Awww, fuck it. None of this is going to matter in a few months anyway. So, it went the way of every generic plotline ever written.
I'm not saying it's the worst thing I've ever read, but I felt let down and disappointed by the lackluster finale.
shrugs
Meh. I guess it's just another title that's been bulldozed by Major Crossover Events.
*frowns*
I'm so used to it, that I'm barely even upset when I see this sort of thing anymore. Ha.
How sad is that?
See you after Secret Wars, Tony!
I was one of the readers that loved the first volume, so I was excited to get my hands on this one.
Unfortunately, it didn't really impress me.
Tony getting his personality rewritten into a more douchey version of himself wasn't (to me) a bad thing. I like seeing characters take on their worst traits...for a while. I do expect it to get fixed eventually, though.
Sadly, it looks like Secret Wars is hijacking this storyline from here on out, so this seemed like a rushed jumble of unformed ideas.
Maybe this is how it was supposed to go down, but it felt very unfinished (again, to me). For example, the entire Daredevil storyline just...disappeared. This was all about Pepper and an old version of Tony (a downloaded personality...roll with it) trying to stop Evil/Amoral Tony.
Midway through, I could just kind of feel everything slipping off the rails, and sliding into phone-it-in territory. It was as though Taylor just said...Awww, fuck it. None of this is going to matter in a few months anyway. So, it went the way of every generic plotline ever written.
I'm not saying it's the worst thing I've ever read, but I felt let down and disappointed by the lackluster finale.
shrugs
Meh. I guess it's just another title that's been bulldozed by Major Crossover Events.
*frowns*
I'm so used to it, that I'm barely even upset when I see this sort of thing anymore. Ha.
How sad is that?
See you after Secret Wars, Tony!
March 27, 2022
This volume felt very rushed, which it probably was so they could wind things up before Secret Wars. I would have loved to see this series given some time to run like the Superior Spider-Man was.
April 10, 2022
Umm okay that was something.
So Tony is sort of evil and we see Pepper and her contigency aka Tony's backup from 8 years ago when he was fighting the Black lama and well we see the whole drama playout and the two of them fight and omg its brutal in like a good way, its good Tony backup vs evil Tony atm and Pepper sort of his new enemy but in a good way and we see the two of them fight and what happens when she can't stop him and the consequences of that and its an epic fight, armor vs armor and what happens that leads Tony to take some extreme path.
Not everyone will like the ending as the whole thing is not finished with secret wars approaching and it being undone in the next Iron man volume but here you actually see Tony going down the dark path towards villainy and I love the way Taylor writes it, bringing the emotional toll on the reader too and showing how dangerous Tony Stark can be on a given day and well the suit designs and fights were cool by the artist and its fun the way it ends showing Tony's biggest fear and I like the resolution with Peppper and Jamie and maybe there is some good left in Tony too. An emotionally packed volume for sure!
And there is a backup from the past and idk its connection with the story by Taylor but its fun showing Tony being a drunk and like at his lowest and he overcomes it and saves the child of a friend and something with Rhodey and admitting he needs help and I like how O'Neil (the writer) is able to show that naturally and give a redemptive moment to Tony!
Really well done volume and it will make for a great coffee-table read for sure!
So Tony is sort of evil and we see Pepper and her contigency aka Tony's backup from 8 years ago when he was fighting the Black lama and well we see the whole drama playout and the two of them fight and omg its brutal in like a good way, its good Tony backup vs evil Tony atm and Pepper sort of his new enemy but in a good way and we see the two of them fight and what happens when she can't stop him and the consequences of that and its an epic fight, armor vs armor and what happens that leads Tony to take some extreme path.
Not everyone will like the ending as the whole thing is not finished with secret wars approaching and it being undone in the next Iron man volume but here you actually see Tony going down the dark path towards villainy and I love the way Taylor writes it, bringing the emotional toll on the reader too and showing how dangerous Tony Stark can be on a given day and well the suit designs and fights were cool by the artist and its fun the way it ends showing Tony's biggest fear and I like the resolution with Peppper and Jamie and maybe there is some good left in Tony too. An emotionally packed volume for sure!
And there is a backup from the past and idk its connection with the story by Taylor but its fun showing Tony being a drunk and like at his lowest and he overcomes it and saves the child of a friend and something with Rhodey and admitting he needs help and I like how O'Neil (the writer) is able to show that naturally and give a redemptive moment to Tony!
