Future of Iron Man

[valtyr]

An interview with Matt Fraction about the future of Iron Man is here


"I kind of consider Peter Parker to be the moral center of the Marvel Universe, and I consider Tony to be the most morally flexible, the most morally unhinged hero in the Marvel Universe."

Well.

Some talk about Fear Itself.

"Tony has a big role, and it’s an important role, but he’s not just the guy next to Captain America."

Well, shoot. I like when Tony is next to Cap.

And Pepper:

"She is critical to the book, and my plans therein. Pepper going forward is a big deal."

Awesome. :)

What do you guys think? Excited about Fear Itself? Looking forward to upcoming storylines in IIM?

Comments

Same, I'm pretty burnt out on events myself

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

But the comic companies like it because of the heightened interest and they move more titles that way, so like the poor, events will always be with us.

Even though Marvel promised that there wouldn't be an event for at least a year to eighteen months. Wasn't Siege just last year? Crud.

Saying that though, if you have a good writer on an event, it will make it feel epic. Jonathan Hickman is impressive, and he seems to be a man whose writing talents work best on a big stage. Whenever you read his work on a title, you can feel the ambition and ideas bursting from their seams. He wants an event, and I'd be willing to see what he could do with one.

I like Pak in that same light, too. Same for Van Lente, Tobin, et al. But Fraction seems to be Marvel's blue eyed boy at this time (just like Bendis was back in the day), given his high profile titles and such.

Re: Same, I'm pretty burnt out on events myself

[booster-blue.livejournal.com]

-sigh- I know. It sucks in new readers, so they'll keep at it until their blue in the face.

Was Heroic Age considered an 'event' - because it sure as hell wasn't handled as a new status quo. And if that's the case, they are really cranking these events out, which is certain to have a degrading effect on the quality of the writing (as a whole).

And, I agree, a good writer can sometimes make all the difference. But for some reason, Marvel's Golden Boys were almost always guys that do better with solo/duo set ups. Joe Q's favoritism will forever plague us, it seems.