Months ago, James Rhodes was framed and arrested on an intel gathering mission that unearthed a terrible truth: Orchis isn't planning to stop with mutants, they have every hero on Earth in their sights. Orchis will stop at nothing to achieve machine ascendancy. But when you've got to fight machines, it pays to have a War Machine of your own...
Rated T+
Together with Creees Lee, the duo executes a flawless comic with epic character work and even better comic-booky goodness. Read Full Review
Lee delivers some fantastic art in the issue. The visuals are fun, filled with amazing detail and have an awesome energy that matches the energy and action of the story. Read Full Review
WARNING! WARNING! Rhodey and the War Machine armor DOES NOT appear in this issue, so if thats what youre here for, youll be disappointed. As this run, as well as the age of Krakoa comes to a rather mundane ending, Gerry Duggan keeps dragging his feet with Tony, Emma, Feilong, and how theyre going to get Starks technology out of these new Sentinels. Could this be setting up the new Armor Wars event to tie into the Marvel show? Maybe, but if this is the opening salvo, it needs to be a tad more engaging. Read Full Review
Invincible Iron Man #15 confirms the series was designed to do little else than show Tony Stark and Feilong duke it out in giant mech suits. If you're into robo-fighting action, you're in for a treat. If, however, you were hoping the last fourteen issues were meaningful and necessary, I have bad news for you. Read Full Review
Why can't Duggan write all his books like this. He understands Tony and at the same time it's making him a big part of this epic fight against Orchis for the sake of Mutant kind. Epic!
I'd hoped for Tony's grand plan that he's been hinting at for all this time to be something a little cleverer than "Build a Gundam" but I guess you have to give the people what they want. There were a million more sensible, simple, and logical ways for Tony to achieve his goals, but then we wouldn't get to see Tony's Gundam punch Feilong's Gundam in the face, so obviously this was the best way. I'm here for it.
A super solid issue that sets up what's sure to be a fun fundamental fight between Tony and Feilong. Lee did a nice job with the art in his first issue for the series here. It wasn't my absolute favorite, but it got the job done. As for Duggan's story, I'm really glad that we got more follow-up on Wolverine's skeletons being left around whenever he died. This was something I talked a lot about in my review for the previous issue, so I would check that out if you want more details. Aside from that, this was just a good read overall.
The issue leans into its campy sensibilities, embracing the over-the-top situations & far-fetched ideas that have become a staple for Iron Man's involvement in the Fall of X. It's complete absurdity at this point and you know what? I'm enjoying it!
The (what I hope is) self-aware humor is a breath of fresh air, and nice counter to some of the other current X-titles that are trying to bog us down with nonsensical sci-fi plots. The final reveal of what Ironheart built for Tony made me audibly laugh out loud. It reminded me of the "Avengers: Tech-On" miniseries from a couple years ago.
You can tell how much Duggan enjoys writing for Tony, yet Emma feels like any female mutant he's writing these days. Where Emma real more
Art: 3.5/5
Story: 3/5
Total: 6.5/10
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