Really well done volume and it will make for a great coffee-table read for sure!
March 16, 2016
The reader had high hopes for this second collection of Superior Iron Man. There are two factors. First, the first collection was really good, an inspired take on a character defined by constraint into removing all morality from him. Second, the cover is a bad ass image of Pepper Potts in her Rescue armor looking down on her former boss after sanctioning a savage beat down on him. This is the context needed to understand why the reader feels that this book may have its merits but its a relative disappointment.
I would have wanted to see more Cinar pages but Watanabe and his Leinil Francis Yu-esque art isn't bad. Braga also contributed a decent full issue to spell out Cinar as well.
The story is where this collection lacked, especially the ending. The ending isn't satisfying and only leads into Secret Wars, but if you've read Jonathan Hickman's Time Runs Out Secret Wars lead-in, you would now that Tony Stark was a prisoner of the Cabal for a while. I guess that all happened off-panel during the time jump.
Ultimately, you would want to read this if you've had the first volume of Superior Iron Man but if you haven't, save yourself and read that instead.
I would have wanted to see more Cinar pages but Watanabe and his Leinil Francis Yu-esque art isn't bad. Braga also contributed a decent full issue to spell out Cinar as well.
The story is where this collection lacked, especially the ending. The ending isn't satisfying and only leads into Secret Wars, but if you've read Jonathan Hickman's Time Runs Out Secret Wars lead-in, you would now that Tony Stark was a prisoner of the Cabal for a while. I guess that all happened off-panel during the time jump.
Ultimately, you would want to read this if you've had the first volume of Superior Iron Man but if you haven't, save yourself and read that instead.
August 16, 2021
So this is the finale. The last big push to try and stop Superior Iron man aka douchebag Tony. This volume didn’t have that “umph” the last volume had. Kind of a bland big battle. Then it ended kind of abruptly without really showing what happened to Tony.
June 1, 2016
Good, if definitely rushed, ending.
May 14, 2016
The first volume of Superior Iron Man was strangely, almost unaccountably good. And then this happened. I strongly suspect that Taylor felt rushed and lacked motivation to develop his story as effectively as he maybe could have, considering that Secret Wars was barreling down the pipe. Particularly because it looks as though the Superior Iron Man will be a thing of the past right out of the post-Secret Wars gate. I can see how this would screw things up royally. In volume one, Taylor seemed to be setting the stage for a lengthy run, and that just didn't happen. The end result is something considerably less intelligently written, but with some really good moments. I'm a huge fan of Pepper out-maneuvering Stark, and I really liked the ending. In a world where Secret Wars didn't screw everything up, this could have led to some really interesting stories. But that didn't happen.
July 1, 2016
This was quite a disappointment, I enjoyed the first volume, and for the first few issues this one was going along very well, then suddenly it all ended.
Over the first few issues Taylor does a good job of giving some more context, to the characters motivations, and sets some nice paths to take the story down, then out of nowhere over the space of about half an issue everything just ends. I wouldn't say it wraps up at all as their is no build up to the conclusion and no real resolution for the characters or the plot, it just stops.
I understand this was done for the Secret Wars event but it really ruined what could have been a very enjoyable little mini-series if it had had just a few more issues.
Over the first few issues Taylor does a good job of giving some more context, to the characters motivations, and sets some nice paths to take the story down, then out of nowhere over the space of about half an issue everything just ends. I wouldn't say it wraps up at all as their is no build up to the conclusion and no real resolution for the characters or the plot, it just stops.
I understand this was done for the Secret Wars event but it really ruined what could have been a very enjoyable little mini-series if it had had just a few more issues.
March 16, 2016
Tom Taylor does an admirable job in these final four issues of Superior Iron Man in wrapping up the storylines he started in the first five issues; with the advent of Secret Wars, there's a lot of pressure to leave things in a good place - otherwise you end up with things like Gerry Duggan's Hulk, which ended basically mid-story arc and had so many unresolved plotlines that it made me angry.
Taylor pits Pepper Potts and an 8-year old Tony Stark AI against the Superior Iron Man and Teen Abomination, as Superior Tony's ego gets the best of him and he goes even further off the rails. The story ramps up over the four issues, and it ends in a good place to slide into Jonathan Hickman's Avengers stuff and the ultimate end of the Superior Tony Stark.
