Invincible Iron Man #518

CRITIC REVIEWS

• 9.0

  Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson

  Jun 10, 2012

  Fraction's Iron Man has been a series of mysteries wrapped in intruiges dipped in tempura and fried golden brown, and this issue merely ups the ante. Both sides of this fight are playing high-speed chess, and by the end of the issue, it's unclear who is really ahead. What is clear, however, is that Invincible Iron Man #518 is a good read, and even though the solicitations tried to make a game of the man in the iron mask, it's clear and makes dramatic sense what happens, earning 4.5 out of 5 stars overall. This is an example of how to pull off a multi-issue arc well, with multiple plots and characters used to good effect throughout... Read Full Review

• 8.0

  Weekly Comic Book Review - Alex Evans

  Jun 07, 2012

  While this issue isn'tquite up to the sky-high standard of the past few installments of Invincible Iron Man, it's still very solid. Read Full Review

• 7.5

  IGN - Jesse Schedeen

  Jun 06, 2012

  Matt Fraction delivers some more memorable material involving the rest of the series' many villains. But with both the Detroit Steel and the Zeke Stane/Mandarin subplots, there's just too little material on hand to fully satisfy. It's a good thing this series ships as often as it does, because Invincible Iron Man has become too crowded and slow-moving for its own good at this point. Once these various conflicts converge more, then Long Way Down should truly hit its stride. Read Full Review

• 6.5

  A Comic Book Blog - Geoff Arbuckle

  Jun 06, 2012

  Fraction's story is relatively ambitious to have all these things going on in the same arc. Salvador Larroca's art is still stellar, but I wish some of these separate stories could have been distilled down into their own arcs or broken up a little more. Read Full Review