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Iron Man: Fatal Frontier Infinite Comic (2013)

[davidmann95]

Would you be so kind as to suggest any good trade books from DC, Marvel, Boom, Vault, Image, etc. of comics in the past 5-10 years? Purely trade paperback form, please, my bookstore doesn't carry floppies, sadly. Preferably an emphasis on non-long runners (6-7+ volumes about?) for the *really* recent books. For context, I've already bought the entire Unbeatable Squirrel Girl run, the first four volumes of Ms. Marvel, and pre-ordered the next Klaus trade on your old recs. Thank you in advance!

Hooo, boy. Ok, let’s see:

Superman: Here’s my list of the best super-books of the 2010s.

Batman: Court of Owls, Zero Year, Creature of the Night, Grayson, Batman/The Shadow + The Shadow/Batman, Batman: Universe, Harleen

Wonder Woman: The Legend of Wonder Woman, Year One, The Enemy of Both Sides

The Green Lantern by Morrison and Sharp

Midnighter + Midnighter & Apollo by Steve Orlando

Mister Miracle by King and Gerads

Doom Patrol + Milk Wars + Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds by Gerard Way

Eternity Girl by Visaggio and Liew

Far Sector by Jemisin and Campbell

Multiversity by Morrison

Justice League by Priest and Woods

Omega Men by King and Bagenda

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen by Fraction and Lieber

Wonder Twins by Russell and Byrne

Dial H For Hero by Humphries and Byrne

Spider-Man: The Spectacular Spider-Man by Chip Zdarsky, Spider-Man: Life Story by Zdarsky and Bagley, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by Tom Taylor, Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Saladin Ahmed, The Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle

Anything by Al Ewing but especially The Immortal Hulk and Loki: Agent of Asgard

X-Men: Wolverine & The X-Men by Jason Aaron, all Hickman’s stuff

Daredevil by Zdarsky and Checchetto

Iron Man: Fatal Frontier by Ewing and Gillen (though this one’s really best read online)

Fantastic Four: Grand Design

Young Avengers by Gillen and McKelvie

Hawkeye by Matt Fraction

Vision by King and Walta

Punisher by Greg Rucka

Annihilator by Morrison and Irving

Ice Cream Man by Prince and Morazzo

Zero by Ales Kot

Sexcastle, Kill Them All, and Rock Candy Mountain by Kyle Starks

DIE by Gillen and Hans

Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt by Gillen and Wijngaard

Zombo by Ewing and Flint

Black Monday Murders if it ever finishes by Hickman and Coker

Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod

Something New and Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley

Sure I’m missing plenty, but those are some good reads. If you do end up in the market for longer runs, I’d suggest Tom King’s Batman, Irredeemable by Waid/Krause/Barreto, JLA by Steve Orlando, The Wicked + The Divine, Daredevil by Mark Waid, Hickman’s big pre-X-Men Marvel opus, and Scott Snyder’s ‘Anti-Crisis’ trilogy of Dark Nights: Metal < Justice League: No Justice < Justice League < Dark Nights: Death Metal (the first and last including tie-ins written by Snyder, though Justice League skip the Drowned Earth collection and go with the regular Vol. 2).

[maximummusesarch]

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The only truly great films of the MCU were Black Panther and Thor: Ragnarok.  Not to say that all of the other films in the MCU were bad, but those two stand leagues above the others since I think they go beyond the tropes of the superhero film and tell an amazing story.  Honestly the biggest problem with the MCU as a whole is that everything seems to be locked into this “house-style” where the tones of each film need to be similar.  Say what you will about the current state of DC films, but the tonal inconsistency when you compare something like Man of Steel to Shazam, I think, lets the filmmakers have more liberties in the stories they want to tell with the characters they want to tell them with in theory.  I don’t want to watch the same film over and over again with a new coat of paint, which is what I think kept me from getting into the narrative of Dr. Strange (aside from the white-washing) as the film just felt like a retread of Iron Man but with magic instead of technology.  I don’t know if this is because of how interconnected the MCU has to be or if there’s really some kind of mandate, but very few MCU projects break the mold and become something new.

