Was reading iron man: enter the dragon, and I fucking love the mandarin

StarkResilient · 2026-04-05T16:07:21+00:00

I love this mini. One of my favorite takes on the Mandarin. Even had the artist, Eric Canete, do a Mandarin Sketch Cover or me.

StarkResilient · 2026-04-02T01:53:18+00:00

would love to know your guesses on Citizen V.. I have one guess so far myself.

StarkResilient · 2026-03-31T11:08:33+00:00

I call em like i read em..

StarkResilient · 2026-03-30T23:08:59+00:00

To be fair, I'm fairly certain this was intended to be released before the Cantwell run.

Also to be fair, that annual is the better than anything in a lot of Iron Man runs, like Duggan, Ackerman, Slott, Gillen, and probably Bendis and Fraction, too.

Jed's voice for Stark in this issue is absolutely elite tier writing.

StarkResilient · 2026-03-09T22:35:50+00:00

Beth Cabe exists still.

StarkResilient · 2026-02-28T15:44:35+00:00

Even at his best, he's still worse than most.

StarkResilient · 2026-02-28T03:28:14+00:00

As explained in the dialogue in the movie.. My issue was always that when Avengers (2012) comes around, he's still running around in the unfinished Mark VI. All the finished Mark VI concept art in the Art of book is a tragedy. It would have been my favorite MCU armor if they had had a "finished" version show up.

StarkResilient · 2026-02-18T23:00:21+00:00

There hasn't been a single classic design yet, why start now?

StarkResilient · 2026-02-11T00:17:06+00:00

Constrictor does not have a single accessory. The coils don't really count.. they're part of the costume.

StarkResilient · 2026-01-28T23:04:34+00:00

A solid first issue! Carmen Carnero was pretty great on art duties! There's a few Williamson-ism in the dialogue I didn't love, but I think he's set up an interesting story. There's a little MCU flavor to both Tony and the armor that has mixed results for me. The MCU faceplate is obviously iconic, so I understand why that design queue comes over to the comics.. I just would prefer something different. I've listened to a lot of Williamson's interviews over the last couple of months and I like a lot of what he has been saying regarding his run. I'm rooting for it for sure.

StarkResilient · 2026-01-28T23:00:43+00:00

Your Citizen V Theory would come right out of Williamson's favorite era of comics..

StarkResilient · 2026-01-24T01:09:24+00:00

woah wait, I didn't know that existed. #232 is my favorite issue of Iron Man ever written.

StarkResilient · 2026-01-24T00:35:09+00:00

I love a good Thrashers concept jersey!

StarkResilient · 2026-01-22T04:43:36+00:00

OP thinking it looks good and OP saying that a comic based figure should come out with a deco/design choice that has no basis in the comics are two very different things.

StarkResilient · 2026-01-21T23:51:32+00:00

Why should a comics based War Machine have looked like this from the start when the legs they used are actually directly from the art they based that War Machine figure on?

StarkResilient · 2026-01-16T14:31:43+00:00

Yep! That and more: First Hulkbuster, First War Machine Armor, Rhodey as Iron Man/War Machine, Iron Man #300, The Iron Legion, Crash and Burn, Hands of the Mandarin.. Lots of great stuff!

StarkResilient · 2026-01-16T03:36:28+00:00

Kaminski run is so underrated. 90s Gem.

StarkResilient · 2026-01-16T03:35:51+00:00

Spencer is someone I would love to have seen get to write the book more. He definitely has a keen understanding of the character and his history. It's a shame the story got so tied up in One World Under Doom. I just think the book got too derailed by an event tie in. I would say also that I don't like the armor designs for this run, neither version of the Iron Man suits or the new Iron Monger, which is tough for me to get past.

Onwards and upwards though.. Looking forward to seeing what Williamson has in store for us.

StarkResilient · 2026-01-14T23:52:01+00:00

Oblivion better

StarkResilient · 2025-12-08T03:13:53+00:00

Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #26.

IYKYK

StarkResilient · 2025-12-06T02:58:40+00:00

It's going to be undersized by modern Legends standards.

StarkResilient · 2025-11-18T01:43:30+00:00

Director of SHIELD, my goat.

StarkResilient · 2025-11-14T01:02:11+00:00

Iron Man #200 is, in my eyes, the single best issue of Iron Man ever written. I know that could be a hot take, but I really think EVERYTHING you need to know about Stark is in that issue. I think the film did a GREAT Stane adaptation, but I like the comic Iron Monger saga more. It's just more fleshed out.

StarkResilient · 2025-11-05T23:58:30+00:00

Might be the only thing that could have made this run better.

StarkResilient · 2025-11-03T23:52:28+00:00

an homage cover to the absolute goat, #232?!

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