The art's mostly just 'okay', with Laura Braga of issue #5 returning for issue #6, and then Yildiray Cinar and Felipe Watanabe double teaming for the final three issues. Watanabe's a bit more angular, with harsher lines than both Braga and Cinar, but there's never any major problems, it's just kind of...eh.
Superior Iron Man, like a lot of post-Axis pre-Secret Wars storylines, didn't really get a lot of time to run with it's interesting plot ideas, but Tom Taylor and co. do an admirable job of making this entertaining whilst wrapping things up and having their hands tied, which, really, is all we can hope for when met with such insurmountable odds by editorial mandate.
Taylor pits Pepper Potts and an 8-year old Tony Stark AI against the Superior Iron Man and Teen Abomination, as Superior Tony's ego gets the best of him and he goes even further off the rails. The story ramps up over the four issues, and it ends in a good place to slide into Jonathan Hickman's Avengers stuff and the ultimate end of the Superior Tony Stark.
The art's mostly just 'okay', with Laura Braga of issue #5 returning for issue #6, and then Yildiray Cinar and Felipe Watanabe double teaming for the final three issues. Watanabe's a bit more angular, with harsher lines than both Braga and Cinar, but there's never any major problems, it's just kind of...eh.
Superior Iron Man, like a lot of post-Axis pre-Secret Wars storylines, didn't really get a lot of time to run with it's interesting plot ideas, but Tom Taylor and co. do an admirable job of making this entertaining whilst wrapping things up and having their hands tied, which, really, is all we can hope for when met with such insurmountable odds by editorial mandate.
January 28, 2017
The artwork is the only reason I'm giving this 2 stars but the story just sucked.
I've had enough attacks on Tony's character and morality, and this series just went overboard. Way to make Tony Stark a complete dick, Taylor! I do not appreciate it! If you're going to warp someone's character I expect you to not leave it open-ended.
The story went no where. First off, the story with Daredevil just disappears. We spend around 3 issues with Matt trying to ruin Tony's plans for him just to lose his memory of it. Wtf? Oh, and Teen Abomination is just hanging out in the background while all this goes on.
Second: I was expecting more action from Pepper when I saw her in the Rescue outfit and got nothing. Taylor's makes it seem like there's some big plan to save Tony from himself and builds up to a climax but falls short. It all felt very rushed and unfinished. I feel absolutely no urge to read Secret Wars to find out how this ends.
I've had enough attacks on Tony's character and morality, and this series just went overboard. Way to make Tony Stark a complete dick, Taylor! I do not appreciate it! If you're going to warp someone's character I expect you to not leave it open-ended.
The story went no where. First off, the story with Daredevil just disappears. We spend around 3 issues with Matt trying to ruin Tony's plans for him just to lose his memory of it. Wtf? Oh, and Teen Abomination is just hanging out in the background while all this goes on.
Second: I was expecting more action from Pepper when I saw her in the Rescue outfit and got nothing. Taylor's makes it seem like there's some big plan to save Tony from himself and builds up to a climax but falls short. It all felt very rushed and unfinished. I feel absolutely no urge to read Secret Wars to find out how this ends.
May 28, 2016
So the first volume was fun and a bit dumb. This one basically stays the same. I felt it was rushed, and another issue could have helped a lot, but I really enjoyed the fights in this one. Watching all the different Iron-man suits try to fuck up the new superior suit, that got me excited. I don't know how I feel about the wrap up but I guess it all gets fixed but I haven't read much of Axis so yeah. Either way good time, very silly, but if you wanna see a somewhat evil Tony doing evil shit and beating everyone, check this one out.
December 14, 2016
The art was really good, but the story was a bit lackluster. Taking away all of Tony's humanity and morality is an interesting idea to play with, but I felt like the ending was really weak and I guess I need to read Secret Wars now, even though I hadn't planned on it at this moment. I was hoping for a bit more of Pepper being a badass since she's on the cover in her Rescue suit, but sadly, there was a real lack of her fighting. And where did the Daredevil storyline from the first volume go? Overall, this definitely wasn't my favorite.
June 26, 2015
I certainly enjoyed this story, but once again it feels like a story that was forced to wrap up for Secret Wars before it reached a natural stopping point. I wish the writers had been given more time to explore Tony's dark side, because it seems like with the end of Time Runs Out killing Tony and the absence of Superior Iron Man in any of the Secret Wars stuff so far, this story essentially evaporates into the ether when Secret Wars resolves and Bendis takes over Iron Man.
