Ultimate Comics: Iron ManArmor Wars
Written by Warren Ellis
Art by Steve Kurth
2010
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Whizzz! Pow! Bang! Wooooo!
I don't know (don't care) if it's the right meaning of the phrase - but I hereby declare this book to be one of the best examples I know of "pure comics." Knowledge required of background stories = nill. It might start of recounting the events of Ultimatum but really it could be anything. All that's important is that Tony Stark is the most glorious jerk in the whole world and stuff exploding, things looking sleek and cool and every single line is a quotable nugget for you to hold close to your chest forever. I heard that this is somewhat based upon some Iron Man back in the 1980s - but I didn't get any of the references. I just soaked in the blissful escapism and all the little Ellis mind-bombs set up along the way. With comics this good - you don't need anything else. Sublime.
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Links: Comic Book Resources Review #1 / #2 / #4.
Further reading: The Ultimates, Ultimate Iron Man, Ultimate Comics: Avengers, Iron Man: Extremis, Iron Man: The Invincible Iron Man.
Profiles: Warren Ellis.
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