Essential Iron Man, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9780785118602 ISBN: 0785118608 Label: Marvel Comics Manufacturer: Marvel Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 512 Publication Date: 2005-08-03 Publisher: Marvel Comics Studio: Marvel Comics
Customer review of: Essential Iron Man, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) Customer Rating: Summary: Essential Ironman Vol. 1 Comment: Just got this book and man am I disappointed! Oh, it's thick enough, lots of content. And the graphics are clear, and its dimensions are nice. But... I expected it to be all in color like the original comic issues, but only the COVER was in color! 600 pages of comic issues in black & white?!! This sucks! What was the stupid publisher thinking?! Reading comic books starring superheroes should be seen in their colorful costumes,. Seeing Ironman not in gold and red, or the hulk not in green but in sepia tones sucks!!!!!!!! I am hugely disappointed. Customer Rating: Summary: Must have for Marvel readers Comment: WOW, what else can be said about this collection of original Iron Man stories. I read all these as a kid, but like most kids of my time my mother threw them all out. Well, even though the originals may be worth many thousands at least you get to read the original stories once more. Too bad they are not in color the only draw back. Customer Rating: Summary: Classic or Dated? Comment: This early Iron Man stuff probably needs two reviews to do an honest job. Old-time comic fans will appreciate this collection of these early stories and the introductions of so many classic Iron Man enemies. The 1960s writing is a nice bit of nostalgia, and the art by people like Steve Ditko and Don Heck is very fun to look at. But to a younger person, perhaps coming to Iron Man from seeing the movie...not so much. The stories and enemies will seem hokey and the "red menace" stuff will lack the meaning it had to people my age who lived through the Cold War. I love the marvel essentials series, but let's face it...these are pieces of nostalgia. Early marvels were pretty poorly written stuff. Once Stan Lee established the formula of a hero who whined and carped about his personal life all the time, it became formulaic very quickly. These stories fit in that mold, 18 pages of fighting some communist and a few panels of Stark whining about the metal plate on his chest. If you understand what you are getting this is a great inexpensive way to grab all these early Iron Man comics...but I wouldn't buy it for a kid. Customer Rating: Summary: Great stories from a different time Comment: What a great way to read the old stories. The Essential collection from Marvel has always had both positive and negative aspects. In the case of Iron Man, volume one gives us the origins of his most popular villains. The work of Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Sol Brodsky, Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers and Chic Stone is excellent. Storywise, what can you say about tales that are so highly collected. Tales of Suspense #39-72 is a great run. Another bonus is the Bruce Timm cover. [..] Customer Rating: Summary: Black & white reprints of classic four-color comics...? Comment: I honestly don't get the appeal of these books. Why bother making (or reading) black & white reprints of classic four-color comics...? I mean, yeah, the stories are still great and the original comics are hard to find, but a huge part of what made these comics great was the eye-popping artwork, including the bright primary colors: reading them in dull B&W is just plain wrong. Sure, the printing costs are lower, so you can get more pages for your money, but it's more pages of boring, not more pages of fun. It's really a travesty. On the other hand, it recently occurred to me that these could be used as coloring books... Maybe you could buy a box of crayons to go along with all the artwork that the publishers ruined in this format. (Axton)
Editorial Reviews: Experience the armored Avenger's earliest adventures - including classic confrontations with arch-foes Crimson Dynamo, the Mandarin, and the Titanium Man. Guest-starring the X-Men, Captain America, and the Black Widow.
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