October 2, 2018
Pepper is pretty hot in an Iron Man suit. Tony continues to fight his closest friend and the suit that houses his consciousness from 8 years before. He will discover too late the price he pays for losing his morality.
Tony is trapped by his old suit that was designed to be his contingency plan. It has his consciousness downloaded into it, so it wants to help Tony to become himself again while fighting its own existential crisis. Pepper will also play an important role, but ultimately Tony is too formidable an opponent.
Tony is trapped by his old suit that was designed to be his contingency plan. It has his consciousness downloaded into it, so it wants to help Tony to become himself again while fighting its own existential crisis. Pepper will also play an important role, but ultimately Tony is too formidable an opponent.
June 9, 2019
The conclusion to the Superior Iron Man story. Overall a bit of a weak and rushed ending. After a decent start and good character building in part 1, this is just a rush to the finale. There are some decent scenes along the way, including “Superior” Tony battling Pepper and a host of Iron Man armours.
Unfortunately some of the more interesting plot lines from part 1 are lost, including Daredevil, the investigation into Extremis, and Teen Abomination.
The final part of this book isn’t even part of the Superior storyline, but instead a reprint of an old story. In its own way it shows an insight into Tony’s past and his relationship with alcohol but feels tagged on the end just to increase the page count.
If you have read part 1, this at least furthers the story of arrogant “evil” Tony Stark, but it certainly would not be winning over new readers. If you want to start reading Iron Man, this is not the place to start. I’m hoping the character and story improve after the Secret Wars event.
Unfortunately some of the more interesting plot lines from part 1 are lost, including Daredevil, the investigation into Extremis, and Teen Abomination.
The final part of this book isn’t even part of the Superior storyline, but instead a reprint of an old story. In its own way it shows an insight into Tony’s past and his relationship with alcohol but feels tagged on the end just to increase the page count.
If you have read part 1, this at least furthers the story of arrogant “evil” Tony Stark, but it certainly would not be winning over new readers. If you want to start reading Iron Man, this is not the place to start. I’m hoping the character and story improve after the Secret Wars event.
September 30, 2018
3.5 Stars
This continued the story of newly "evil" Tony Stark. I had a few issues with this one. First, there isn't a satisfying conclusion. I think this may have been wrapped up in the recent Secret Wars series, but I'm not sure. Second, this volume made Dardevil's appearance in volume 1 seem superfluous. I thought Dardevil was an odd choice anyway, but after this volume it really made the appearance seem unnecessary.
Tony Stark's main antagonist in this volume is...Tony Stark? Long story, but it's a pretty cool twist.
Overall I thought this was a cool idea, but not sure how well received it was. It does show that Tony Stark can make almost as good a villain as he does a hero.
This continued the story of newly "evil" Tony Stark. I had a few issues with this one. First, there isn't a satisfying conclusion. I think this may have been wrapped up in the recent Secret Wars series, but I'm not sure. Second, this volume made Dardevil's appearance in volume 1 seem superfluous. I thought Dardevil was an odd choice anyway, but after this volume it really made the appearance seem unnecessary.
Tony Stark's main antagonist in this volume is...Tony Stark? Long story, but it's a pretty cool twist.
Overall I thought this was a cool idea, but not sure how well received it was. It does show that Tony Stark can make almost as good a villain as he does a hero.
December 5, 2025
This one was not as interesting as the first as it falls to the classic trope of “Tony planned all your moves before you”. A classic smart guy plot that is rampant in comics- it’s not bad but once ozymandias “did it 35 minutes ago”, the clock being controlled by the villain just feels a little too eye roll for me.
Tony is always going to be a lovable jerk or a jerk- he really could have played up the smartest man alive more and done more but the comic clearly needed a quick end. I’d say read this series if you like iron man, but it’s not one that will be super memorable or important.
Tony is always going to be a lovable jerk or a jerk- he really could have played up the smartest man alive more and done more but the comic clearly needed a quick end. I’d say read this series if you like iron man, but it’s not one that will be super memorable or important.
June 13, 2026
Pretty cliché but the dramatic flair saved it for me. I would say I was expecting more especially the supposed to be face off and all.
Of course, I did see the route where the contingency is going and I think I did kind of expected more as well? This is probably because this was released quite long ago or marvel just have this so fast paced storytelling and falling short? This is especially towards the end. I feel like they could give us more of it.
