Iron Man: Demon In A Bottle TPB

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Colonel Fury threatening to take Stark's technology away from him becomes a little bit more important later on. Also, from a fanboy's perspective, there was a bit which sent goosebumps up my spine, when Tony mentions Scott Lang's daughter Cassie. What I didn't realize is that it's mainly the one issue (the last in this collection) that deals with it.

While it was surprising to see the main topic of the story only gradually come to the fore, it made since in retrospect. The next day, after a lot of drinking, he tries to work, but he's unable to do so, so he just goes out to help some people, before he has to go protect a foreign ambassador. It's a bit heavy-handed, sure, and full of the flaws that all socially-conscious comic books of the 1970s had, but it's a solid story with surprisingly subtle characterization and a truly kickass female lead (where has Bethany Cabe gone in the comics? By the mid-‘90s Tony was actively going to Alcoholics Anonymous, and later became a sponsor for Carol Danvers.

A brilliant tale for Iron Man fans, and a must read for anyone even remotely interested in the man, the suit, or the mythos. What else does this offer, a Mary Jane clone and some cool villains who are treated like incompetent idiots. I have been a great Iron Man fan since my childhood, for his resourcefulness and intellect, but as an adult the most appealing factor is that Iron Man isn't the stereotyped, spandex-dressed hero, whose faith and moral virtues are unbreakable.

Roxxon wants Iron Man and Namor to fight with each other, but they figure things out and they destroy Roxxon's ships. Hammer escapes, and Iron Man flies into the air and crashes down, damaging the island and causing it to sink. This story really helped people overcome their own addictions, or understand people close to them that have an addiction themselves.This is one of the very rare stories where a status quo was changed—something very rare in superhero comics which loves resetting to the status quo. When comics readers think of Tony Stark, they think of him as a brilliant inventor, an Avenger, and. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. A great premise, unfortunately we get only glimpses of Tony's alcohol problem in most of the time and only the last issue dives deep into it. Dave Wallace of the Comics Bulletin said the issues "are too generic and unremarkable to really stand up as great stories today," but said that "each issue is a satisfying story in its own right" and praised "the strong storytelling instincts that are evident from the composition of [Romita's] panels.

Montes of the Weekly Comic Book Review said, "Iron Man was never known for having engaging stories, but in this one rare case it happened and that is why we treasure it. Because it's just stupid bits of fluff, an example of that is Iron Man's boot stops working so he crashes then after looking at his boot goes nope it's ok any flies off.I've seen a lot of comics address addiction issues through sidekicks and friends of sidekicks, so it's great to see Marvel had the guts to use one of their biggest stars. Este tomo recopila 9 revistas de la colección del personaje, historias que llevan al mítico "Demonio en una botella". Plus, he has to address the problem of his alcoholism in a single issue that reads much like an Afterschool Special.