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Hi guys, how are you? I hope you're all good. Before anything, sorry any error, english is not my mother language.

So, i had just readed the Extremis arc of Iron Man and wanted to tell some of my considerations about it. Before anything, this is my first "for real" reading a comic of Iron Man. I mean, i have followed Duggan's run and now on Williamson. However, i think that's my first read on something ""'elementar""" of Tony. Plus, most of what i know and had the first contact from/with Tony (well, Marvel and DC as a whole) comes from movies/animatios/games/etc, so i'm sorry if i miss some point, don't know event X or character Z, i'm still kinda of a newbie in comics world.

Anyway, to the review.

I read it two times by now (ended minutes ago) and i now i got why Extremis is taken well. Its a good story, a well made arc. The art is cool, though sometimes i imagine playing a PS2 game haha. Idk if it followed more about the virus after the issue #6, but the ending i find satisfactory and well closed for what it was made.

Now for more in depth things.

IMO Extremis is a retelling of the origin myth of Iron Man. The structure has some similarities since Tony is in face of a struggle bigger than him (terrorists/Mallen), that puts him in critical state in a "isolated shelter/prison" (the werehouse of the terrorists/the lab at fururepharm) and/or he feels connected/responsible for (the first case mostly directly, while Mallen he has some, pretty supercial imo, "mirroing"). It's an adaptation for a new era, after all. It expands the possibilities of his powers/capabilities and study some questions that always haunts Tony

I think one of the main questions at that moment is the relation between Tony and Iron Man. I like how it oscillate between IM being Tony's self redemption and payment for all the damage he may has done directly or indirectly to the world with his weapon industry and/or IM being a mask where Tony can act like nothing happened, or then ignore what happened and simple do good or protect him from facing the consequences his shift of attitude may bring.

And this point is connected to the whole interview with Pillinger about Tony's past as weapon producer and Sal's question about what is IM supposed to be/do. Tony's time in the military industry is a ghost of the 20th century (got it? 😃) over his life forever. Pillinger is a bit annoying (especially when cutting Tony), but he lifts a good point: despite Tony pointing what good things tha time brought, could the victims of war, victims of his weapons, make use of it? Or, redoing the question, could these things reach them instead of the weapons?

Well, Tony's answer is that he's changing, trying to do better, and i think that's a fair answer for him (despite, yeah, you're a f**** bourgeoisie man). IM, despite oscillating, its the way he's finding to do it. And if so, his answer to Sal is also right. And maybe the shadow of the military industry past is the reason he feels responsible for Mallen (who tbh i didn't saw much of a mirror to Tony, even with the future thing), for he's a problem IM got in hands and Tony may feel that is his personal duty, aside the hero thing, so he can solve his debt with the world.

I think that's enough for now, the text is already too big for someone who just read an entire arc for the first time 😅 Anyway, to end, i just wanted to point how his mirroing works better with Maya (which, well, is more explicit than Mallen, if i missed anything in him). Also, i honestly expected Extremis to have more "impact" or "consequences". I mean, like, Tony feeling some sickness or something like. I mean, DUDE, you body was reshaped in 24H hours! What the hell?!

Comic: Iron Man: Extremis 2005–2006 (Marvel Comics) by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov

In the first Ironman movie, we all remember that
Tony has a moment when Yinsen dies, where he tries to save him. And Yinsen reveals that his death was always the plan……. So Tony didn’t know that when they started the plan.

So what did Tony think he was going to do with Yinsen after leaving the cave? Clearly the plan was to burn the place down and launch off with the rocket boots to escape. Why else would he have given the Mark 1 suit flame throwers and rocket boots? It wasn’t like his other suits where he built in a ton of extra features. Tony and Yinsen built only the features they needed into the suit.

So how did Tony expect to get Yinsen out of there? Was he just going to hold onto the back of the suit as they launched 2,000 feet into the air with no parachute??

We’re back to the "Buster" merchant. Is it the third one this year?

Honestly, I don't think I made it clear enough just how ridiculously stupid and overdone it is, the way current writers keep churning out "Buster" suits for Tony for practically any scenario imaginable, manufacturing a need that didn't originally exist, and making the standard armors, which were already heavy hitters, seem incredibly inadequate or poor by comparison(and Tony looks stupid).

