Tony Stark has all but bankrupted himself buying up every dangerous piece of tech he's chased down on the black market network, dismantling it from the inside. As he and Rhodey lock it all up and plan their next steps, Tony and Riri Williams argue over what to do with the most powerful weapon they've recovered...the Mandarin's rings.
Rated T+
Cantwell and writer Angel Unzueta work in perfectly harmony, making even a mundane sequence of three characters bickering back and forth into something electrifying. Read Full Review
Iron Man #24 is a powerful issue. The first half has one of the best showdowns since the start of the run. It felt like so much pain and struggle had led to an explosive burst of emotion and action. It is enthralling to read. The second act of the comic lacks the same momentum and goes on for too long, but it is still exciting and demonstrates incredible character writing. Read Full Review
Unzueta delivers some great art in the issue, but I wish the story allowed for the art to do more than showcase dialogue bubbles and back and forth arguments. Read Full Review
The wonky pace threw me for a loop, initially; I don't think anybody was expecting this arc to end with 6 pages of hero-on-hero argument.
But the more I think on it, the more I like it. This resolution is the perfect counterpoint to the messiah/martyr complex Tony's been rocking throughout the arc. I think the argument skewered Tony's instinct to go it alone in a powerful, yet respectful, way.
The art lives up to its usual standard of excellence, and there were plenty of spicy lines to keep the large amounts of dialogue from bogging down.
(Also, I'm shocked, shocked to see that a comic where a young woman of color gets the best of an adult white man gets a bunch of lowball ratings. Well, not that shocked.)
Not a perfect finale but I actually liked the cliffhanger.
What a stupid issue.
Why does Riri suddenly care so much about the Mandarin rings? She’s never fought the Mandarin, never interacted with him and knows fuck all about the rings…
So miss me with the whole “why do you not trust me?!”
This ‘I’ve been studying the rings for years and want to use them for good’ is the most forced bs ever from Cuntwell, trying to self-insert Riri in Iron Man/Mandarin’s story
Also Riri was so… unreasonable??
Why can’t Tony have 5 rings and she have 5 to study? Keeping them altogether is a ticking time bomb waiting to go off.
The ‘I don’t need to l promise you anything…” is proof Cuntwell can’t write Ironheart. Need her more
Shity ending to a great run
Dumb ending to what was shaping up to be the best run in Cantwell’s arc. If you haven’t had enough of supporting characters talking to Tony like he’s some kind of an asshole, you will love this issue…
Hahaha are you for real?
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