Tony Stark: Iron Man #14 Review

Words:Dan Slott & Jim Zub/ Art: Valerio Schiti /Marvel It’s been a long time, shouldn’t have left you; without an iron suit to step to. Tony’s back! Dan Slott and Jim Zub are on the m-i-c delivering another entry into the Stark continuum. Issue #14 rides in strong on the heels of the resolution of the War of Realms. Tony did his Tony thing, helped save the day, fought a dragon, made Odin some armor, kept it snarky and boom. Back to your regularly scheduled. Now that Marvel’s Lord of the Rings homage is complete, we get back to the techno-opera that is Tony Stark: Iron Man. Slott laid the groundwork for an arc that opened Iron Man’s character profile into a fully blossomed lotus. We’ve been given more access to Tony and his world than any singular retcon could ever rectify. Now that we’re all up in Tony’s whole life – Slott and Zub set all of the aspects of Tony are laid out like a deck of cards. This arc’s theme is centered around ‘upgrades’.

Still reeling from learning he is not much more than a living simulation of his former self, Tony is on a mission to better himself. Realizing he’s more biologically digital than analog, he goes to work on his own mind. At Stark Unlimited morale is still shaky as #TeamTony is still recovering from the assault from Baintronics via The Controller. Issues #12 and #13 saw Iron Man make some tough choices that left Tony to pick up the pieces. As a CEO in crisis, his company is caught in a web of corporate espionage. As a failing friend,…