James Tynion’s Batman run is as bad as Tom King’s Batman run.  They’re bad in different ways, but all of those different ways end up equaling one another in time.  The biggest problem with Tynion right now is that he doesn’t have anything new to say about any of the Batman characters.  He doesn’t bring anything new to the table regarding Bruce, or Selina, or Joker, or Harley, or anyone really.  It’s all the same old, same old.  Add onto this a lot of weak narrative beats, Joker War being a serious contender for the worst Batman story I’ve ever read in canon, and Ghost-Maker being the single most annoying character I’ve ever seen in comics, along with a less-than-promising start to the Infinite Frontier era as far as the main Batman book goes, and the only reason I can give for not having dropped Batman yet is the fantastic artwork.  The nicest thing I can say about Tynion’s run is that I do like Clown-Hunter as a character, but I wish he were written by a different author.

Mortal Kombat needs to go back to being bat-shit ridiculous.  Yeah sure all the detailed gore works and stuff but I just wanna see more fatalities that are absurd, like this one from UMK3 that Smoke does.  Mortal Kombat, due to it’s wide array of characters and how different they all are, is campy.  It has arguably always been campy, and I think it should return to being aware of how ridiculous it is.

[sineala]

Hi! I wanna read comics but it’s a new type of media for me and my brain seems very confused by such an assault of visual information. I was wondering if there’s maybe an app that allows you to view digital comics by... uh, slides? Not sure how to call them but I hope I’m making sense. I just need to separate a comic page into less information to view at once! Maybe you or some of your readers can help me? Thank you!

I can help! This is a problem I used to have and still sometimes have too! But, the thing is, it’s going to require paying money for digital comics. 

I am kind of assuming, from the fact that you are asking me this, that you aren’t, uh, paying for them (because if you were I think you would probably have found the answer I’m about to give you), and obviously the way you choose to acquire comics is between you and your sense of ethics and/or morality, but if you read digital comics on the free sites they will only have full-page scans, the same as you’d get if you were reading the paper copy.

If you pay for your digital comics this opens up options. Marvel Unlimited and comiXology both have a reading mode – Marvel calls theirs Smart Panel and comiXology calls theirs Guided View – that will let you view comics one panel at a time. It’s not perfect, and especially sometimes with older comics the paneling will be set wrong so it won’t quite work right, but when it does work you can read through comics panel-by-panel. (This is also good if you’re trying to read on a phone; their apps support this too.) I find that it’s a lot easier to tell what’s happening when I read this way, because I only have to read one panel at a time and it gives me them in order.

As far as I know, none of the ways to download a full-page scan and read it will be able to preserve the paneling information you get if you’re reading it from Marvel or comiXology. You gotta give them money to get that. To the best of my knowledge, anyway. (Marvel Unlimited is a Netflix-like service where you pay per-month and get access to basically every comic Marvel has that is older than six months; comiXology sells individual comics and this is how you can legally read more recent comics.)

There is also a line of comics that I would recommend if you’re having difficulty visually interpreting comics, and these are the comics that Marvel markets under the name “infinite comics.” Infinite Comics are specifically designed to be read digitally. They essentially have one panel per page, and they are laid out in a way that makes it very clear how to follow the art and what text to read, because a lot of it consists of sequential panels in which only one element differs – like, someone comes into frame, or a new speech balloon comes up. I’m explaining this badly, but you’ll get what I mean right away if you look at one of them. It really helped me, and I think you might like it if you share the same problem I have.

There aren’t a whole lot of Infinite Comics, unfortunately.  (There’s a list of some of them here.) My top recommendation is Iron Man: Fatal Frontier, which I think happens to be a really, really good IM miniseries as well as being the first time I encountered Infinite Comics. Secondarily, I would also recommend Avengers Millennium, which is a decent but not outstanding Avengers story with some fun moments.

I hope that helps!

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MCU’s latest movie Shang-Chi and the Legend Of The Ten Rings explores the powerful Makluan rings belonging to the villain, The Mandarin, in a satisfactory manner. However, there are plenty of other details about the rings that only comic fans are familiar with. One of such details involves the fate of the rings after The Mandarin’s death.

RELATED: 10 Most Bizarre MCU Comic Book Storylines That Actually Made It To Screen

After the villain was defeated by Tony Stark, the rings fled from S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Weapon Vault Omega. Each ring found a new host, thus creating 10 different versions of The Mandarin with specific powers. While some of the hosts were canny, enterprising, and innovative, others felt lost after their lives were drastically altered by the rings.

