This issue proves that the "House of Ideas" is at its best when it focuses on the profound and complicated ones, and that it can use them to create genuine magic. Read Full Review

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There's one good thing to say about this story: it brings the exhausting "Books of Korvac" to an end, and that at least opens the door for something else to happen. The cover tells the tale — the greatest threat to Tony Stark, if not the Marvel universe as a whole, just might be Tony Stark. Read Full Review

This was perfect Iron-Man storytelling

Thus the finale to the long drawn out Korvac arc.

I have to say, I like that Tony and Korvac didn’t have a massive brawl and he was able to defeat him with words, to the point Korvac killed himself. That’s good subversion.

However….this run is still a steaming pile of garbage. Idk how Cantwell can show he can write Tony well and then give the most ooc characterisation the next issue. There’s a few good gems like this issue, but the majority was badly executed.

It annoys me Cantwell has single-handedly destroyed all of Tony’s relationship so the only person he has left is Hellcat- his self insert.

For the love of god, no more substances storylines. I’m tired of them. This one focused more on drugs or instead of alcohol but it’s still the same shit just decorated differently.

Tony has already gone to rehab. There was a time when he was bloody Carol’s AA sponsor, now look at him… he even says he knows the drill.

Yes, Tony is one of the most human and flawed marvel characters. But we do not need to focus on flaws, especially the same ones all the time. This run barely highlighted any positive traits with him which is ridiculous

Overall: Solid conclusion. There were more lows than peaks. And while the concept of Tony wanting to restart his life is great, the execution was bad and needed refining. 6/10

PS: Frogman sending Tony a letter was sweet of him more

This is probably the best comic I've read in a long time.

Nearly flawless ending to this sobering and quiet, almost intimate Iron Man story.

This is Tony... a man given the powers of a God, vs Korvac... a man given the powers of a God. Both are in street clothes. In an empty street in the middle of the night.

Its genius. Ill remember this one for a long time. You must read this series if you've ever been any sort of Iron Man fan.

Fotra admit. This was a good issue. Honna rw re reas tgia wholw series

It's speedy (I've heard of beat panels, but *multiple beat pages*?) and it's subtle, and at first glance, it could be easily dismissed as underwhelming.

But it's drawn with gorgeous detail and realism, which certainly helps (particularly in the silent beats). And when I look closer, I can see great confidence and restraint in the script. The things it does do, it does flawlessly, and this feels like an appropriate end to the Korvac story -- not flashy, but natural and real in a way that's a lot harder to do than it looks.

There were parts I really liked. There is something about this whole Korvac story, that leaves me scratching my head at some of the issues in this series but, it has its ups. My main gripe is just how he defeats Korvac. It's a scenario that is overplayed.

18 issues of build up to tony not outsmarting his enemy or even finishing the korvac fiasco. I liked the idea of rehab but everything that led here was a mess