Director of “Iron Man” Jon Favreau teams up with former “Iron Man” artist (and designer on the film) Adi Granov for a four-issue miniseries starring Tony Stark.
First off, the book looks great. Granov has a great take on Iron Man, and his work is always a pleasure to view.
On to the story: Elsa Bloodstone is seeking a large dragon artifact to bring back to Las Vegas for the opening of a casino. The artifact, however, triggers a freak occurrence that hints at more dire events. (SPOILER ALERT - Granov has said in interviews that the dragon is Fin Fang Foom.)
Favreau keeps Stark in character, but some of the events are hard to swallow. A man with a bomb strapped to his chest manages to get aboard a Stark Air flight, forcing Tony to subdue the terrorist. The passengers, headed for France, boo Iron Man’s intervention and tell him to “go back to America.”
Even if the idea is to put out the idea that America or Iron Man aren’t that popular overseas, it still seems a lot to assume that 1. it’s pretty easy for a bomber to get on a plane and 2. people would boo their rescuer.
In any case, Stark takes their hint and heads to Las Vegas to hook up with some tattooed women, where he’s drawn into events with the golden dragon.
The “Marvel Knights” series doesn’t necessarily tie into official continuity, though it doesn’t seem to explicitly be outside it, either.
A pretty quick read with some nice art and clever dialogue in parts; it doesn’t entirely hang together, but it’s probably worth picking up for Iron Fans.
– Matt Price