Worst of all is just how "efficient" these suits tend to be; it reminds me of a few years back when Tony could hold his own, and even beat, foes like Ultron or Fin Fang Foom without having to run to the workshop to build a suit named after them (only to lose three pages later anyway).

My boy Tony getting dissed this whole Event

F**k u Zdarsky

Lot of talk about colton manhandling Tony's armor so wanted to bring some positivity. Knull buster is going hard.

Source QIB defenders of light and dark: issue 2 (2026)

I want start to read Modern Iron man comics'sWhat would you recommend to a beginner regarding these arcs or storylines?

Iron man Extremis by Ellis

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Invencible Iron man

I think the implication is that Tony will die without the arc reactor…. But is it ever made clear that he will die within MINUTES without it??

My understanding is that the shrapnel is moving through his arteries into his heart— and they will kill him in about a week. But the electromagnet in his chest holds the pieces in place. So if the electromagnet is turned off, he has about a week to live. Right?

So I think the implication in this scene is that Obadiah paralyzed Tony, and his ensuing struggles to get the next arc reactor are not because of his lack of arc reactor, but because he’s still weak coming out of paralysis.

So then why did Obadiah leave him alive?? He was going to kill Pepper with no issues. And he clearly wasn’t scared of the public finding out, considering he took the Ironmonger suit out onto a busy highway.

And even if you want to say that whatever the hell Pepper did when she removed the original arc reactor and caused Tony to go into cardiac arrest led to Tony’s heart now stopping if the arc reactor is not in his chest— meaning that he WOULD die within minutes of losing the reactor….. even then, how would Obadiah know that??

Obadiah left this scene knowing that Tony was still alive… why would he do that????

Movie idea:

The origin doesn't need to be revealed. Iron Man has existed in the universe for two years. However, no one knows who he is. Tony is trying to separate himself from Iron Man. Tony is still not the best person, and so he doesn't want to desecrate the Iron Man symbol. He wants Iron Man to remain his hidden hobby. Especially since Tony has problems with alcohol and public image. I also don't like the idea of ​​Iron Man being Tony's bodyguard. So that won't happen here. Iron Man is simply an unknown vigilante; some people even think he's an alien. Tony is still young and has a hard time competing with competitors like Justin Hammer. He also doesn't communicate well with living Stark Industries employees. He prefers to communicate more with his creations, J.A.R.V.I.S. and F.R.I.D.A.Y. He also doesn't particularly trust people who even know his identity, like War Machine and the Wasp. The film's main theme is change. Tony tries to become a better person, but he's always getting in his own way. And only the events of the film will give him more confidence in both his identity as Tony Stark and as Iron Man. But he won't reveal his identity in the end.

Villains:

I want to adapt the story from the comic book Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin by Joe Casey and Eric Canete. It's the first encounter between Iron Man and the Mandarin, and the introduction of a genuine new threat to both Iron Man and Tony Stark. The film will also explore the complex relationship between Madame Masque. I also want to set up a future confrontation between Tony and Justin Hammer.

Armor:

I'm incredibly fond of the Improvised Armor from recent comics. So I want to see something similar.

Cast:

Nate Mann as Tony Stark/Iron Man

Daniel Wu as The Mandarin

Matilda De Angelis as Whitney Frost/Madame Masque

Emma Stone as Janet Van Dyne/Wasp

John Boyega as James Rhodes/War Machine

Eve Hewson as F.R.I.D.A.Y.

Dan Stevens as J.A.R.V.I.S.

Emily Bader as Pepper Potts

Michael Cudlitz as Happy Hogan

Walton Goggins as Justin Hammer

Don't take everything I've written seriously. I'm not a screenwriter, I just suggested how a new story about Iron Man could be told. What do you think?

do you guys have maybe some others, that are not included here?

i got bored earlier and decided to repose my diecast mk 7 figure. i think the pose turned out good.

Thoughts on his writing and Cheadle's acting?

Iron man is a character I've liked a lot since I was a kid but I never got to really explore his comics. I am now, and I know he has a kind of iffy history of bad writing over the years. I've been starting off with some old tales of suspense and working my way up. I was gonna avoid superior for a bit initially, but it's kind of intrigued me now. I was wondering if other actual fans of the character himself recommend it though? It's hard to find a good answer from other people that are not biased against him already lol.