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Of Embassies and Origins - Justice League International Part 2 (Eaglemoss Collection v77)

  Review: Since we are doing a series of reviews focusing on Booster Gold over his nearly 40-year history, we include this one as a collection of some of his earliest appearances, dating to late 1987. That places the original publish date of these tales while his original solo series was still going strong.  This book is a beautiful, glossy hard-cover with smooth and heavy-stock paper inside, although the sometimes-low print reproduction quality leads to blurred and hard to read word balloons on occasion. It is also a rare book here in North America, as Eaglemoss Collections targeted UK fans with this series. At this point in the history of the 1987-rebooted Justice League, they have gained official United Nations recognition and sanction. To ensure their reach truly is global, they rebrand as Justice League International (as does the title of the series!) and they open new headquarters buildings around the world: New York, Paris and Moscow are included here. As this is a product of 19
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Tony the Pusher - Superior Iron Man volume 1 Infamous

Cover of Superior Iron Man volume 1 - Infamous

 

Review:

"I'm not playing God. All this time I've been playing human." In this one brilliant line, Tom Taylor captures the full arrogance of Superior Tony Stark. It is not an attractive look.

Who is Superior Iron Man? Psychic fallout from an Avengers battle with Red Skull has altered Tony's personality. The result is a more self-centered (if that was even possible) and sinister Stark. Any altruism is gone, replaced by a laser focus on his own wealth, power and pleasure.

He uses a widespread distribution of Extremis 3.0 to turn all of San Francisco into addicts who will pay any cost - do anything - to recapture that short-lived taste of perfection. When Daredevil tries to stop him, Tony hits back with the ultimate temptation: temporary restoration of Matt Murdock's sight. Will Daredevil fight for his principles or be seduced by a beautiful sunset and the faces of his loved ones?

Yildiray Cinar dazzles throughout a range of demands on his artistic abilities. The forced perspectives, the fluidity of Stark's symbiote-infused armor, the panels showing us Daredevil's radar sense, then his vision gradually fading back to radar - all are well done and enthralling.

The fifth chapter is the origin story of the unfortunately named Teen Abomination. It is a superb bridge from these stories into the main story arc of volume 2, and gives us a glimpse of humanity still buried in Superior Iron Man.

This superior being is not a likeable character. A repulsive anti-hero you will root against. It is to Tom Taylor's credit to be able to turn us against such a well-known character and hero.


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What is the price of perfection? How much would you pay for beauty? Immortality? Tony Stark has what you want - but at a terrible cost! The Axis effect has left Tony a changed man: He's more stylish, more confident and more cunning than ever before. And he's ready to lead San Francisco into the future with the widespread release of a remade version of Extremis - the virus that once nearly destroyed Tony! Daredevil isn't down with Stark's new vision, but can the Man Without Fear lead the rebellion against the Superior Iron Man? How far will Tony go to keep the secret of his success private?

Collects: Superior Iron Man #1-5

Authors: Tom Taylor
Artists: Yildiray Cinar
Published By: Marvel 
Published When: Jan. 19 2016
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN: 9780785192497
Pages: 136 pages



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