![]() This being said, there were certainly parts that felt disjointed and slapped together in exposition dumps. When read collectively, I can see the story flowing a bit more cohesively than it would have, had I waited to read monthly titles. So many comic book "events" seem to start strong, but then quickly fizzle- often because the premise is not fully fleshed out and winds up rushed OR because it is given too many issues and drags out (my guess would be in the attempt to make more money, at least most of the time). While I did like this better than some other Secret Wars tie-in series, I must wonder if part of this is due to the fact that I was able to sit and read all parts of it in one sitting. The plot really picks up when this world's vigilante Spyder-Man, finds some dark truths about Technopolis and Rhodey must ask himself how far can he push the limits and still be a man of the law. Since Arno and Fisk operate just within the confines of the law (that can be proved), Tony and Rhodes are forced to left them be. Besides Rhodes and Stark, we are also introduced to Wilson Fisk, this world's armored Kingpin as well as Tony's brother (and chief business rival) Arno Stark. Technopolis is governed by Baron Tony Stark. Like all of the "Battleworlds", this realm is ruled over by a Baron, who's allegiance is to Doom. We learn that in this technologically advanced city that humans must wear suits of armor in order to move and survive, due to an incurable disease that had ravaged the cities many years before. The series starts off from the POV of the territory Technopolis' Thor- James Rhodes, battling the Titanium Man. Characters with the might and hammers of the traditional Marvel god of thunder. In Doom's world, his police force are the Thors. Many tie-in series told tales of life in these worlds and Armor Wars is once such of these series. This realm contained bits of the traditional Marvel Universe (616), the Ultimate universe, and many others from various other alternate worlds. Doom was able to save pieces of destroyed universes to form a patchwork planet known as Battleworld. It remains tough to find a decent Iron Man book whichever world/dimension he’s in! James Robinson’s Armor Wars belongs on the comics scrapheap.ĭuring Marvel's 2015-2016 Secret Wars event, Dr. ![]() Awful! I suppose the grimy, dark colours fit the mechanical city setting but it’s not very pleasant to look at. Rough, grainy, even rushed in places - look at the hurriedly-sketched background figures in the fight scenes. Marcio Takara’s art is ok I guess but it’s got that really obvious digital art look to it that I don’t like. Real edge-of-your-seat stuff in that I kept wanting to get away from the book and leave it on the seat behind me! Peter’s girlfriend Kiri is building a giant robot armor for no reason other than to have it fight in the finale - nothing contrived about that! - and Rhodey does little in the way of detective work and basically stands about until the killer reveals themselves. It has no impact on the main event, familiar faces are killed off but it doesn’t matter because there are multiple versions of these characters roaming Battleworld anyway - so pointless! Some Secret Wars tie-ins were good regardless of their lack of impact because they were entertaining Armor Wars isn’t because it wasn’t. It’s super-hard to care about anything that happens in this book knowing that nothing in it is at all relevant or meaningful (assuming you’ve read Secret Wars itself). Here’s a character you’ve just met - now he’s dead! Interested in finding out whodunit? Not really… It’s not a mess it’s just not a very compelling story. Like most Secret Wars tie-ins, Armor Wars recalls Marvel’s past glory though having never read the original Armor Wars I couldn’t tell you if that was also about a dystopian tech-future and murder mystery (probably not) or how the two compare, but this particular Armor Wars is very boring. I guess the guy’s got bills to pay - a sentiment that always accompanies bad art. Ho hum, another Secret Wars tie-in that sucked! If, like me, you read his recent Image series Airboy and thought James Robinson’s BACK! then you were sorta right - he’s back hacking out more crappy work-for-hire comics but the Robinson-aissance began and ended with Airboy. But is his killer in hiding - or planning more murders? In the Battleworld realm of Technopolis ruled by Baron Tony Stark, the region’s Thor, James Rhodes, must uncover the mystery of who killed Peter Urich aka Spyder-Man.
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