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Black Cat by Jed Mackay
Iron Cat
Collects Iron Cat #1-5.
Iron Man and Black Cat both thought they'd seen the last of the Iron Cat armor! If Felicia Hardy is surprised to see the suit again, you can imagine how furious Tony Stark is! But there's someone new in the Iron Cat armor - and this mysterious figure has a plan that will soon put them in the crosshairs of nearly all the heroes in the Marvel Universe! Both Iron Man and Black Cat's secrets and mistakes are about to come back to haunt them! But Tony and Felicia aren't going to let this new Iron Cat have all the fun. Tony has done his own fresh spin on the feline armor, and Felicia may like some of his innovations!
Iron Man and Black Cat both thought they'd seen the last of the Iron Cat armor! If Felicia Hardy is surprised to see the suit again, you can imagine how furious Tony Stark is! But there's someone new in the Iron Cat armor - and this mysterious figure has a plan that will soon put them in the crosshairs of nearly all the heroes in the Marvel Universe! Both Iron Man and Black Cat's secrets and mistakes are about to come back to haunt them! But Tony and Felicia aren't going to let this new Iron Cat have all the fun. Tony has done his own fresh spin on the feline armor, and Felicia may like some of his innovations!
128 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 24, 2023
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December 28, 2023
A fun romp very much in line with the "Black Cat" comics by the same author. In fact, I would say reading that run is pretty much essential pre-reading so you can be up to speed on Black Fox and his demonic bargain, etc.
June 19, 2023
Iron Cat feels a bit like a goofy, discarded storyline for Jed MacKay's previous Black Cat series, but it mostly works because MacKay is at the helm. The Iron Cat ensemble Felicia stole from Tony Stark is back in action - and not in her control. Turns out, it's in the hands of a frenemy from Felicia's past who has teamed up with one of Tony's ancient nemeses to punish Felicia for killing the Black Fox.
It's all quite convoluted, in case the previous sentence didn't make that clear. There are multiple double-crosses and twists - I think MacKay is aiming for a heist-style narrative, with flashbacks revealing the sneaky plans, but it's all a bit too clunky to work. Still, it's fast-paced, energetic, and looks great. A solid poolside read that matches up just fine with the Black Cat series.
It's all quite convoluted, in case the previous sentence didn't make that clear. There are multiple double-crosses and twists - I think MacKay is aiming for a heist-style narrative, with flashbacks revealing the sneaky plans, but it's all a bit too clunky to work. Still, it's fast-paced, energetic, and looks great. A solid poolside read that matches up just fine with the Black Cat series.
January 3, 2026
Fans of Felicia Hardy are in for a treat with Jed MacKay's latest take on the Marvel Universe's classiest thief. In this book Felicia is joined once again by Tony Stark for some fast paced super suited hijinks as they both work out issues with ex-girlfriends set on killing them with super science.
September 29, 2023
Iron Cat is a decent spin off of the events from Jed Mackay's run on Black Cat. I will say though the storyline feels like it just keeps going on and on, especially after issue 3. I could of had this cut to a 3 issue mini and it would have worked better. But still pretty to look at and fun to watch.
April 18, 2023
3.5 Stars.
In the previous pages of Black Cat, we saw an "Iron Cat" suit, built through the efforts of Felicia Hardy and Tony Stark. The suit has been stolen by Tamara Blake, an old companion of Felicia's and fellow student of Black Fox, the master thief. Other than a missing suit, what's the problem? Tamara plans to release Madame Menace, an AI who wants Tony destroyed and the Stark name horrible for all time.
The story pans out much like you would think it would.
A super fun ride. We definitely need more Black Cat. Her comic run was wonderful. Just a really fun character.
Recommend.
In the previous pages of Black Cat, we saw an "Iron Cat" suit, built through the efforts of Felicia Hardy and Tony Stark. The suit has been stolen by Tamara Blake, an old companion of Felicia's and fellow student of Black Fox, the master thief. Other than a missing suit, what's the problem? Tamara plans to release Madame Menace, an AI who wants Tony destroyed and the Stark name horrible for all time.
The story pans out much like you would think it would.
A super fun ride. We definitely need more Black Cat. Her comic run was wonderful. Just a really fun character.
Recommend.
