The Invincible Iron Man #5 Review

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis / Artist: David Marquez /Marvel Comics So far, Brian Michael Bendis’ Invincible Iron Man series has been a pretty serviceable flagship book for the All New, All Different Marvel line of books. Though it didn’t come across right away in the story-line, the book takes a new tact with some old characters as well as some old problems in Tony Stark’s life. In fact, the story has been such a lighthearted approach (in comparison to a lot of the previous major story arcs), it almost comes across as a superhero dramedy about a man-child billionaire getting his shit together while making the world a better place. Okay, so Issue #5 is one of those Bendis comics where the effectiveness depends largely upon how you feel about Brian Bendis’ style of writing. One on hand, the end of resolution of one of the first major conflicts ended on a highly positive. I mean, come on….a Marvel team-up between Iron Man and Doctor Doom against Tony’s demented criminal ex-girlfriend? There is basically no version of reality where that’s not an awesome scenario. None. The relationship Bendis is establishing between Shellhead and Doctor Strange? That is good, old fashioned Larry the Cable Guy, “I don’t care who you are” hilarious. Also, adding David Marquez’s ridiculously good looking pencils and Justin Ponsor’s cleanly rendered inks makes the whole affair that much more entertaining. Easily, this is one of the top three best looking books Marvel has to start the year off righ…