It was still enjoyable, intense, and thrilling but I was really expecting more. 3.5⭐
Of course, I did see the route where the contingency is going and I think I did kind of expected more as well? This is probably because this was released quite long ago or marvel just have this so fast paced storytelling and falling short? This is especially towards the end. I feel like they could give us more of it.
It was still enjoyable, intense, and thrilling but I was really expecting more. 3.5⭐
August 30, 2019
It's ok, not my fav Iron Man volume
August 19, 2024
superior iron man es parte de mi, no por nada tengo en un santuario sus comics
July 27, 2019
Not my Iron Man. This was a sort of filler Iron Man before Secret Wars. Some fine comics artists, at least three, but this is a comic book treading water.
November 4, 2020
By far, this series is the best Iron Man comics I've ever read (haven't read Civil War: Iron Man yet). The two volumes are read as a chess game, plus the players are Tony Stark vs Tony Stark. And it's such a clever play with all the plot twists, turning tables, smart moves of cat-and-mouse chasing and running wild.
Within only 9 issues, the characters, the tension, and the pacing have been on point. We get to see Tony become a hot, and sexy but very intelligent vigilant. He's at his utmost arrogant narcissistic self and tries to gain the control over the world through an Extremis app, even as simple as it sounds, the technological products always get to the people, especially when it comes to improve your appearance. Anyway, things have been so out of hand. Pepper stepped into the God's plan and set up the contingency Iron Man with Tony Stark memories and personalities to it. The story will get less complicated if Iron Man doesn't plan to replace Tony "Mr.Evil" Stark.
Basically it sounds a little flamboyant and somewhat unconvincing, but the writing and the art collaborate so well together. The foreplay tension between Daredevil and Tony serves (so right) as the character's motives and explorations. The conflicts have been built in since issue 1 and continues to be more sensible, and before you know it, the exposition at the end is not taken by surprises, but satisfying. Along the way, the plot is usually neat and gripping. We see Tony in his darkest time, and he proves all the theories that when the richest man on the capitalism society wants to be in control, the world has nothing except to be submitted, willingly, to him.
Also Pepper Potts is so well-written. She has an armor built by a robot and tries to protect Tony from Tony's mind, which is beyond awesomeness and sounds so legit and so Pepper. She really did outplay him at the end. Tony, even comes in the fullest weaponized form, has been left alone. He is stripped down to his own palace, manipulating people and the world as his playthings but there's no one else on his side. He's left with his own mirror, looking into it and there's an empty and soulless man staring back. And, considering this had been told by Pepper, it is always Tony's worst fear of all.
I can babble about it all day, seriously.
Within only 9 issues, the characters, the tension, and the pacing have been on point. We get to see Tony become a hot, and sexy but very intelligent vigilant. He's at his utmost arrogant narcissistic self and tries to gain the control over the world through an Extremis app, even as simple as it sounds, the technological products always get to the people, especially when it comes to improve your appearance. Anyway, things have been so out of hand. Pepper stepped into the God's plan and set up the contingency Iron Man with Tony Stark memories and personalities to it. The story will get less complicated if Iron Man doesn't plan to replace Tony "Mr.Evil" Stark.
Basically it sounds a little flamboyant and somewhat unconvincing, but the writing and the art collaborate so well together. The foreplay tension between Daredevil and Tony serves (so right) as the character's motives and explorations. The conflicts have been built in since issue 1 and continues to be more sensible, and before you know it, the exposition at the end is not taken by surprises, but satisfying. Along the way, the plot is usually neat and gripping. We see Tony in his darkest time, and he proves all the theories that when the richest man on the capitalism society wants to be in control, the world has nothing except to be submitted, willingly, to him.
Also Pepper Potts is so well-written. She has an armor built by a robot and tries to protect Tony from Tony's mind, which is beyond awesomeness and sounds so legit and so Pepper. She really did outplay him at the end. Tony, even comes in the fullest weaponized form, has been left alone. He is stripped down to his own palace, manipulating people and the world as his playthings but there's no one else on his side. He's left with his own mirror, looking into it and there's an empty and soulless man staring back. And, considering this had been told by Pepper, it is always Tony's worst fear of all.
I can babble about it all day, seriously.
January 24, 2020
Mmmmh me gusto mucho mas el primer volumen:/
August 1, 2015
Not as good as volume 1. The story was quite strange. I wasn't sure who was Tony Stark and who to root for. The art work really saved the day here it was stunning and well connected to the story.
