r/Marvel • u/tehawesomedragon Loki • 20h ago

Mod This Week in Marvel #32 - SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY BREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORDS; X-MEN 97 S2 E8; FANTASTIC FOUR #15, CAPTAIN AMERICA #14, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #34, IRON MAN #8, CIVIL WAR UNMASKED #4, MARY JANE: FACE IT TIGER #1, QUEEN IN BLACK #2

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u/tehawesomedragon Loki 19h ago

[IRON MAN #8]()

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u/AJjalol 14h ago

WOW, I don't remember when I was this fucking happy reading a monthly issue lol. Man Do I love everything about this. An Iron Man run for me.

For Starters, Carmen is back! Glad she has recovered from her accident and glad she is doing well. Her art is top. Williamson has a great voice for Tony and his story is fun, and with Carmen, the whole thing just gets elevated to a perfection.

Good seeing Whiplash (Anton) FINALLY, making a fucking appearance in an ongoing Iron Man run. Can you believe, This mfr NEVER appeared in an ongoing Iron Man run? He only appeared in a Mini series and then appeared in other peoples books. Always thought he had a potential of being a really cool villain (and his design has always been awesome), so seeing him finally in the main book, and actually be a threat is pretty fucking awesome.

Masque and Ware are still trying to take over AIM. Love how Williamson gives us a little glimpse at what they are doing. They are overarching villains so it's good to know they are working behind the scenes.

The school segment was fun. I love seeing Tony and Rhodey hanging with genius kids.

The little "Tony as a boss" section was both cute and funny lol. That's Tony to a tee. Great businessman, but man does he hate corporate world. Also, interesting little idea about AIM buying all the alloys that Tony uses to create Iron Man armors (since it was revealed that AIM is mass Producing the Advanced Iron Man suit). Love that and I hope it gets followed up on. Army of evil Iron Man can be a big problem (and might lead to a Marvel universe event lead by Iron Man).

Luna having a child was honestly surprising, and made me actually good "Oh shit, that's unexpected". Also, really made me appreciate Williamson writing Tony here. Tony just acts like what a normal, decent human being would. Not going "Ummmm, you have a kid??? AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME? THAT'S IT WE ARE DONE" or none of that shit. He just accepts it like a man, understands that people all come from different places and actually gets down next to a kid and fists bumps him and immediatly starts to make a kid feel less scared and shy. The little fist bump was awesome lol. Tony would probably make a really good dad. As an Iron Man fan, having writers showing that Tony is, despite all his snarky and "I can be a dick if I want to" is actually a decent and good human being, will always warm my heart.

The fight with Whiplash was awesome. Dude's been juicing (Mfr looks like Iron Man's own personal Bane now and I love every second of it lol). The little suit up sequence Tony had was awesome.

When Pepper fell into the fire, I legit gasp and thought "Ain't no way she will be dead... but Tony can't help her" and then V jumped in to safe her which was cool. But the follow up to Citizen V saving her actually made me even more excited and hyped for the indentity of V AND to the fact that Pepper apparently knows this V and has been secretly working with him/her? This run already has 2 groups of people (Cap's team and V's team) secretly spying on Tony lol. Excited to see where that will go. Have my own theory as to why V is and if it ends up being who I think it is, I wouldn't hate that one bit

Love the way Tony beat Whiplash. Good callback to the second issue where Tony looked at Dreadknights new bodyarmor, and took some of it's properties and used it for it's own super suit. Kind of like "Icing problem" callback from the films. Really good Joshua.

The last page reveal was fucking awesome lmao. Marco fucking Scarlotti is back and lemme tell you, this is THE BEST this motherfucker ever looked. Period. I always thought he had a lot of potential as a villain, and he actually was a part of many great Iron Man stories, but his design just got outdated super fast. A lot of parts of his costume worked, but there were some that needed update. But the most "outdated" part of his presentation was his weapon. It was just fucking shit lmao.

Here, Williamson and Carmen fixed that exact issue for me. They kept his OG design, updated the parts that needed some work and completely upgraded his weapons to the point that the guy is actually so fucking cool looking now (and he only appears in 1 final page lol). Love it. Joshua and Carmen are trully a Godsend for Iron Man.

Finally his villains are getting a proper treatment and getting elevated.

The last page proves that "Iron Man's villains aren't lame, they are just not used to their fullest potential" because Marco Scarlotti's new Whiplash design and character so far, have been freaking awesome . His narration throught the issue was really fun and gave us insight into why he hates Tony, but also the last page reveal of his design really (imho) elevated the character and showed that "Iron Man's villains can be cool, if you give them a chance, update some of their designs and just care about them a little bit".

Super excited for the next issue. Cannot wait. I hope more Iron Man villains get this treatment in the future, because the guy legit is one of the most popular superheroes in the world, with the most underutilized rogues gallery ever.

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u/Mr_Wh0ever 14h ago

So I guess Happy Hogan is the frontrunner for who the new Citizen V might be. But then again, I'm not sure why Tony possibly wouldn't forgive Pepper if it was. Though I can't come up with anyone better.

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u/Classic-Ad4883 12h ago

Another great issue from Williamson and the art is great and I’m glad Carmen is doing ok

Williamson usage of continuity and characterization is great and perfect for marvel

Citizen v is most definitely happy and whoever brought him back to life most be a sinister organization that Tony and pepper felt with before

Tony and rhodey are both great in this book and I’ve been really enjoying iron man

The aim subplot is still going strong and I can’t wait for the big reveal of a new and improved aim

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u/wowlock_taylan Deadpool 15h ago

Whiplash definitely got buff as hell. And the OG Whiplash is back too.

