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Its a big week for fans of Iron Man.  Not only do we get the latest part of the Stark Disassembled storyline, but we also get the final issue of the current series of War Machine.  Its worth noting that War Machine should be read before Iron Man, as Iron Man will spoil the finale [...]

After 12 issues, the strong of Tony Stark being on the run from Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R. has finally come to an end.
I must admit.  As much as I really enjoy Fraction’s work on this book, I’m unsure how I actually feel about this conclusion at the moment.  The run has been filled with great [...]

I’ve been a bit quiet on Dark Reign recently.  To be honest, I’ve been thinning out my pull list (budgetary reasons), and while I’ve enjoyed some of the minis, I’ve had to make harsh choices and drop them.  Also with the recent “The List” mini-event, I’ve started to feel Dark Reign’s starting to just become [...]

Dark Reign rumbles on in the Marvel Universe, and it still sucks to be Tony Stark, as he’s quickly shot down after wandering into Russian airspace on his way to the latest of his private facilities.
The person doing the shooting turns out to be Tony’s old friend, the Crimson Dynamo who’s unimpressed by this person [...]

While I’ve by no means been buying more than a fraction of Marvel’s Dark Reign titles, I’ve still been enjoying what I’ve bought a lot, so I figured it made sense to do a more general catchup than focus on specific issues.
Iron Man I’ve talked about in depth on the blog before, so I’ll not [...]

Bit of a low-key comics week for me this week, although I noticed how I picked up more Marvel than DC titles for the first time in a while (3 Marvel vs 2 DC). Sadly Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks #1 which I was really looking forward to, didn’t seem to make it to [...]

The latest issue of Iron Man has hit the stands, and things are still not going well for Tony.
While Pepper is being introduced to her new armour (which is run off the miniature arc reactor in her chest and has an onboard computer called Jarvis, very movie), Tony drops in to see an old friend [...]

Well, that wasn’t entirely what was expected.
For anyone expecting a big fight between the New and Dark Avengers, this issue is going to disappoint. The cover is in fact, the only place the two teams appear together. However, that said, this was still an enjoyable issue and the conflict actually played out in [...]

Despite feeling a bit burned by the Avengers titles during Secret Invasion, and personally not being too bothered about the New Avengers lineup, the idea of them facing off against the Dark Avengers is enough to get me interested in this issue.
Newsarama now have the preview for the issue up and I must admit the [...]

I’m still trying to limit myself a bit with some of the Dark Reign titles, however this month I’ve still found myself picking up a few extra books, just to see the new status quo.
Out of all the books this month though, the must-buy really had to be Dark Avengers #1, which saw Norman setting [...]