This book is so good right now . . I don't know what's better, the story or the art. Both are phenomenal! Matt Fraction is weaving an incredible tale here about the friction between Tony Stark and Ezekial Stane. Basically, Ezekial's father had taken over Stark Industries at one time. Tony got it back but not before affecting Obadiah's son, Ezekial. He wants to be Tony. That's really it in a nut-shell. So he's been doing all kinds of stuff to his body, with all kinds of pirated Stark-tech, until he feels that he's as good as . . or better than, Tony. Which, ultimately, why he blew off the top floor of Starkdynamics Tower in Taipei. He did it because . . he wanted to see if he could survive. Meanwhile Tony is dealing with all the stuff that Tony has to deal with. But now, all of that is multiplied by 10 because of Ezekial's involvement. At least now Tony knows who's been behind all these bombings around the world. Now he just has to figure out what to do about it. Salvador Larroca does the art on this series . . it is fantastic. It's probably some of the best stuff he's done to date. And he's got a lot of good stuff out there. It's hard to believe that with as many irons in the fire as he has, that he can still be this good. He uses a painted style on most of the book, except for the flash-back scenes where he keeps it rather simple. Both styles are equally effective. I've always liked Iron Man. I just can't buy everything, so this was one of the ones I passed up. However, with the launch of the new series, on a lark, I decided to get it. I very happy that I took the chance. So far it's been a great series, and with Matt and Salvador at the helm, I'm sure it will be for some time to come.
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