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Marvel Comics Number of pages: 160 Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Published)

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In retrospect, the logical evolution of Tony Stark/ironman
Review date: 2008-11-30 Rating: 8 out of 10

In Iron man's extremis, Tony Stark is hellishly injured, while trying to take down some thugs. Facing death, Stark makes a choice that completely heals him... but has various ramifications down the road. On one hand, Tony is a better Iron man, functioning at capacities all together unheard of. On the other hand...Tony might have just put his humanity on hold in ways that don't really hit him until a friend's death in Civil War.

This graphic novel is more an exploration of Tony's intimate dealings with technology, and how it changes his world view (as well as what he can do). This can be read as a one shot, as well as laying ground for the even better Extremis execute.

The pencils are great, in that Granov does an excellent IM armour. If nothing else, in these books running up to the Civil war, the new designs for IM armour is really sleek, no where like the blocky designs of the eighties/nineties. The naugties armour is sweet. But I must say, I'm not a fan of digital shading, in that it makes the faces look odd, and at times, the art has a rather muddy cast to it.

Good graphic novel to pick up if you want to dip your feet back into comics again.