July 5, 2024
A última parte da fase de Jed MacKay com a Gata Negra finalmente chegou no Brasil, quase um ano depois da publicação do último volume da série regular. Em Gata de Ferro temos o surgimento de uma nova personagem, de mesmo nome da minissérie. A Gata de Ferro originalmente foi uma armadura do Homem de Ferro criada especialmente para ser usada por Felícia Hardy, a Gata Negra. Mas nesta minissérie ela é roubada para o uso de outra pessoa. Assim, Tony Stark, Felícia e a Gata de Ferro precisam enfrentar as maquinações de Sunset Bain, a inimiga do Homem de Ferro durante a fase de Dan Slott. A minissérie traz um pouco da genialidade de Jed MacKay na personagem, genialidade essa que não vemos reproduzida nas séries dos Vingadores, do Doutor Estranho ou do Cavaleiro da Lua. O que leva a perguntar o quanto grande é o papel dos editores nesses títulos. A arte e Pére Pérez é muito boa e dinâmica e fica muito melhor apoiada pelas cores de Frank G. D'Armata. Espero que um dia a Gata Negra tenha novas séries que cheguem aos pés dessa empreitada.
December 30, 2024
This was so much fun! I love the Iron Cat armor!
December 1, 2022
I think this is technically volume 7 of Mackay's Black Cat book. Even though it's gotten canceled twice and has been moved over to limited series like this one, Mackay has told a ton of fun heist stories. But this one didn't have the charm of the others.
No interesting heists. Only 1 panel of Bruno and Boris. And while they use the new Iron Cat and Iron Man to try to sell the book, the story hinges on volume 5. If you didn't read that, no amount of Tony Stark will make this interesting.
It's a shame. Black Cat hasn't been selling. But I don't see this as a way to save the book or Mackay's run. But here's hoping for more.
No interesting heists. Only 1 panel of Bruno and Boris. And while they use the new Iron Cat and Iron Man to try to sell the book, the story hinges on volume 5. If you didn't read that, no amount of Tony Stark will make this interesting.
It's a shame. Black Cat hasn't been selling. But I don't see this as a way to save the book or Mackay's run. But here's hoping for more.
May 10, 2024
Fun little caper and tech story.
January 16, 2023
Jed Mackay's Black Cat series may have come to an end, but he keeps finding ways to come back to - enter Iron Cat, a Black Cat/Iron Man team-up that pits them both against evil exes from their past, Scott Pilgrim style.
Honestly, I haven't read a bad Mackay book in...ever? Just like the Black Cat stories he's already written, Iron Cat is fun, clever, well constructed, and full of witty dialogue that'll have you cackling with laughter. It's a little heavier on the superhero action than the heist stuff we're used to, but that makes sense given the involvement of Iron Man and the grander plan on the villains' side.
On art we have Peré Perez, fresh off his exemplary Spider-Woman run. He brings the same kineticism and dynamics to the proceedings here as he did over there, and his Iron Man armours are especially slick.
If you've read the rest of Mackay's Black Cat, then Iron Cat is your next stop. If this is your first foray, then I have no doubt it'll make you want to go back and read the rest.
Honestly, I haven't read a bad Mackay book in...ever? Just like the Black Cat stories he's already written, Iron Cat is fun, clever, well constructed, and full of witty dialogue that'll have you cackling with laughter. It's a little heavier on the superhero action than the heist stuff we're used to, but that makes sense given the involvement of Iron Man and the grander plan on the villains' side.
On art we have Peré Perez, fresh off his exemplary Spider-Woman run. He brings the same kineticism and dynamics to the proceedings here as he did over there, and his Iron Man armours are especially slick.
If you've read the rest of Mackay's Black Cat, then Iron Cat is your next stop. If this is your first foray, then I have no doubt it'll make you want to go back and read the rest.
January 14, 2023
This is what you get when a series stops selling copies, but the creator/writer still has more content in the works.
Black Cat has been morphed into a world class thief and mid tier crime lord from her beginnings as a shifty cat burglar (guess you have to follow the DC Comics lead with Catwoman?). This story adds a bit of flavor about something Black Cat conned Stark into making during her series run.....and now she's at it again.
Bonus: Now we have yet ANOTHER Starktech armor out in the world.
Bonus Bonus: It wouldn't be a Black Cat book without Bruno and Boris. One panel, though?