10 Lord Remaker

Appearing in Iron Man (Vol. 5) #21, Lord Remaker was a Chinese warlord who took over Mandarin City after The Mandarin’s death. The Matter-Rearranger Ring, aka Remaker, located him and chose him as the first host, making him Mandarin-One.

Lord Remaker was one of the worst hosts of the rings because he lacked a proper blueprint on how to live with the ring. His attempts to use the atomic powers of the rings to create bombs in order to attack Troy Central Control only succeeded partially. He couldn’t agree with other ring bearers too, hence he found himself being fought by Mandarin-Seven before being beheaded by Malekith the Accursed.

9 Marc Kumar

Mark was a freelance marketing executive in The Invincible Iron Man (Vol. 5) #27. He fell in love with Pepper, who together with Tony, makes up one of the best couples in the MCU. By listening to Pepper’s tales about her time with Stark, he concluded that the billionaire had mistreated her. The Mento-Intensifier Ring, aka The Liar, hence saw him as an appropriate host and approached him.

As Mandarin-Eight, Marc failed to accomplish anything. His single attempt at trying to fight Tony Stark ended in defeat as the Avenger took him out with a repulsor blast, leaving him admitted in the ICU of a S.H.I.E.L.D. hospital. His hate towards Tony was also misguided and it led to losing the only person he cared about. After learning that he had tried to go after Tony, Pepper returned the engagement ring he gave her and declared that she had nothing but love for her boss.

8 Colin Sixty

A clone created by A.I.M. in Iron Man: Fatal Frontier Infinite Comic #11, Colin was selected by the White Light Ring aka Daimonic, as its host, effectively becoming Mandarin-Two. After several failed attempts at killing Iron-Man, Colin was eventually defeated by Iron Patriot.

RELATED: 10 Ways Shang-Chi Could Drastically Change The MCU

Colin’s failure in almost everything he tried also makes him one of the worst hosts of the rings. Despite having plenty of powers (since he wasn’t human) he failed at killing both Iron Man and Malekith the Accursed. He also wasn’t self-sufficient as he had to rely on the help of 3 other Mandarins in his missions. Even with the assistance, he still failed.

7 Lightning Conductor

In The Invincible Iron Man (Vol. 5) #26, an unnamed Broadway director became bitter after Tony fired him from a musical about his life. The Lightning Ring quickly grabbed the opportunity and made him Mandarin-Nine, giving him Electro-Blast powers.

Lightning Conductor’s lack of goals made him an unlikable host. All he desired was to fight Iron Man and even that task seemed too heavy for him. He was unaware of the extent of his powers hence he found himself needing to recharge at the most inconvenient of times. His lack of awareness also made him fail to anticipate the attack by Malekith the Accursed, who decollated him before stealing his ring.

6 Thomas Wilkins aka Endotherm

Wilkins was an incompetent security guard at Stark International’s London branch in Iron Man #136. He constantly feared getting fired so he figured that killing Stark would be the best way to avoid that. After Stark thwarted Wilkins’ plans, the Ice Blast Ring approached him to become Mandarin-Ten.

Wilkin’s delusional nature qualifies him as one of the worst ever hosts of the rings. He was also unable to do anything right since even after stealing some of the best gadgets from Stark International, he was unable to put up a fight against Iron Man. Wilkins was also too weak that Abigail Burns was able to take his ring without much effort.

5 Victor Kohl aka The Exile

Kohl was considered the black sheep in his family because he didn’t pass through Terrigenesis hence he was eager to prove himself.  When the Black Light Ring aka Nightbringer chose him as Mandarin-Five in Iron Man (Vol. 5) #28, he was more than glad to accept.

RELATED: 10 Underrated Marvel Comic Book Characters Fans Would Still Love To See Appear On Screen

As host, Kohl hardly did anything admirable. His decision to allow the ring to fully control him led him to choices he would regret, such as killing his own family. He was also not noble enough to take responsibility for his own actions, and he instead blamed Iron Man for not stopping him. He was also too incompetent as a member of the Inhumans that Medusa had to boot him from the group.

