The Invincible Iron Man
| The Invincible Iron Man | |
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 Cover to The Invincible Iron Man #1. Art by Salvador Larroca. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Publication date | July 2008 – present |
| Number of issues | 34 (+ 1 Annual) Reverted to original numbering after issue #33 to issue #500. |
| Main character(s) | Iron Man |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Matt Fraction |
| Artist(s) | Salvador Larroca |
The Invincible Iron Man is an Eisner Award-winning comic book ongoing series written by Matt Fraction with art by Salvador Larroca, published by Marvel Comics and starring the superhero Iron Man. After issue #33 The Invincible Iron Man returned to its original numbering with issue #500.
[edit] Story arcs
[edit] "The Five Nightmares" (#1-7)
Iron Man fights Ezekiel Stane, son of Obadiah Stane, as he tries to destroy Stark Industries.
[edit] "World's Most Wanted" (#8-19)
With his Extremis powers failing, Stark uploads a virus to destroy all records of the Registration Act, thus preventing Norman Osborn from learning the identities of his fellow heroes. The only copy remaining is in Stark's brain, which he is trying to delete bit by bit while on the run in one of his extra armors.[1] As Osborn has him hunted as a fugitive, Stark travels worldwide on his quest to wipe out his mental database, going so far as to inflict brain damage on himself. When Osborn personally catches up to the debilitated Stark and beats him savagely, Pepper Potts broadcasts the beatings worldwide, costing Osborn credibility and giving Stark public sympathy. Stark goes into a vegetative state, having previously granted Donald Blake (alter ego of the Norse-god superhero Thor) power of attorney.[2] During this catatonia, Pepper receives a holographic message from Tony revealing a way to 'reboot' his brain, returning him to normal. While Donald Blake and Captain America resolve to use this method, Tony offers to remain in his near-brain dead state, if it would make things easier for Pepper.
[edit] "Stark: Disassembled" (#20-24)
A message is displayed to Pepper by the armor in which Tony reveals there is a way to reboot his mind but offers to remain like that if it makes things easier. He also says Osborn cannot copy his or S.H.I.E.L.D. technology and that it will take Captain America, Thor, and himself to clean the mess Osborn will do once he goes crazy. Donald Blake (Thor) and Captain America (Bucky) decide to use it even through Pepper doubts Tony can come back when so many others cannot. Meanwhile, Madame Masque hires Ghost to kill Tony. In Stark's subconscious, he is trapped in a never ending loop where machines attack when he attempts to dig for something before the scenario resets. In his subconscious, a hallucination of his parents (Howard and Maria) help him find an iron chest which was what he was digging for. He puts it on but nothing happens. In the real world, Tony's recording outline how to reboot him, involving installing Pepper's electromagnet onto his chest, jack the hard drive Maria Hill recovered from Futurpharm into his head and then use Thor's thunder to boot his brain. However when it happens there is no result so Doctor Strange is called in to help Tony come back while Ghost arrives only to fail. Tony's brain is successfully rebooted; however, the reset point was sometime before the Civil War, leaving Stark with no knowledge of the current status quo.
[edit] "Stark Resilient" (#25-33)
Justin Hammer unleashes the mechanical hero Detriot Steel on a world not ready for that much metal and chrome, and God help anyone that gets in his way. Tony keeps sifting through the ashes of his old life and tries to rebuild who he is and what he does. War Machine struggled to be a man of war in peacetime. Meanwhile, Pepper Potts is on the road to recovery, but nothing is free from complication in Tony Stark's world and that means the debut of an all new Rescue. The gand at Stark Resilient burns the midnight oil against an impossible deadline, but they're not the only one manufacturing a world-changer. Justin Hammer is building an army of bombers as air support for Detriot Steel. And all of Tony Stark's plans are in danger as the greatest foe he's ever faced is revealed.
[edit] "Mandarin: The Story of My Life" (Annual #1)
[edit] "The New Iron Age" (#500)
[edit] "What It Was Like, What Happened, and What It's Like Now" (#500.1)
[edit] "Fix Me" (#501-503)
[edit] "Fear Itself" (#504-509)
[edit] "Demon" (#510-515)
[edit] Awards
The Invincible Iron Man won the 2009 Eisner Award for Best New Series.[3]
[edit] Collected editions
The series has been collected into a number of individual volumes:
- Volume 1: The Five Nightmares (collects #1-7, 184 pages, hardcover, December 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3461-1, softcover, March 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3412-3)
- Volume 2: World's Most Wanted, Book 1 (collects #8-13, 152 pages, hardcover, August 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3828-5, softcover, November 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3413-1)
- Volume 3: World's Most Wanted, Book 2 (collects #14-19, 160 pages, hardcover, January 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3935-4, softcover, May 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3685-1)
- Volume 4: Stark Disassembled (collects #20-24, 136 pages, hardcover, July 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4554-0, softcover, January 2011, ISBN 0-7851-3686-X)
- Volume 5: Stark Resilient, Book 1 (collects #25-28, 128 pages, hardcover, September 2010, ISBN 0785145559, softcover, February 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4556-7)
- Volume 6: Stark Resilient, Book 2 (collects #29-33, 136 pages, hardcover, February 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4834-5, softcover, August 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4835-3)
- Volume 7: My Monsters (collects Annual #1, #500.1, #500, and material from #503, 168 pages, hardcover, June 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4836-1, softcover, November 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4837-X)
- Volume 8: The Unfixable (collects #501-502, Free Comic Book Day 2010: Iron Man/Thor, Rescue #1, and material from #503, 120 pages, hardcover, September 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5322-5, softcover, March 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5323-3)
- Fear Itself (collects #504-509 and Fear Itself #7.3, 144 pages, hardcover, March 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5773-5)
- Volume 9: Demon (collects #510-515, 144 pages, hardcover, July 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6046-9)
As well as two Marvel Omnibus editions:
- The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus, Volume 1 (collects #1-19, 344 pages, March 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4295-9)
- The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus, Volume 2 (collects #20-33, 408 pages, January 2012, ISBN 0-7851-4553-2)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Invincible Iron Man at the Comic Book DB
- Invincible Iron Man at the Grand Comics Database
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