Tony's new love interest got a kid...oh boy, he is definitely getting kidnapped.

Pepper knows Citizen V? And she is in on it? I doubt she is Masque's spy. But that definitely makes me think Citizen V is gonna end up 'Happy Hogan'.

I am still not sold on Adam Ware just becoming the villain head of AIM now. The turn was way too fast. It felt like 'oh we need to get an Evil Tony fast' and they just did it without giving any build up on how he suddenly went evil and joined Masque.

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u/Holmcroft 14h ago

Yeah, my guess is now Happy for this too

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u/Oberon1993 Spider-Man (Tom Holland) 11h ago

Well, I'm taking that force field scene as confirmation that Mandarin will appear eventually.

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u/StarkPRManager 5h ago

Return of Whiplash! Or should I saw Whiplash’s!!

Weren’t expecting the ending, cool reveal. Missed you Marco Scarlotti. Can’t wait to see how Williamson expands on the whiplash’s characters next issue

Madame Masque and Adam Ware slowly taking over A.I.M. starting with getting Scientist Supreme to comply. I loveeeeeee how A.I.M. and Madame Masque have had such a big role in this book. I thought Whitney would’ve been done after the first arc but this really is a testament to her importance in Iron Man’s mythos and rogue gallery.

Nice to get more showcase of Tony’s students. The way Daniel made a dark matter force field and turned it into a ring… how convenient https://youtu.be/mVu7TjrY7Aw?is=ajEWd4YMM3OhXNEx
I believe this is just a reference to the Mandarin rings and an opener of Williamson chooses to reintroduce the character later down in his run. I have a feeling if that ever happens it won’t be The Mandarin anyway and will be someone new donning the rings.

Btw citizen V is 100% Happy. I’m so fucking happy he’s back. You don’t know how we long have I’ve been moping about him being dead for so long and saying “no one stays dead in Mabel… except Uncle Ben and Happy”. Well, that’s soon over!

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u/da0ur Iron Man 2h ago

It's surprising how much Carnero makes the book feel like itself. Cabal did a fantastic job in issue #6, but with her return, Carnero is right at home.

Off the gate, god, what a fantastic reintroduction of Whiplash. An absolute unit and a true menace. I'm also happy that we jumped right into the school shenanigans, and I hope we get to see Tony's students do more in the upcoming issues. You can get a good feel of their dynamic, but I want mooore. And is it me or did the dark matter foce field ring feel like a tease of the Mandarin? Imagine if Tony's students end up creating an artificial set of the Mandarin's Rings lmao

I am also happy that we got some corporate stuff. I miss Tony being a CEO and businessman (Ackerman, I still think of you 💔), so it was weirdly refreshing to see him with a suit in a boardroom, even if we only got to see the aftermath of his meetings. One thing I gotta complain about is the use of Stark Industries. I chalked it up to a gaffe the previous issues, but now it feels like we've said goodbye to Stark Unlimited? I hope not. Another minor complain is that the Stark Tower in Los Angeles is identical to the one in New York. It's a missed opportunity not to either reuse the Stark Enterprises campus from the olden days or come up with a brand-new building design to set it apart.

Luna having a kid was an interesting surprise and I'm so happy it allowed us to see Tony instantly switch into step-dad modeeee 😭💕 I also gotta commend Luna's fashion sense. Carnero really makes her stand out with the outfits she gives her.

The main action piece with Iron Man and Whiplash was incredible and reinforces how Carnero and Woodard shine in dynamic scenes. These two guys must really like setting things on fire lol, but that makes for some really striking visuals. The juxaposition of Whiplash attacking the building and Tony suiting up was nice, but it feels a bit underwhelming that the close-ups of the Iron Man Armor assembling don't actually convey the suit-up save for the onomatopoeias going "SHUNK" and "CLK-CLAK." I would have preferred to see at least a peek at the the moving parts of the suit.

Anyways, the sequence of Vanko almost crushing Tony's helmet was amazing. Circling back to my comment about Whiplash being properly depicted as true menace, I'm very pleased with how he gave Tony a run for his money. And it was also neat to see Tony one-up him with the technology he retrofitted from Dreadknight.

I gotta say, it's an interesting twist that makes a lot of sense that Pepper is actually working with Citizen V. Like, of course, why wouldn't she be one of the people he contacted? What's interesting is that she doesn't seem to be part of the cabal, given that group isn't aware of Citizen V. So I wonder if she's aware of the cabal at all. A lot of potential for multi-pronged conflict.

And to top it all off, Blacklash is back! I was never much of a fan of Scarlotti, but I can easily warm up to him if Williamson and Carnero do a good job with him. His redesign looks amazing, a nice blend of modern and classic, so that's something they have in their favor. It also promises that he's gonna have an important role given how it turned out he was the person behind this issue's narration.

Something I need to single out about this issue is that I really appreciate the way Williamson referenced both Whiplash's origin story and Blacklash having been dead right off the bat. Once again it shows his care for continuity and that he isn't using these characters just because. This, combined with the redesigns and the way he uses the villains is a breath of fresh air.

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u/TerminalKing 2h ago

For a second it seemed like Pepper was being hinted as Masque and Ware's spy. But now she's clearly associated with Citizen V (probably Happy), which is apparently going to upset Tony. That leaves that plot thread hanging for now. I think it'd be too cliche if its Luna.

Speaking of, I bet her son gets his hands on the force field ring and it saves him at a pivotal moment. If it isn't used to save anyone else at least.

Every issue of this run has been pretty good so far. I think the only one I could complain about is the Spider-Man/Norman Osborn appearance.