4 Harvey Elder aka Mole Man

The Mole Man—one of the first villains the Fantastic Four fought in the comics—was also selected by the Daimonic ring in Iron Man (Vol. 5) #26. As Mandarin-Six, he tried to create ring-powered advanced weapons but was stopped so he escaped and took up a new gig as a bounty hunter of HYDRA operatives.

Most villains are often too egotistical to accept defeat but Mole Man knew he couldn’t win against Iron Man and the Dark Angel so he fled. His refusal to become Mandarin Prime when given the chance also highlighted his analytical prowess. He was aware it would all be pointless so he chose to leave the ring behind.

3 Alec Eiffel

Alec Eiffel was chosen by the Votex Ring aka Spin as its host in Iron Man (Vol. 5) #25, thus becoming Mandarin-Three. Like Mole Man, he aimed to create superweapons that could destroy cities.

Eiffel proved to be smarter than other hosts by making a pact with Tony Stark to retrieve the rest of the rings. It might have been one of the most unlikely friendships in Iron Man comics but it didn’t last because Eiffel betrayed Stark. His cunning ways aside, he was also incredibly gifted. He had super speed, something even Tony acknowledged by admitting that he was as fast as Quick Silver (who moves at 4091 m/s). And unlike other realms, he also had teleportation powers that allowed him to move through realms.

2 Abigail Burns

Abigail was an activist who felt the world would be a better place without hegemony and capitalism. Seeing her as a suitable host, the Flame-Blast Ring, aka Incandescence, approached her in Iron Man (Vol. 5) #18.

RELATED: 10 Movies & TV Shows Where You’ve Seen The Shang-Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings Cast

Abigail was a great host because she chose to do the right thing after discovering that all her ring wanted was for her to get rid of Iron Man. Most of the other hosts were villainous, but Abigail performed plenty of heroic acts, first attacking Mandarin-One and Mandarin-Five then helping Tony Stark destroy the weapons base in Sinister London. She also had plenty of resilience as she was still keen on fighting injustice even after both of her arms were severed by Malekith the Accursed.

1 Malekith The Accursed

Traditionally one of Thor’s main comic book villains, Malekith the Accursed was approached to serve as the new bearer of the Disintegration Beam Ring, aka Spectral in Iron Man (Vol. 5) #23. Instead of being content with the single ring, he attacked other hosts as he wanted the entire set of rings in order to become the one and only Mandarin.

Malekith’s ambition set him apart as the best host of them all. He was an incredible fighter and strategist, seen from how he attacked all the other hosts without getting himself killed or harmed. When he was cornered by his new adversary Iron Man, he was also wise enough to make a deal for the Avenger to spare his life in exchange for the ring he had. More impressively, he managed to flee back to Asgard and begin a new war with Thor.

NEXT: 10 Worst Things The Mandarin Did In The Comics

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[benasabrina]

you wouldn't happen to know the issues for the screenshots in this (110141206078) post would you? :3

UH, LEMME SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER..

From this post!!!!

1st pic: It’s from Fear Itself, the art is by Olivier Coipel

2nd: Sadly don’t recall. I think it has something to do with New Avengers after Civil War (hence the SHIELD uniform)

3rd: don’t recall as well.

4th: Iron Man: Fatal Frontier (it’s a marvel infinite comic. Don’t remember the issue though)

5th: See 1st pic

6th: Oh gosh, it was from some kind of Christmas special a few years back...

7th: Avengers Assemble (not the comic that’s from the currently airing cartoon though. It has the same title.)

8th: I think it’s from Incredible Hulk?? Or something with the hulk... If only I had my comics on me...

9th: I think it has to do with New Avengers with Hickman’s run??

I’ve made this post so long ago and I’m so sorry this wasn’t much help (like at all...) If I actually had my external harddrive on hand, I’d be able to give you a much better answer. Sadly, I can only give vague answers. ):

[izazov]

Steve Rogers wouldn't need an electronic mommy to kiss his boo-boo better.

Tony Stark to himself in Iron Man: Fatal Frontier Infinite Comic #4

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Tony Stark & James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes

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[davidmann95]

Favorite Iron Man stories?

