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Fresh off the “Iron Man” movie, Marvel is launching a new ongoing Iron Man series, “The Invincible Iron Man,” by the creative team of writer Matt Fraction (”Punisher War Journal,” “Immortal Iron Fist”) and artist Salvador Larroca (”Uncanny X-Men”).

Tony’s a ladies man in “Invincible,” but also the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and his priorities lie with the latter. Introduced in “Invincible” is new baddie Ezekiel  Stane (who first appeared in Fraction’s “The Order”), son of the original Iron Monger. The younger Stane takes weapons tech a step further, and has improved his own body with technology.

Stane is using an upgraded version of Stark tech to turn people into suicide bombers. Ezekekiel has the opportunity to become a major villain for Iron Man, replete with ties to history and ideological differences with Stark.

Fraction drops Pepper Potts and James Rhodes into the story, in ways that seem to owe a bit to their movie incarnations, but that are also pretty well in line with their modern continuity.

Larroca’s art looks great; from the technology to the expressions to the backgrounds, Larroca fires on all cylinders. “Invincible Iron Man” is a powerful launch for a solid creative team.

– Matt Price