Don't be sorry. I completely understand the need for a good rant. ^_^
I call Extremis the jumping off point into the era of Tony we have now. We had that conversation before about Extremis being the ultimate enabler. The first 14 issues volume 4; Extremis, Execute Program and the 2 issues of Civil War tie-in; are really the last push forward (and a fairly good one at that). But after Civil War I had to walk away from Marvel and comics and a lot of fandom in general, due more to the fans than the fandoms themselves … which is a long story worthy of a comic book itself where I had to accept certain sad truths about humankind and their interpretations of fiction reflecting it.
Back to #500 before I digress more. I think I've accepted that this is going to be the Iron Man we have until there is a restructuring of writer/art/direction not only in this title but Marvel overall or they acknowledge this is the low moment and we get that rebuilding momentum again. Tony has always been a character that when laid low gives some of the best opportunities to do something different.
Having only been a wee little fan-girl when IM #200 ended the Obidiah Stane arc I would have loved to experience it as it was happening over the course of the THREE YEARS it took to tell the story. I can only hope that if we ever get rebuilding it's half as good as those issues.
Looking back at the previous 100s issues I kind of want to do a retrospective post but I'm not really sure the best way to go about it.
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I call Extremis the jumping off point into the era of Tony we have now. We had that conversation before about Extremis being the ultimate enabler. The first 14 issues volume 4; Extremis, Execute Program and the 2 issues of Civil War tie-in; are really the last push forward (and a fairly good one at that). But after Civil War I had to walk away from Marvel and comics and a lot of fandom in general, due more to the fans than the fandoms themselves … which is a long story worthy of a comic book itself where I had to accept certain sad truths about humankind and their interpretations of fiction reflecting it.
Back to #500 before I digress more. I think I've accepted that this is going to be the Iron Man we have until there is a restructuring of writer/art/direction not only in this title but Marvel overall or they acknowledge this is the low moment and we get that rebuilding momentum again. Tony has always been a character that when laid low gives some of the best opportunities to do something different.
Having only been a wee little fan-girl when IM #200 ended the Obidiah Stane arc I would have loved to experience it as it was happening over the course of the THREE YEARS it took to tell the story. I can only hope that if we ever get rebuilding it's half as good as those issues.
Looking back at the previous 100s issues I kind of want to do a retrospective post but I'm not really sure the best way to go about it.