December 22, 2015
Decent read that I guess leads into Secret Wars event.
October 9, 2016
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December 23, 2018
2.5
I was a big fan of the first volume, but this one is not that good, conflicts get solved in the easiest way possible and is not even entertaining.
I was a big fan of the first volume, but this one is not that good, conflicts get solved in the easiest way possible and is not even entertaining.
June 21, 2019
Review also posted to my blog.
1) Superior Iron Man, Volume 1: Infamous ★★★★
content warnings: body horror, violence, death
I have... some mixed feelings on this volume. I really enjoyed the first one, even when it was kind of silly and ridiculous, but something about this one just fell short for me. Don't get me wrong, I still liked it, it just was a weaker follow up in my opinion.
While the first volume follows Matt trying to stop Tony, this volume has Pepper trying to help Tony and attempt to bring back the man she once knew. God, guys, I love Pepper so much in every media she's in, and this was definitely no exception. This comic also has one of my all-time favourite comic covers, with her standing over Tony *chefs kiss*.
There are two things that I think didn't work in this volumes favour: first, it's one issue shorter than the last at only four issues. I'm wary of volumes with only five issues, but four is quite frankly a ridiculously low number to tell a story. The only time I've ever seen it done well was with The Authority, and those storylines were purposely structured in a way that made four-issue story arcs sustainable. The fact that this is four issues means that everything feels a bit too rushed and sometimes convenient. The second issue is that this volume is much more action-heavy than the first one. There's lots of focus in this one on physical altercations involving Tony, which definitely didn't help with the fact that this felt rushed.
Other than those two things, though, I generally thought this was a pretty good comic, if a weaker one to its predecessor. I did love the final panels, and overall this is series I would recommend for those wanting to see an interesting take on Iron Man.
1) Superior Iron Man, Volume 1: Infamous ★★★★
content warnings: body horror, violence, death
“Well, I have plans. Change is coming. It will be change for the better but not everyone will see it that way. I’m expecting some resistance. So, I want the hearts and minds of the loyal, brainwashed customers who consume your media. I want your networks, your papers, your online video services, your social media platforms, and the politicians in your pocket. I want to buy it all.”
I have... some mixed feelings on this volume. I really enjoyed the first one, even when it was kind of silly and ridiculous, but something about this one just fell short for me. Don't get me wrong, I still liked it, it just was a weaker follow up in my opinion.
While the first volume follows Matt trying to stop Tony, this volume has Pepper trying to help Tony and attempt to bring back the man she once knew. God, guys, I love Pepper so much in every media she's in, and this was definitely no exception. This comic also has one of my all-time favourite comic covers, with her standing over Tony *chefs kiss*.
There are two things that I think didn't work in this volumes favour: first, it's one issue shorter than the last at only four issues. I'm wary of volumes with only five issues, but four is quite frankly a ridiculously low number to tell a story. The only time I've ever seen it done well was with The Authority, and those storylines were purposely structured in a way that made four-issue story arcs sustainable. The fact that this is four issues means that everything feels a bit too rushed and sometimes convenient. The second issue is that this volume is much more action-heavy than the first one. There's lots of focus in this one on physical altercations involving Tony, which definitely didn't help with the fact that this felt rushed.
Other than those two things, though, I generally thought this was a pretty good comic, if a weaker one to its predecessor. I did love the final panels, and overall this is series I would recommend for those wanting to see an interesting take on Iron Man.
August 22, 2018
So this wraps up the "superior" title that was running before Secret Wars. Which is a shame because I was enjoying evil Tony. This volume definitely amps up the "evilness" as Tony goes from just an arrogant prick (which is pretty much old Tony) to essentially an emerging super villain.
Tony has a plan, what it is is never thoroughly explained, but he has some kind of plan to eradicate a small percentage of the world population to allow the others a "better quality of life". Which of course everyone is against, including a backup of his consciousness which now inhabits his mark II armor. The armor along with Pepper try to bring Tony back from the brink, but by the end of the volume, realize it is far too late.
While the ending is a bit rushed, I felt like it was a logical ending. Tony ends up alone and isolated, due to himself of course.
The art was great, I definitely enjoyed the coloring which complemented the pencils really well.
I gave it a lower score because of the rushed ending and the fact that the series didnt get to continue because of the Secret Wars event. I really dislike when editorial gets in the way of talent. But it is what it is.
