Tony Stark Always the Jerk

I was starting to forget that once upon a time (like a few years ago), Tony Stark replaced Nick Fury as the director of SHIELD after winning the Civil War against Captain America's forces.

And he was partly to blame for pushing our poor Spider-Man into revealing his identity in national television, which made Kingpin target Pete only for the sniper's bullet to miss and hit Aunt May, which caused the whole ONE MORE DAY fiasco...

God I miss the old New Avengers

While checking out the latest preview for the second issue of Avengers: Children's Crusade, I saw this particular shot...


DAMN! I just wish various Marvel events didnt break up the original roster. If there was no Civil War then maybe there should not have been any One More Day nor were Cap and Iron Man split right down the middle over their beliefs and personal philosophy.

The Best Iron Man 2 Poster... EVER

I was reading the movie review for KOTAKU when I found this interesting piece of art.

I Am An Avenger (again)

Chicago Expo Exclusive IM2 Minimates

(Tony Stark and Natasha Romanova 2 pack)

With the dawn of a new decade comes another exciting year of comic book and pop culture fan gatherings – and 2010 is already shaping up to be one of the biggest and best convention seasons on record! With both the San Diego Comic Con and New York Comic Con events already on the schedule for July and October respectively, we’re excited to announce our attendance at what is sure to be the largest and most extravagant convention in the Midwest – the first annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo – C2E2!

Operated by convention veterans Reed Exhibitions (of New York Comic Con fame) and housed in downtown Chicago’s spacious McCormick Place, C2E2 is already shaping up to be one of the year’s premier shows thanks to an all-star guest list, special event programming and a host of convention exclusives – including two from Diamond Select Toys!

DST’s exclusive delivers two of the stars of this spring’s upcoming blockbuster Iron Man 2 in Minimate form! The Iron Man 2 Stark Expo Minimates Two-Pack will only be available at this show and features Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark and Scarlett Johannson’s Natalie Romanova as they appear during the fictional Stark Expo event. Each Minimate two-pack will retail at the show for $8.00.

A second convention exclusive will also be available through Action Figure Xpress in the form of the Iron Man 2 Battle Tactics Minimates Box Set. This con-only set includes battle damaged versions of both Iron Man and War Machine plus Racecar Tony Stark and the first-ever Iron Man 2 Nick Fury!

As always, DST will have personnel manning the booth to interact with fans and showcase upcoming releases – including a few surprises like our daily 2010 C2E2 Minimate giveaway! Stay tuned for more updates and programming announcements as this monumental geek event approaches!

*****

The Race Car driver Tony Stark looks awesome. And a battle-damaged Iron Man Mark IV? Invincible!

The Monthlies: Invincible Iron Man # 21

Iron Man's New Armor

Marvel just released the new armor for Iron Man post "Stark Disassembled"


According to Newsarama,

Overnight at Marvel.com, the House of Ideas showed off their latest: an all-new armor for the metal Avenger, Iron Man.

This newest iteration of 'ole Shellhead's battle-dress features the familiar Red and Gold color scheme, but a streamlined look and redistribution of colors gives it a unique style.

According to Marvel's piece, the look was co-designed by now longtime Invincible Iron Man writer Matt Fraction and the designer for the Iron Man and Thor movies, Ryan Meinerding. Fraction is quoted as saying, ""The inspiration for the new design came from thinking about a sleeker, leaner, tougher Iron Man. If technology is increasingly getting smaller and lighter it seems like the Iron Man should do the same: ergonomic and aerodynamic."

Marvel does note it will still be Tony Stark in the new armor, and the debut will come in April's Invincible Iron Man #25.

So... what do you think?

SIEGE # 1 Scans....

So, SIEGE is finally here. I just dont know where to start this short review.

Well for starters, its written by Brian Michael Bendis with art chores coming from Young Guns member Olivier Coipel (who previously worked on Thor with JMS)

It's been much talked about and hyped about as the end of Norman Osborn's so-called "Dark Reign" and frankly, I could really care less. The problem with the Bendis led mid-events are the fact that whoever's top dog appears in over 40 to 75 comic books from Marvel.

It happened to Stark, and it happened to Osborn. There were more misses than hits and it's been dragging on for awhile.