Aside from the vanilla answers of Extremis and the Fraction run, I’d say everyone should check out the Marvel ‘Infinite Comic’ Fatal Frontier, primarily written by Al Ewing and in large part about Tony becoming sheriff of the moon.

[sineala]

What short series a la Bullet Points or Man out of Time would you recommend (as in, short and self-contained instead of long, interconnected-through-different-titles story-lines), specifically about Tony?

Ooh, this is a really good question! Thank you!

I have several recs for Tony-centric miniseries but unfortunately they’re pretty much all a little longer than either Bullet Points or Man Out of Time. They are definitely self-contained storylines, though, which is what you want.

Iron Age: Not to be confused with Iron Man: The Iron Age (which is a different miniseries), this is a five-issue miniseries from 2011. It’s a little uneven in that every issue contains multiple stories, all of which are written and drawn by different people, telling one continuous story. But it mostly works. It’s a time-travel story in which Tony is basically thrown back through his own past and has to revisit some of his weirdest and/or most painful times as a superhero. Features a lot of great superhero cameos, Tony naked and crying in the rain (always good times!), and also Tony accidentally hitting on his past self. I wouldn’t say it’s the definitive Tony miniseries but it’s a lot of fun.

Iron Man: Extremis: Okay, so this isn’t actually a miniseries, it’s the opening six-issue arc of Iron Man volume 4, but it can absolutely be enjoyed without reference to any other comics. It’s from 2005 and it’s a good introduction to more modern characterizations of Tony. It revamps and slightly updates his origin story, bringing it to Afghanistan where it has remained. It also introduces transhumanism as an element of Tony’s character, which is a character note that has become pretty important to him over the past decade. Also the art is beautiful. And it’s available in animated form, if you’d like to watch some comics!

Iron Man: Fatal Frontier: Released in 2013, Fatal Frontier is probably still my most recent favorite IM comic. It’s thirteen issues, by Ewing and Gillen, and it is just wacky and amazing in the best way. Tony befriends sad Communist robots on the moon, becomes sheriff of the moon, plays all the parts in his own heist movie, and defeats a villain with hurt/comfort fanfic. It’s great. If you’re going to read it, I would suggest reading it digitally if you can – it was designed and formatted as an “infinite comic” and it works really well that way.

Iron Man Noir: Since you mentioned Bullet Points, I’m just gonna toss in a rec for my favorite canon historical AU setting for Tony, and that’s Noir (2010), in which it’s 1939 and Tony is basically Indiana Jones and it’s a lot of pulp adventure fun. Four issues.

Iron Man: Legacy: Also from 2010, this is an eleven-issue series split into two arcs. The first arc, “War of the Iron Men,” puts Tony up against some of his most classic villains and also features a lot of flashbacks to Tony’s childhood, including Tony building himself a robot dog. The second arc, “Industrial Revolution,” is set during the second drinking arc, so that automatically gets it all the points from me, but it will probably still make sense if you haven’t read that arc. The guy who wrote this series is the same guy who wrote Marvel Adventures: Iron Man and it kind of feels like MA:IM but for adults – there are a lot of really great Tony character moments in it. (I would actually also rec MA:IM if you haven’t read it; it is for kids, but it’s lovely, and all its issues are standalone, and there are only thirteen of them.)

I know these are all pretty recent but honestly character-focused miniseries are a relatively recent thing at least when it comes to Tony – everything else I’d want to rec from earlier would be part of an ongoing series, like Demon in a Bottle or Doomquest or whatever.

If what you’re looking for is a modern retelling of Tony’s origin story the way that Man Out of Time was for Steve, I think you’ll probably be happiest if you read Extremis, which handles it briefly in flashbacks. There is a modern graphic novel retelling Tony’s origin story, Iron Man: Season One, but I can’t really recommend it unless you find it somewhere for super-cheap. If you find it for super-cheap, I would buy it, because it’s fully-painted and the art is absolutely stunning, but the actual story is basically a mess that attempts to combine Tony’s alcoholism – not canonically a major problem for him yet at this time – with his origin story and it’s just… it’s just not a thing that works for me. There’s him building the suit drunk, him fighting drunk, him getting drunk and bemoaning the fact that no one will have sex with him again now that he has the chestplate. You get the idea. But your mileage may vary.

I hope that gives you somewhere to start!