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colonel_green (colonel_green) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-21 13:51:00

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char: black widow/natasha romanova, char: donald blake, char: green goblin/norman osborn, char: maria hill, creator: matt fraction, creator: salvador larroca, publisher: marvel comics, title: invincible iron man

"World's Most Wanted": Denouement

Four scans from Invincible Iron Man #19.

First, having repossessed that drive (which we still don't know the nature of; this is even called attention to when Natasha asks Hill what's on it, and Hill says she never asked), Black Widow and Maria Hill make their way out of Stark Tower (why hasn't Norman renamed that?). However, some guys turn out to be blocking their way.

Elsewhere, after his tech support attempts to redirect him to Pakistan while Tony flies to Dubai, Norman finally catches up and beats the shit out of him. However, the news media is alerted to this, which means Norman doesn't get to murder him, to his disappointment.

Given how cavalier Norman has been throughout this arc about breaking the laws, I at first wasn't sure why he'd be expected to follow it in this case, but since they've just had a Stark-related PR disaster, I suppose it wouldn't do to have him mysteriously die in custody (and, also, Fraction's been building a lot on the idea that most of HAMMER's infrastructure is residual from SHIELD, and thus not just a bunch of evil minions).

A decent finale, overall, to an arc that had a lot of good parts but suffered from being at least a third longer than it needed to be.

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	thandrak 2009-10-21 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	We know what's on the hard drive. That's trivial! It's time for a little hypervelocity. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jarodrussell 2009-10-21 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	Please don't drag Tony 2.0 into this mess. I still have fond memories of that Iron Man. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thandrak, 2009-10-21 08:34 pm UTC

thandrak, 2009-10-21 08:37 pm UTC

jarodrussell, 2009-10-21 08:43 pm UTC

thandrak, 2009-10-21 08:47 pm UTC

jarodrussell, 2009-10-21 08:56 pm UTC

va1tyr, 2009-10-21 09:10 pm UTC

	thandrak 2009-10-21 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, and finally, we get to say it. Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all, or if he moves, will he fall? Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyrotwilight 2009-10-21 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	VENGEANCE FROM THE GRAVE! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thandrak, 2009-10-21 08:35 pm UTC

	the-nerk.livejournal.com 2009-10-21 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	No, he knows exactly where it is; he's probably blind; no, he cannot walk; he is, technically, alive; and no, they all appear to be elsewhere. Well, technically, he doesn't "know" where it is, since he's got no thoughts in his head. It is, however, exactly where he left it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	pensive1 2009-10-22 04:58 am UTC (link)
	Your comment just restored my faith in humanity. Scans_daily, ilu forever. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	va1tyr 2009-10-21 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	All right, I've hated this whole arc, but I cackled at 'Doctor Donald Blake'. Oh Tony. That's - oh man. That's totally in character for Tony. Also I like the photo background behind the Helicarrier. (Reply to this)

	sherkahn 2009-10-21 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Who the hell is Dr. Donald Blake?" Oh, no, Norman. That is a question you do not want answered. The answer make come to you in terrible Thunder. I guess this sets up Seige. (Reply to this)

	jeyl 2009-10-21 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	Looking at the First Page with Maria Hill Hmm. I'll take "What you'll never see in Star Trek ever again" for $300. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	unknownscribler 2009-10-21 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	Halle Berry? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jeyl, 2009-10-21 09:12 pm UTC

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jlbarnett
2009-10-21 10:48 pm UTC (link)

I bet you could see it in the next movie.

Take that crazy lady from TOS that stole Kirk's body and give her a ship due to the numbers problem Starfleet is having. Retcon the women can't be captains plot from that ep. Instead of "women can't be captains" it's "women can't captain five year first contact missions due to the unknown societies they encounter" They just get to do the boring stuff after some first contact mission with a female captain led to an attack on a landing party because the society they met with didn't respect that.

