Iron Man: The Mask in the Iron Man Omnibus

Iron Man by Joe Quesada #1-2

by Joe Quesada

Tony Stark's newest Iron Man armor has received an unexpected upgrade: it's alive! The suit moves on its own, fi ghts on its own - and makes decisions on its own. But what happens when the suit goes too far? And does it want to merge with Tony...or kill him? Then, Tony discovers the Sons of Yinsen, worshippers of the man who helped invent his armor. But when he learns that his first foe Wong Chu still lives, Iron Man and the Sons must shatter an empire! Plus, Tony takes on a seller of super-powers, faces off against one of his oldest friends, and is forced to shut down his company! But what explosive plot have M.O.D.O.K. and the Ghost cooked up - and what is the horrifying truth behind the sentient armor?

COLLECTING: IRON MAN (1998) 1/2, 26-49, ANNUAL 2000-2001

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Sequential Art

688 pages, Hardcover

First published December 17, 2019

About the author

Joseph "Joe" Quesada (born January 12, 1962)is an American comic book editor, writer and artist.

He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as Ninjak and Solar, Man of the Atom.

He later worked on numerous books for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, such as Batman: Sword of Azrael and X-Factor, before forming his own company, Event Comics, where he published his creator-owned character, Ash.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

I subjected myself to this so you don't have to. Actually the issues written by Joe Quesada aren't half bad. A combination of Tony not making his suit Y2K compliant and being struck by lightning causes the armor to become sentient. Could anything be more dated or goofy in that not putting four digit years in your code would cause your armor to gain consciousness? Besides that, it's actually a solid story with the armor deciding to take out the bad guys permanently. Sean Chen's art is crisp and clean. I've always been a fan since his days at Valiant. Then Stark meets the Sons of Yinsen, a buddhist group inspired by the man that helped Tony build his first suit of armor. Alitha Martinez takes over on art and she's solid. After that though, Frank Tieri completely takes over the book and it's awful. Keron Grant comes on board as artist and he's awful too. His exaggerated, cartoon style does not mess with the technical expertise needed to draw robots and suits of armor. Tony gives away his fortune for four issues before inheriting another company from someone he barely knows and getting his money back. It's such terrible writing. I can see why Marvel never bothered to collect these issues before. The one decent story in the last year of issues was the 2001 annual by Chris Claremont and Michael Ryan.

[Dusty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Geez, what a painful chore to read at times. The overall story direction was fine but the dialog really hurt this omni. I'm ok with dated but it just wasn't good thru most of it. The good... Chuck Dixon's one off, the use of classic villians throughout and the art. The bad... his girlfriend, his childhood friend and the writing in general. I found myself reading faster just to get thru it. Its not a complete stinker, but its not that good either.