Black Cat has been morphed into a world class thief and mid tier crime lord from her beginnings as a shifty cat burglar (guess you have to follow the DC Comics lead with Catwoman?). This story adds a bit of flavor about something Black Cat conned Stark into making during her series run.....and now she's at it again.
Bonus: Now we have yet ANOTHER Starktech armor out in the world.
Bonus Bonus: It wouldn't be a Black Cat book without Bruno and Boris. One panel, though?
April 19, 2023
Prior to reading Iron Cat, I'd never read a Black Cat comic in my life; I'm not particularly into Spider-Man, and I'm not particularly into female comics characters who seem to exist just to be sexy to straight male readers. But I am a massive Iron Man fan, so of course I was going to read this miniseries -- and I loved it, and now I am absolutely putting Jed MacKay's entire Black Cat run on my to-read list because his version of Felicia Hardy, apparently, is Be Gay, Do Crimes. Congratulations, I'm here for this. It's my weakness. They got me.
So, yes, I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that Felicia was queer now. Hooray.
(I feel like one of Jed MacKay's strengths as a writer is that he somehow manages to write exactly the plot I wanted but didn't know I wanted. This is the case here.)
Iron Cat is connected to the rest of MacKay's Black Cat run; the only thing you really need to know for plot reasons is that at one point in the run Felicia broke into Tony's HQ, then created and stole the Iron Cat armor from Tony; Tony got it back, and understandably he's not too happy with her. But now the Iron Cat armor has been stolen again, this time by Tamara Blake, Felicia's former partner in crime and also ex-girlfriend. So now Tony agrees to help Felicia out because Tony knows what it's like to have most of his exes try to murder him. And, as it turns out, one of his exes is trying to murder him again -- Sunset Bain, who has been a disembodied AI since the events of Iron Man 2020, has been recruited by Tamara to be the Iron Cat suit AI, and of course Sunset would like to kill Tony and destroy the world.
Felicia is basically the star of the show here; if you're here for Tony content, he's really only a supporting character, but MacKay nails the characterization. As soon as Tony explains that he builds armors instead of drinking, I was like, yep, that's Tony. MacKay appears to actually like Tony as a character, which is refreshingly different from most Marvel writers who have been writing Iron Man lately, and Tony has a fair amount of page time even if this isn't really his miniseries.
The plot itself is a cut above the usual superhero plotting. Sure, in the end it's all basically an excuse for punching, but the fight scenes are all really nicely paced and blocked, and it's a heist plot that is unusually clever and fun to read -- which is really making me want to read more of MacKay's Black Cat, if all the plots are like this. In addition, all of the plot about Sunset as an AI was about a thousand times more thoughtful than anything that usually comes out of Marvel's plots about sentience and computers, so, yeah, it was good.
Pere Pérez's art was also a delight; for a book where most of the characters are in full armor most of a time, their facial expressions, when we get to see them, are really great, and the visual storytelling is clear and easy to follow. There are a whole bunch of conversations between Tony and Felicia that are so much fun to read just because the faces are so great.
I am taking away a star because I felt the ending was a little rushed, but on the whole this was a very good book.
If you're an Iron Man fan, this is definitely worth a read. And if you're not already a Black Cat fan, you might be one after you finish reading this.
So, yes, I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that Felicia was queer now. Hooray.
(I feel like one of Jed MacKay's strengths as a writer is that he somehow manages to write exactly the plot I wanted but didn't know I wanted. This is the case here.)
Iron Cat is connected to the rest of MacKay's Black Cat run; the only thing you really need to know for plot reasons is that at one point in the run Felicia broke into Tony's HQ, then created and stole the Iron Cat armor from Tony; Tony got it back, and understandably he's not too happy with her. But now the Iron Cat armor has been stolen again, this time by Tamara Blake, Felicia's former partner in crime and also ex-girlfriend. So now Tony agrees to help Felicia out because Tony knows what it's like to have most of his exes try to murder him. And, as it turns out, one of his exes is trying to murder him again -- Sunset Bain, who has been a disembodied AI since the events of Iron Man 2020, has been recruited by Tamara to be the Iron Cat suit AI, and of course Sunset would like to kill Tony and destroy the world.