I was never really planning on getting SIEGE because of the mere fact that it was another event. And I am so sick and tired of reading event books that do little - to no changes whatsoever.

So going back to SIEGE, there were lots of loose threads that Bendis tried so hard to write and finish off.

If theres anything that I am really hoping SIEGE delivers is that it TRULY brings back Thor, Captain America and Iron Man after several years away from each other.

Bendis also plans on "finally" unveiling the secret of the Sentry (which was really great under Paul Jenkins, not Bendis)

So going back to the story itself, one of the Warriors Three, Volstagg managed to kill hundreds if not thousands of people during a random encounter with some of the Hood's stooges.



Unknown to many, this was only a part of Loki and Osborn's schemes to seal Osborn's so-called control over the world.



Ares and the Sentry, together with their DARK AVENGERS teammates storm Asgard in retaliation for the deaths in Soldier's Field.




During the initial attack, the Sentry does a DRAGON BALL and slowly destroys Asgard from the ground up.





When Thor finally appears to help his Asgardian brothers, he gets a sound beating (which I still can't accept and understand... Okay, so maybe Sentry may just beat Thor now, but the Thor I knew was capable of putting up a decent fight against the Golden Avenger.)



This later catches the attention of Captain America Steve Rogers. For people looking for our favorite Avenger Iron Man, well, by the story starts, it seems like Stark Disassembled just finished and is well on the way to a full recovery.




If theres anything that redeems this book, I'd probably say that it was the art. Having a great inker and colorist on your side is such a great thing. Compared to his previous work on HOUSE OF M, i'd probably say this was WAAAAAAAAAYYYY better.

Who Will Save Tony Stark?

And things are setting up pretty nicely for SIEGE. Its an interesting cover as well simply because, all three of these guys appeared recently in the pages of INVINCIBLE IRON MAN. Just before Norman Osborn "killed" Tony Stark. Can't wait for this.

The Monthlies : Ultimate Comics Avengers # 2

NICE! CAP'S STILL A BAD ASS!

More of ScarJo From Iron Man 2

Will import this to my Multiply site

Enjoy folks!

How Marvel's Civil War should have ended

Scarlet Johansen is the Black Widow

Nice.

Magazine cover's asking if we missed the Armored Avenger. All I can say is....

HECK YEAH!

And Black Widow looks great.

As for Mickey Rourke as Whiplash - I really have no idea what his costume is? At least the comic book version of Whiplash had the decency of wearing spandex. Mickey's Whiplash, in case this turns out to be the official costume, just sucks ass...

Iron Man Origami (Kewl)

Direct from Jon Favreau's Twitter page (somebody sent this to him....)

And I just had to swipe it.

hihihi

War Machine # 1

A requested comic book by Msr. Madstick.

Here you go chum!

Cut and Paste: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V93A50X0

Credits to the original scanners and buy the real thing ok?

Sideshow Collectibles' Iron Man Silver Age Bust

Whoah! Its so shiny and looks really really awesome.

I wonder how much this would fetch?!

Art Adams Art

More works from the man...

(Click to enlarge this one)

New Avengers Illuminati (Complete Series)

These were the fellas that started the whole damn Secret Invasion. If it werent for them Earth 616 wouldnt even have Skrull problem.

Wonderfully written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Jim Cheung.

Like it? Pick up the real deal okey? (I know I have)

Credit to the original scanners BTW...

COVER GALLERY

Synopsis: The gang tries to infiltrate the Skrull homeworld only to get soundly beaten by the Skrulls themselves. They find themselves becoming guinea pigs for a short while before making a break for it. But not before getting the Emperor's wrath.


Synopsis: Reed Richards calls a meeting to discuss the gathering of the Infinity Gems. Apparently he feels that it is up to the Illuminati members to protect the Infinity Gems with their lives. Which is cool and all. Special appearance by UatSynopsis: During the Secret Wars, the gang (minus Iron Man) delves into the mystery behind the Beyonder. What they find is something very very sinister.
Synopsis: You dont mess with the Illuminati. In this ish, The group kicks the living hell out of Marvel Boy ( Noh-Varr, who makes an appearance in Secret Invasion himself). Namor never rocked so good!


Synopsis: The bad boy issue is finally here. A skrull has infiltrated this secret organization. You will never believe who it is!

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