Invincible Iron Man #22 and #23 recap and discussion post

[heworedecadence.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone! Thank you for all the kind words toward my recaps. Back by popular demand and a more relaxed schedule, I present the most recent two issues of Iron Man. In March, I will have more free time so the last issue of the arc and the following issues will get to you more timely.

Remember the rules, keep the discussions here because I can't reply to you on blog spot and try to keep the Fraction hate to a minimum. But you can rip apart Larroca all you want to :D

Without further delay...



http://starkoholic.blogspot.com/2010/02/invincible-iron-man-issue-22.html

http://starkoholic.blogspot.com/2010/02/invincible-iron-man-issue-23.html

Comments

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

I hate how Pepper seems to have forgotten all about asking Tony to turn off Happy's life support. You do not sleep with a dude after having him do this!

God yes. This is the creepy part for me. I can get all the rest--Pepper's had it hard lately, she's kind of losing it and Tony's a good target for emotional projection because he's the one she followed into this mess--but if Happy's death is still bothering her that much (and it's understandable) then sleeping with the guy who pulled the plug on him is...well, it starts getting uncomfortable. I can't help thinking the best way for those to add up is "flirting with a nervous breakdown." Which, admittedly, would also be understandable for her at this point. Given all she's been through, you have to wonder if even Pepper could possibly handle it all.

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

The thing is, Fraction's tendency to bizarro pacing made Pepper's Tony-blaming look like a much bigger deal than it actually is. Fractions spun it out over several issues, but all those scenes together add up to a single fairly short-term freakout that she had as a reaction to finding out that Tony had a plan to come back all along. There's no indication that she'd been dwelling on Happy's death and holding Tony responsible ever since he pulled the plug, and there isn't even any indication that she's dwelling on it now, post-surgery. I'd be pretty suprised if she brings it up again.