Felicia is basically the star of the show here; if you're here for Tony content, he's really only a supporting character, but MacKay nails the characterization. As soon as Tony explains that he builds armors instead of drinking, I was like, yep, that's Tony. MacKay appears to actually like Tony as a character, which is refreshingly different from most Marvel writers who have been writing Iron Man lately, and Tony has a fair amount of page time even if this isn't really his miniseries.
The plot itself is a cut above the usual superhero plotting. Sure, in the end it's all basically an excuse for punching, but the fight scenes are all really nicely paced and blocked, and it's a heist plot that is unusually clever and fun to read -- which is really making me want to read more of MacKay's Black Cat, if all the plots are like this. In addition, all of the plot about Sunset as an AI was about a thousand times more thoughtful than anything that usually comes out of Marvel's plots about sentience and computers, so, yeah, it was good.
Pere Pérez's art was also a delight; for a book where most of the characters are in full armor most of a time, their facial expressions, when we get to see them, are really great, and the visual storytelling is clear and easy to follow. There are a whole bunch of conversations between Tony and Felicia that are so much fun to read just because the faces are so great.
I am taking away a star because I felt the ending was a little rushed, but on the whole this was a very good book.
If you're an Iron Man fan, this is definitely worth a read. And if you're not already a Black Cat fan, you might be one after you finish reading this.
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August 3, 2023I wasn't convinced that bringing Felicia's short-lived armour back for a miniseries was the best way to redeem the fumbled ending of MacKay's Black Cat run, and I wasn't wholly wrong. The more it goes on, the more this feels like an Iron Man story - and even within that it doesn't entirely work, the ways in which Stark's tech can and can't be compromised owing much more to narrative convenience than any coherent sense of how this stuff works, even for superhero comics values of science. But in amongst that there's a few nice heist bits, some closure on the Black Fox story, and obviously I couldn't resist Tony and Felicia bonding over ex-girlfriends trying to kill them with super-science.
May 30, 2023
This was a fun follow-up to MacKay's Black Cat run. It's nothing groundbreaking and I'm glad it was a short and sweet 5-issue series but I liked the story. Perez' art is slick and a good fit for the characters here. If you liked MacKay's Black Cat you'll get more of the same here so I'd recommend it.
June 11, 2023
This was really good. Excellent continuation of events from MacKay's Black Cat run, with Felicia and a former rival both getting their hands on Iron Man armor as they help Tony Stark deal with the AI formerly known as Sunset Bain and now going by Madame Menace. Artwork is really strong throughout, too.
October 26, 2022
Not as good as Mackay's other Black Cat comics, but still very enjoyable. Didn't give me so many emotions as regular Black Cat series used to tho. I wish I could give it 3,5/5 stars, but goodreads doesn't have that option, so I stick to 3/5.
February 20, 2023
Basically an epilogue to Mackay's excellent Black Cat run. Not my favorite bit of his work on the character, because it gets really tied up in Tony Stark, AI, and armor, instead of the heists that I associate with Black Cat.
February 21, 2023
Is this the end of the Mackay Black Cat saga or just the next chapter? I'm unsure but it's been a fairly fun heist series throughout. This one played a bit more predictably then the last couple but makes up for it with great art.
December 5, 2025
This story grabbed my attention and I couldn’t put it down. I really liked Felicia Hardy she’s a lot of fun. Tamara Blake as the Iron Cat could be a great character for the Marvel universe. An AI version of Sunset Bain made an amazing boss villain for everyone to gang up against.
February 19, 2023
3.5 Stars
March 31, 2023
Disappointed in this one.
June 29, 2023
I haven't read any team-ups with Felicia and Tony before, and I think they make a great pair: lots of flash and snark.
August 14, 2023
a big pile of meh other reviews civer why
April 21, 2024
Follow-up to MacKay’s Black Cat series. Very fun. Stark, Felicia, and Felicia’s old flame Tamara get mixed up in shenanigans.
June 28, 2024
Skip Infinity Score and go straight into Iron Cat. It's a fun little epilogue to the series.
August 26, 2024
3,3 estrelas
February 10, 2025
A fun, predictable romp with some fun dialogue. Having Tony Stark in the mix kept things interesting.
May 13, 2025
This was a fun read. Full of Felicia and Tony's snark and wit, with the Iron Cat armour making a reappearance after its brief feature in Black Cat.
June 28, 2025
A fun little side quest for one of my favorite Marvel characters but you definitely need to read up on her series beforehand due to the backstory.
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