This actually wraps up my reading list of Iron Man titles. I know there is more after, but I will be saving that for later. Overall, Iron man is a conflicted character. He tends to be arrogant, selfish, and just kind of a dick. But I think thats what makes him work. He feels very human. So much so that when he puts on the suit, you know who's under there, and you know that he will either mess this up, or he is cleaning up something that he messed up in the first place. I never read Iron Man or Avengers when I was young, so catching up now, influenced by the movies of course, is a pleasure. I will definitely be paying more attention to Tony and his adventures from now on.
Tony has a plan, what it is is never thoroughly explained, but he has some kind of plan to eradicate a small percentage of the world population to allow the others a "better quality of life". Which of course everyone is against, including a backup of his consciousness which now inhabits his mark II armor. The armor along with Pepper try to bring Tony back from the brink, but by the end of the volume, realize it is far too late.
While the ending is a bit rushed, I felt like it was a logical ending. Tony ends up alone and isolated, due to himself of course.
The art was great, I definitely enjoyed the coloring which complemented the pencils really well.
I gave it a lower score because of the rushed ending and the fact that the series didnt get to continue because of the Secret Wars event. I really dislike when editorial gets in the way of talent. But it is what it is.
This actually wraps up my reading list of Iron Man titles. I know there is more after, but I will be saving that for later. Overall, Iron man is a conflicted character. He tends to be arrogant, selfish, and just kind of a dick. But I think thats what makes him work. He feels very human. So much so that when he puts on the suit, you know who's under there, and you know that he will either mess this up, or he is cleaning up something that he messed up in the first place. I never read Iron Man or Avengers when I was young, so catching up now, influenced by the movies of course, is a pleasure. I will definitely be paying more attention to Tony and his adventures from now on.
January 2, 2019
Billionaire Playboy in a suit of armor.
Mike the editor of Iron Man explain the creative direction behind the superior Iron Man concept at the end of issue number #2 (See "Behind the Iron Curtain") .
Tom Taylor of injustice Fame breaks the traditional mold of selfless incorruptible heroes in his exploration of an Iron Man motivated by little more than his own ambition. Once free of morales & social responsibility Tony Stark declares himself a "Superior Iron Man".
What's truly brilliant about this story is that this is not a reworking of Tony Stark's character, we see flashes of our Tony, the sarcastic playboy with a romantic leaning toward Pepper Pots and a deep regard for Happy Hogan but that character has been confined to momentary revelations in what is largely Tony's self serving affectation.
The antagonist to Tom Taylor's Superior Iron Man, ignoring the brief cameo appearance of "the man without fear", was Tony Stark himself or rather an artificial intelligence with the brain patterns of a younger Tony.
Curiously AI Tony is not exactly a foil to superior Iron Man. I never got the sense that Taylor intended for a AI Tony to serve as a contrast to superior Tony, it would seem that even as as an at official intelligent only Stark is still duplicitous and arrogant.
Tony's Superior Iron Man is one of the best characters to come out of the Avengers x-men axis crossover, reading this I though "what if Dr. Doom had remained 'good'" Marvel answered that question with "Infamous Iron Man".
Mike the editor of Iron Man explain the creative direction behind the superior Iron Man concept at the end of issue number #2 (See "Behind the Iron Curtain") .
Tom Taylor of injustice Fame breaks the traditional mold of selfless incorruptible heroes in his exploration of an Iron Man motivated by little more than his own ambition. Once free of morales & social responsibility Tony Stark declares himself a "Superior Iron Man".
What's truly brilliant about this story is that this is not a reworking of Tony Stark's character, we see flashes of our Tony, the sarcastic playboy with a romantic leaning toward Pepper Pots and a deep regard for Happy Hogan but that character has been confined to momentary revelations in what is largely Tony's self serving affectation.
The antagonist to Tom Taylor's Superior Iron Man, ignoring the brief cameo appearance of "the man without fear", was Tony Stark himself or rather an artificial intelligence with the brain patterns of a younger Tony.
Curiously AI Tony is not exactly a foil to superior Iron Man. I never got the sense that Taylor intended for a AI Tony to serve as a contrast to superior Tony, it would seem that even as as an at official intelligent only Stark is still duplicitous and arrogant.
Tony's Superior Iron Man is one of the best characters to come out of the Avengers x-men axis crossover, reading this I though "what if Dr. Doom had remained 'good'" Marvel answered that question with "Infamous Iron Man".
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