Nice variant cover. Has a Steranko feel to it.

Here's hoping the storytelling will be better than it was in Civil War.

Posted by Beta Ray Benny on 2007-02-28 16:27:11
wow!
I agree!

Posted by the spider 01 on 2007-02-28 19:24:38
The artwork is amazing...

Posted by the spider 01 on 2007-02-28 19:25:34
Avengers
Tom, I'm curious. At one point when MA was just being discussed, you said you'd still see NA as the successor to the Avengers title (for whenever Marvel restores the proper numbering to the book). Do you still feel that way, because MA certainly would seem to have more in common with the previous title than NA does (based on solicits and interviews).

Posted by motteditor on 2007-02-28 20:47:33
look at him in jet position!! nice. still not better then my main man luke cage.

Posted by I.power.parker on 2007-02-28 22:38:26
great question Mott. I would like to hear the take on that. oh, and Sweet, sweet art.

Posted by bigdaddyhub2 on 2007-03-01 15:36:38
Mystic Arcana
I was really excited to see this series announced. I really hope Marvel is planning on bringing Scarlet Witch back. I know the preview said her story in this series would be a flash back, but PLEASE make this character viable again. If Mystic Arcana is as good as Annihilation, i really hope Wanda has an active role.
piper

Posted by piperdg on 2007-03-01 18:13:18
yeahbutwait...
Scarlet Witch was damned by her character's power increases. She is so powerful that the writers had to get her out of the way. I guess it would be cool to reboot her now that Hawkeye has "rebooted" her. If they took away the reality bending powers she might be a better character.

Posted by bigdaddyhub2 on 2007-03-01 20:24:15
Question for Tom
Did I miss something from the last issue of Ironman and this one? I seem to recall Happy being on his death bed in the hospital and now we're right in the middle of things but at the same time, the Mandarin sub-plot appears to be continuing.

Was this a result of trying to establish a starting point to reflect the 'new' title?

Posted by IanZL on 2007-03-01 22:44:51
Interesting concept
I think Stark as director of Shield is a very interesting story concept, I just hope he will stay in that position for some time and that writers aren't already planning how to get the MU back to status quo ante

Posted by Psst on 2007-03-05 19:46:12
Secretary of defense
Really enjoyed the issue, and loved the art, but should an African-American Secretary of Defense really be named Kooning? Obviously it wasn't intentional, but just thought it was an odd choice.

Posted by bggdgg123 on 2007-03-06 12:49:56
You Killed Cap?
The inexplicable character behavior of the irresponsible Civil War mess was one thing but killing off Captain America? I hope somebody has something up their sleeve to explain that one with an ingenius comeback because right now from a fan that looks like the mother of all really bad ideas from the "House"

Posted by JJonahJameson on 2007-03-07 16:18:16
The covers are great
I really dont collect alot of the iron man issues, I have picked up about 3 or 4 in the last few months. Right now Im reading some other stuff so I havnt had the time to go straight into iron man. Although when I am going to the stands I do see those nice covers, I gotta say whoevers coloring them up like that really is making magic.

Posted by terciera on 2007-03-29 03:19:30