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The Invincible Iron Man (1996)
The Invincible Iron Man (1996-1998) #1
When Hydra attacks the Stark International Buffalo Plant, a massive gamma explosion changes the lives of both Tony Stark and Bruce Banner.
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41 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 1, 1996
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Scott Lobdell
1,649 books235 followersScott Lobdell (born 1960) is an American comic book writer.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
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February 27, 2020
#ThrowbackThursday - Back in the '90s, I used to write comic book reviews for the website of a now-defunct comic book retailer called Rockem Sockem Comics. From November 1996:
IRON MAN IS BACK
Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld have returned to Marvel to revamp some of the oldest and most respected characters in the Marvel Universe. The stories are set in a pocket universe outside of regular Marvel continuity, so the creators have complete freedom to start from scratch. Indeed, the first issues of Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Iron Man are all the beginning of origin stories.
The first two titles don't do too much for me. Rob Liefeld's Captain America shows a little promise but is just too generic. Though the art on Jim Lee's FF looks fantastic, the story is poorly written and a bit too contrived at times. Also, the character make-overs in FF are the most grating.
Iron Man, on the other hand, is beautiful to look at and intriguing to read.
Whilce Portacio, Scott Williams & "JD" are turning out some darkly fascinating pages. The characters are all distinctive and the action flows perfectly.
The plotting is dead solid. I like the way the elements of Iron Man's old origin have been reshuffled. Tony Stark is once again a pompous jerk at the beginning. Instead of the Vietnam War, Bruce Banner and the Hulk are now central to Tony Stark's transformation.
I do find one major fault in the writing. Often, Scott Lobdell and Jim Lee have the characters speaking dialogue to themselves which would be better off in thought balloons. For instance, how often do you find yourself alone in a room saying out loud, "A walking, flying, invincible body armor . . . it destroyed my best friend's life . . . will it save my own?" Actually, I'm not sure how many people would even think that. If they can keep the characters from sounding too stilted in future issues, this may be a pretty good story.
Iron Man - Grade: B
Captain America - Grade: C
Fantastic Four - Grade: C
IRON MAN IS BACK
Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld have returned to Marvel to revamp some of the oldest and most respected characters in the Marvel Universe. The stories are set in a pocket universe outside of regular Marvel continuity, so the creators have complete freedom to start from scratch. Indeed, the first issues of Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Iron Man are all the beginning of origin stories.
The first two titles don't do too much for me. Rob Liefeld's Captain America shows a little promise but is just too generic. Though the art on Jim Lee's FF looks fantastic, the story is poorly written and a bit too contrived at times. Also, the character make-overs in FF are the most grating.
Iron Man, on the other hand, is beautiful to look at and intriguing to read.
Whilce Portacio, Scott Williams & "JD" are turning out some darkly fascinating pages. The characters are all distinctive and the action flows perfectly.
The plotting is dead solid. I like the way the elements of Iron Man's old origin have been reshuffled. Tony Stark is once again a pompous jerk at the beginning. Instead of the Vietnam War, Bruce Banner and the Hulk are now central to Tony Stark's transformation.
I do find one major fault in the writing. Often, Scott Lobdell and Jim Lee have the characters speaking dialogue to themselves which would be better off in thought balloons. For instance, how often do you find yourself alone in a room saying out loud, "A walking, flying, invincible body armor . . . it destroyed my best friend's life . . . will it save my own?" Actually, I'm not sure how many people would even think that. If they can keep the characters from sounding too stilted in future issues, this may be a pretty good story.
Iron Man - Grade: B
Captain America - Grade: C
Fantastic Four - Grade: C
August 19, 2025
The reborn of two great heroes.
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