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Tony safeguarding the Cuckoos photobook with Dr Strange despite Emma not wanting to be reminded at this point is cute. I'm loving the Tony and Emma interactions

The Avengers cameos with Tony testing out mysterium against their powers was good (especially showing that Tony and Peter ARE friends). I really like Duggan's characterisation showing how competent, careful and smart Tony is.

And last but not least, Iron Man vs Apes!!more

Duggan's Iron Man is one of the strongest in the Fall of X arc.

Feilong is such a bastard, I love it. Tony saying he's gonna get demonic on his ass was great

I love how Tony and Emma can be vulnerable, open up & support to each other. Them making a blood pact in the hell that Orchis has constructed is really cool.

I'm a riding the Tony and Emma ship. I want to see the Enemies to lovers with themmore

Duggan has done it. I'm now jumping on the Tony/Emma ship. They're giving serious power couple energy and I'm loving it.

Tony's inner world referencing Deliverance (one of the best IM issues) was amazing.

Feilong is still a compelling bastard you want to see get punched in the fast

This is one of the strongest issues in this run. I really hope Tony x Emma continues to be this well writtenmore

The Stark sentinels are upon us!

The covers and promos played up Emma's role (fortunately), hoping it stays that way because this is a IM comic

Tony calling Sunfire by his name was sweet

The message from Howard and new element was basically stolen from Iron Man 2

Feilong is such a bastard, I love it! Feilong whopping Tony after Tony's win was needed to e stablish him as legitimate threat. Feilong gaining his powers being stated as "Feilong might as well have been alone in a cave" is a neat parallel.

The last line about who people will cheer for when they see the Stark sentinels has me looking forward to their reaction. Knowing Marvel's civilians and how they feel about mutants I can see them cheering for Feilong as their saviour.more

Amazing Tigra solo issue.

It was a great character study about Tigra, the balance between being a mother and hero, living on instincts, her insecurities (i.e. trust), and her relationships with her child, Hank and Marc.

It's rare for an issue to summarise a character's life so well, like before this issue I didn't even know Tigra had a child, or that it was with a Skrull Han k chick. Add him to the contrived Pym family tree. So I guess William is a skrull too then?

My personal issue is the romance. I don't like Marc x Tigra, never have. They work great as platonic friends and I don't want a relationship to ruin that. Ppl are gonna say it won't, but the thing is there's a high chance they'll be split up once the next writer comes along. I just hope it doesn't affect their relationship.

Side note: I guess Hank is officially dead. R.I.P.more

Iron Man saving the people of Norway from an asteroid was awesome.

I love the relationship between Tony and Big Fred and hope we see him again 🥹

Tony finally getting a solid W. Marvel does him dirty so much it's surprising & satisfying when it happens.

I like the rivalry between with Tony and Feilong. The pettiness e.g. Feilong's calling Tony old and Tony saying he's fatherless is making their dynamic fun.

It's still early days but i can see the potential to being a good nemesis- Feilong and Tony share many similariti es (both genius industrialists who uses tech, have abandonment and father issues) but their values and motivations are complete opposites.

Duggan's Tony characterisation is perfect: he's angry at feilong for killing innocents but remains levelheaded, thinking two steps ahead trying to gauge/learn about feilong and poking the anti mutant Musk to see his reactions. He's not arrogant or cocky, but smart, competent and mature, and I love it!

Emma looks amazing. I'm curious what her role will be.more

Some of y'all need to chill...
Is 'Tony at his lowest' are common troupe? Yes. So is Peter being broke or Daredevil being depressed. It's not that deep.
Story wise I'm enjoying this:
- Good Tony characterisation
- Riri playing a prominent role in this run (which is very rare for marvel legacy characters)
- A mysterious, interesting villain that's fucking with Tony behind t he scenes
- Good usage of IM's villains i.e. I like that Living Laser wasn't just a 1 page mook and has his own role in this story arc. He showed a little bit of growth in implying to team up with Tony to take down the enemy, but is still a full blown villain.more

Great first issue. I love the idea of Tony writing his autobiography. The first couple of pages is giving you a rundown of everything you need to know about Tony's past. This narrative device makes you feel the weight of Tony's history. He's been through a ton of shit over his 60 years that isn't acknowledged enough. Also using the CliffNotes style where he's editing, deleting and re-wording as he goes, gives you a glimpse of who he is and how he operates. He's a tinkerer who is, again, using his past to shape his future.

I have to commend the creative team for pulling off a reset where new readers and old readers will be pleased. The first couple of pages retracing Tony's life makes this run feels like a continuation and not a blank slate, it touches: his origin, the classics (Demon in a Bottle) (Mullet Hair), the modern (Stark Tower, Stark Unlimited), and the current (the Hellfire Gala) (the gear he bought from Source Control) (the Mandarin's rings). However, it's done in a way that it's still a accessible jumping point for new readers.

The characterisation is on point : Tony is focused, confident, self aware, not overly jokey or wallowing in self pity and his altruistic heroic nature shines through & none of the bad characteristics writers have given him over the years (no mention of ego). This is a good balance of classic and modern Tony. He feels real. The irony is that this is what Cantwell was aiming for and yet Duggan has a managed to capture a better voice for Tony than he ever did.

I like this story-arc's plot. I know some may say "it's another Tony hits rock bottom" run which is true. However, the difference is the execution eg. Tony's characterisation is far better than Cantwell's, instead of the problems stemming from Tony and making the public hate him out of nowhere- here it's external. It's done in way to antagonise Tony but highlights someone old/new in his life is manipulating events behind the scenes to show him in a bad light. While this is happening Tony maintains his resolve and altruistic nature in saving people. That's why this is enjoyable and not the misery porn where past writers invoked how much they don't like him in their work.

Also, something that is overlooked but I really like is how self-aware Tony and the plot is that his presence puts ppl in danger. I don't care about Tony having a secret identity, but from time to time it did bother me that there was no consequences. I get marvel stopped caring about most of their heroes having secret identities, but this issue reminded the benefits & negatives when you ain't got it: Tony's building blew up and in result his neighbour died, in the A.A. meeting he can't concentrate because he's on edge who would be hurt next. Those raised stakes were missing in his books.more

This was my least favorite issue ngl.

There was too much exposition for my liking. Lady Yulan's backstory along with Tutor could have been told much easier and faster through flashbacks.

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 freed from him immediatelymore

It annoys me to no end that Danny was stripped off his powers and reduced to "the guy from the subway" just to make way for a new "Asian Iron Fist".

I really don't like the writer choosing Swordmaster as his pet project. Lin Lie was chosen for the Sacred sword, was chosen by Shao Lao to inherit the iron fist... if he was a female he'd be called a Mary Sue. And I wouldn't argue it

The worst part is Danny already had a student- Pei. Now the girl was reduced to being a background character. Where are the feminists fighting this?!

Overall: I like the story, but hate the agenda behind itmore