Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 4: Stark Disassembled

Though I've been into comics since the early 1990s, to be honest I truly wasn't immersed into the world of Iron Man until the feature film. Around that time "Invincible Iron Man" kicked off in the comics and taking the advice of my local comic shop owner, I used it as my launch point into the world of Iron Man.I've been hooked ever since and this installment, 'Stark Disassembled' is no let down. The writing and the art of the series continues to hold its ground as the issues progress. Volume 4 is a terrific ride, continuing on right where it's predecessor left off (I won't ruin it for any of you, I'll just say...READ IT).The trades are a great way to compile story arcs in their entirety and for those patient enough to wait for their release I high reccomend picking them up (plus it cuts down on the wear & tear on the original prints).I got done reading Stark Disassembled and almost immediately had the next installment ordered. Highly reccoment picking this up.

Great Book!! not as great as Vol3 but great story, as always Stark had a backup plan from the start. The book was a premier edition which is pretty sweet considering how its value could go up in a few years if i hadn't opened it. The edges were slighlty wrinkled despite the plastic and intense packaging. But great buy considering i saved about $10 compared to Borders.

this one isn't for the kids and that ain't due to graphic content. the slow pacing in vol 4 is a huge risk for what's been a very marketable series. it works great as long as it stays in reality. tony's last recording & pepper's debate are great pieces of writing that do great things for the characters. in the hands of a lesser creative team this should cause a revolt and possibly a series cancel. 4+ straight pages of a single talking and barely moving head is really dicey for this business, but works beautifully here and i give props to the team for pulling this amazing feat off. the time inside tony's psyche however is more cliched fluff than substance and goes on forever. for all the time they spend in his head i don't understand or care for tony's character any more or less as a result. i was actually a little excited to get know his parents some, but for all the time that they are in frame i only get the vaguest sense that they had a dually positive and negative impact in his life. what parents can't you say that about?there are some great moments that will last in your memory for a while. it's great to see the avenger's trinity coming together for their prodigal brother. dr. strange is fantastic (once again, only in reality though). there are other goodies i'll let you discover.get this if your a fan of the series. otherwise there are much better entry points into this great run by fraction & larroca.

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This is a nice attempt to wipe Civil War from our minds, but ultimately it just feels hollow compared to the previous volumes of The Invincible Iron Man.First off, Pepper Potts regresses into a whimpering, Tony Stark worshiping, completely cowed and uninteresting character. This is such a huge step backwards, and it's not helped that we're told through Tony Stark that we should be happy she is this way.Maria Hill is here and has all of two interesting things to do through the several issues. Same with any of the characters; most disappear very early to fight in The Siege Marvel event. There's more development in a few pages between some doctor and hotel owner.The Tony Stark worship isn't isolated to Pepper Potts. Captain America even has a line about how he's better than the lot of them. It sadly echoes the joke of DC comics, where no matter what super-duper powered wheover is there, it's Batman who needs to save the day.Tony Stark himself has absolutely no character growth. Instead, it's just a retread of his legacy and the people who've died in his life. That was already explored in detail through the last few volumes; why is it being brought up again? Especially considering the outcome isn't a renewed sense of purpose, or a change of focus in what the Iron Man suit will be used for. It's just there and it's so cliched.There is absolutely nothing here that needed to be stretched out into anything except a couple issues, not the four or so collected here. Get it, if you absolutely feel the need for a complete collection of the volumes, but the only truly relevant element comes from the last two or three pages.This is poor value for money.

The events leading up to this Iron Man collection would lead one to believe that the Mighty Thor is somehow involved in the decision in whether to help resuscitate Tony Stark. And if you buy the book, there is Thor, splashed all over the entire back cover, deep in thought of what to do with this man who violated his genetic code some time ago (see Marvel Civil War).Instead, nearly the entire book takes place inside Tony's skull. Memories and arguments with himself. There's some neat scenes with Pepper and Maria Hill comparing notes (!), but there is next to nothing happening in this volume at all. The book ends with Tony Stark waking up with some memory lapses, such as what he did during the Marvel Civil War.With the preceding volume leaving Stark's life in the hands of Doctor Blake, aka Thor, I had hoped we would have had a great adventure in Valhalla for Iron Man, where Thor tests him as a hero, and whether he still qualifies as one. No time for that story, let's have the espionage character 'Ghost' run around phone lines. Far more exciting! Wanted to see Tony talk to the newly-alive Steve Rogers, aka Captain America? You wasted your money if you looked for it here!Be wary of Matt Fraction's work in the future. His job here was to stretch out Stark's recovery, fitting the demand of some corporate memo, but darn poor storytelling. Do accountants write Marvel's story arcs, now? My advice is to wait for the next book to come out, which hopefully will do a better job exploring Tony Stark's real life dilemmas, and not trapping him (and the reader) in pointless dreams for 5 issues.

I love Iron man and as a whole, this volume of Iron man has all but blown me away. As an end to that "story" (but so far as I know not an end to the volume) this book does very well at twisting things on it's head and exploring the mind and some of the peripheral characters in Stark/Iron man's life. It doesn't have any bearing on the Siege war and that's probably why it doesn't carry Siege in it's title, although it clearly takes place during Siege.1) Good continuation of Iron man Storyline.2) Art work is good but not exceptional.3) Good use of peripheral characters.4) Although a little cliched storyline ending it's well executed.Overall, it's good but not amazing. Not what I'd say the norm from this volume really!

The Invincible Iron Man series is fantastic! I've bought all of these graphic novels in order, they are fantastically well illustrated and the story line is engaging throughout!Invincible Iron Man was the first 'comic' that I had ever bought, I've not been disappointed once.

I bought this as a xmas present for my boyfriend and he loved it, packaging was great, came on time too :)

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