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toby_wan_kenobi, 2009-10-22 12:22 am UTC

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	mullon 2009-10-21 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah! It was much better when you were clowns for her! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	unknownscribler 2009-10-21 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	Of course it is -- it was obviously her intention to make sure Bucky got to wear the blue long johns instead of Steve. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	brandiweed.livejournal.com 2009-10-21 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	Norman seems incongruously pretty. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-10-22 12:44 am UTC (link)
	I read that as "incongruously petty" and immediately thought, "no, he's ALWAYS been that." Also, insane. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thokstar 2009-10-21 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	That deaf, dumb, and blind Tony sure plays some real hardball. (Reply to this) (Thread)

stolisomancer, 2009-10-21 08:03 pm UTC

qob, 2009-10-21 08:20 pm UTC

	arilou_skiff 2009-10-21 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, Fraction has been shit thus far, but "Who the Hell is "Doctor Donald Blake"?!" I think that's the first CMOA of the title. (Reply to this) (Thread)

jarodrussell, 2009-10-21 06:57 pm UTC

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jarodrussell, 2009-10-21 07:12 pm UTC

	Can Larroca leave the title now? jazzypom 2009-10-21 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I agree, the arc went on at least three issues too long. But hey, Fraction and co won an Eisner ¬_¬. What do we know? ¬_¬ (Reply to this) (Thread)

Re: Can Larroca leave the title now? -

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pensive1, 2009-10-22 05:03 am UTC

starwolf_oakley
2009-10-21 08:28 pm UTC (link)

Tony Stark isn't Bruce Wayne, but he almost always has a plan. If there's some way he could go through all this and (a) come out alive and whole and (b) keep the secret IDs safe from Norman, he would have done it. Even Matt Fraction said there was a reason Tony hadn't thrown himself into a volcano (IIRC).

Stark Tower (why hasn't Norman renamed that?).

This might sound odd, but maybe Norman had some respect or admiration for Howard Stark, which is why he didn't rename Stark Tower. Before he went "Goblin Formula Gonzo," Howard Stark was Norman's role model in business. Just an idea.

Finally, the SHRA Database is gone? This isn't exactly "handwaving" CIVIL WAR, but it's close.

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	manofbats 2009-10-21 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	I'm kind of confused as to why Norman Osborne expected to know who Tony's physician was. (Reply to this) (Thread)

neuhallidae, 2009-10-21 08:45 pm UTC

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	kd_the_movie 2009-10-21 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	SOOOOO GLAD I DROPPED THIS BOOK. What a shitty ending. No fulfilling conclusion at all. Ties directly into Stark Disassembled (which is probably going to be a six parter) meaning you have to get 18 issues just to get any significant progression from The Five Nightmares. (Reply to this)

cygna_hime
2009-10-21 10:28 pm UTC (link)

Oh, Tony. Figures you have to be brain dead to get your character back. Because of course you'd give Thor the ultimate authority over whether the plug gets pulled or not, no matter how much he hates you right now.

However, I have a feeling Tony's supposed to have a plan beyond "my most complete and dramatic self-destruction yet", and this does not quite fly for me. This is Tony we're talking about. Plan A is almost always "dramatic heroic suicide", followed by a quickly-improvised Plan B if and only if Plan A fails or is shot down by his friends. Since Plan A seems to have gone off without a hitch, I look on the existence of Plan B with suspicion.

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	Thank the fates it's over at last. pensive1 2009-10-22 05:06 am UTC (link)
	And we all know, as Henry Hellrung famously said, "Tony's always loved Thor." (Reply to this)

	lieut_kettch 2009-10-22 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	Now shall Norman Osborne feel the booted foot of the Odinson rammed up his fundament! (Reply to this)

	01d55 2009-10-24 12:56 am UTC (link)
	So it seems pretty obvious that the mysterious hard drive is a back up to restore Tony's brain. My take on the plan isn't that it's a Xanatos gambit so much as it is a gamble - Tony didn't actually know that Osborn wouldn't just kill his vegetative body but it was worth a shot. (Reply to this)