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| The original, 'Iron Man' comes to life ready to kick some butt! |
This is something I have wanted to do for quite some time and am proud to be finally able to do so... That being, to be able to review and blog about comics!
I mean considering the type of material that is available from all of the current and previous publishers out there... It just seemed like it would be a natural progression, ya know?
Anyway, the first one that I thought that I would recommend is the first appearance of, 'Iron Man', with, 'Tales Of Suspense' #39 (1963) featuring the first appearance of, 'Iron Man'!
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| The first appearance of, 'Iron Man'! |
Now before I go on, let me talk a little bit about the, 'Tales Of Suspense' comic itself... Tales Of Suspense was essentially a subset science fiction comic book series that was published by Marvel Comics from 1959 - 1968, and helped showcase such artists as: Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby, and also featured such heroes as: 'Captain America' and 'Iron Man'... To name a few!
Now as for the story for the comic... Essentially it tells the story of millionaire playboy, 'Anthony Stark'... He is a genius inventor who has made all sorts of inventions for the U.S. Government and while in Vietnam he is showing the United States military one of his most recent inventions when he is captured by the Warlord, 'Wong-Chu'...
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| Tony Stark as he is quickly moving to become, 'Iron Man'! |
Now at this point, Tony Stark being wounded is offered the opportunity to save himself with Wong-Chu claiming he will save him if he creates weapons for the evil warlord.
A huge mistake... Because just like in the movie, this gives Tony Stark the motivation he needs to become the iron guardian, 'Iron Man', and stop this master of disaster!
In the end, this comic was a lot of fun, I mean I could see part of the reason for the success of the first Iron Man movie (considering how closely they followed the comic, (while giving it a modern spin...)
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| Marvel stayed pretty true to the comic book version of the first, 'Iron Man Armor' while giving it that modern spin, don't ya think? |
Also I found that I rather enjoyed the way this comic was written... What I mean by this is that this comic being written in the 50s totally had that 50s way of talking which made it a blast from the past!
In the end, this comic is a blast from the past... But unless you are in to that sort of thing, this may not be for you... But try it... You might find that you actually like it!
