Ryan North turns his talents to a brand-new genre! Called forth to face the dread god Chthon, Iron Man reads from the ancient ill-fated text the Darkhold... and it changes the course of his entire life. The armor that has saved him countless times is about to become a prison - one whose only escape is a fate worse than death. The brilliant comedic mind behind The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and Dinosaur Comics brings you the body-horror tale of the century!!
RATED T+
Alternative realities are all the rage at the moment, be it multiversal or one created by a third party, in this case the Darkhold. For me, therein lies the problem. It wasn't that long ago when I reviewed Dark Ages; that mini series isn't due to end until Jan 2022 and of course it wasn't that long ago we had the second generation of Heroes Reborn. So my question is, are readers that bored of the regular heroes and continuity now? Regardless of the timing, this is a fun read, with clever twists that may well surprise you. Read Full Review
Darkhold: Iron Man #1 reveals how Iron Man could lose everything while on the search of saving everyone. It has all the sensibilities of a cult '80s mad scientist sci-fi-horror with a superhero twist. Read Full Review
It does raise the question "what is the point?" and sadly it does make the other tie-in's skippable reads as you could quite easily just pick up the books for the characters you actually enjoy. However I implore you to give this issue a chance as you are definitely in for a Halloween treat. Read Full Review
Darkhold: Iron Man #1 is an excellent one-shot that productively combines romance and horror. The creators wring every available drop of feeling and terror out of the straightforward premise, and it all builds up to that best sort of disappointment at the end: Readers are likely to be desperately interested in finding out what happens next. Read Full Review
Remember that gross-out scene in the first Iron Man where Pepper freaks out about the puss in Tony's chest hole as she's pulling out the electromagnet? Imagine an entire comic dedicated to that feeling of discomfort. Read Full Review
So, when all is said and done, Darkhold: Iron Man #1 is a passable, if somewhat uninspired, look at how the birth of Iron Man could have gone wrong. While it isn't without its charms, it doesn't reach the heights its initial setup could've attained. Read Full Review
This was a really, really well done body horror comic. As an Iron Man fan, I enjoyed this a ton. I didn't know Ryan North had such range as a writer. Definitely better than the Alpha issue. I hope the other one-shots can put out stuff as cool as this.
This was a fun story. I’d rate it a 5.5 or 6 but I gave it a few extra points to even out what I assume is a fake review from blob, considering he rated the issue before it was even out.
A great body horror and unsettling story. Better than the alpha comic. Wondering if the other issues will be up to this quality
In this origin-gone-wrong, Tony Stark chooses to focus on the medical abilities of his armor. The results are more Lovecraft than cyberpunk, to the growing horror of Pepper Potts. I enjoyed the premise and the results, but I think the storytelling could have been pushed much further. The art really only scratches the threshold of body horror, not living up to either the cover or the Iron Man shown in the Alpha issue. And the script has a lot of the drawbacks inherent to HP Lovecraft: A slow pace and a reliance on florid "the horror was ineffable" prose instead of plot development. Pepper's point of view is brilliant, though. And I can buy the idea that the Lovecraftian weaknesses in the writing stem from it being an intentional homage.
I had to skip a bunch of the dialogue in this comic. I just didn’t enjoy it but I still wanted to know happened.
Terrible art and bland dialogue and a sluggish pacing.
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