Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - Tom
Invincible Iron Man #1; Cover by Joe Quesada
With the success of Marvel's first in-house movie; Iron Man! Robert Downey Jr and director John Favreau gave the fans and movie go-ers one hell of a movie with great story telling that stayed true to the comics, also providing humour and action along the way. Watched the movie, now try the new series with Invincible Iron man #1.
Invincible Iron will be the second Iron Man on-going series along side Iron Man: Director of Shield. Starting from issue #1, Invincible Iron will be more super hero based.
A bold new ONGOING TITLE for the biggest hero of 2008! IRON MAN! You know you love him! And as the summer’s most anticipated movie boot-jets its way into theaters, here’s the perfect jumping-on point for new readers and Iron Man fans alike! Tony Stark – Iron Man, billionaire industrialist and director of S.H.I.E.L.D. – faces the most overwhelming challenge of his life. Ezekiel Stane, the son of Tony’s late business rival and archenemy Obadiah, has set his sights, his genius and his considerable fortune on the task of destroying Tony Stark and Iron Man. What’s worse, he’s got Iron Man tech, and he’s every bit Iron Man’s equal and opposite…except younger, faster, smarter…and immeasurably evil. Rising star writer Matt Fraction (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) and superstar artist Salvador Larroca (UNCANNY X-MEN)
The Mighty Avengers and the New Avengers come face-to-face with the original Invaders consisting of Captain America, Bucky, Human Torch, Toro and the Sub-Mariner. From the battlefield of World War II, the Invaders have been transported to the present day were they are confronted by the two Avengers teams. Avengers/Invaders is a twelve part maxi-series by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger & Steve Sadowski
Coming out of Image Comics; from the creator of Dynamo 5 and Noble Causes; Jay Faerber brings his newest creation Gemini, a super hero whose identity is so secret, even he doesn’t know what it is! Gemini is a five part mini-series, penciled by Jon Sommariva.
Joe Kubert the co-creator of Tor returns to his classic character in a six part mini-series by DC Comics. Tor exist in a prehistoric world where he finds surviving on his own a struggle, trying to discover what is means to be truly human in a world he barely understands. Many questions plague his mind and is violence the only answer?
Michael Bay's Transformers continues in the comic books from IDW Publishing. The Reign of Starscream takes place where the movie ended. A sequel to the epic movie, we find that Megatron has fallen and now Starscream takes over as the new leader of the Decepticons. Gathering up his fallen mates, Starscream has a new plan for revenge. We also find out what happens to other surviving characters in the movie.
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