Sometimes I’m a petty, petty man. Ever since they firmly established Iron Man as the deacon of super-dickery during Civil War (yes, I know that ol’ Tony has been campaigning for that title for a long time but his manipulative, duplicitous, and smug actions during CW sealed the deal for him in my mind) I’ve been waiting for him to get a little karma slapped upside his arrogant head.
Asked and answered :-) First, he had his ass handed to him by the Hulk and now (I’m not sure where the new Thor series falls in regards to World War Hulk continuity) he got himself a serious beat down from an unamused thunder god in Thor #3 (our recently revived pal Thor apparently not being at all happy that Stark stole his genetic material and used it to co-create the Thor clone that killed Goliath…go figure.)
I presume that Marvel will at some point set about to rehabilitate the image of the comic book Iron Man/Tony Stark (especially with the movie coming out next year)…though they’ll have a long way to go to get me to see the character as likeable again…but for now I’m jazzed to see Shellhead get punked as hard and as often as possible.
Like I said, sometimes I’m a petty, petty man :-)
3 comments:
I know you don't like how it went, but part of Tony's plan was to take the brunt of the resentment. His plan was a sacrafice-the-few-to-save-the-many. Kudos to Marvel for actually remembering that, and giving it some solid, quality attention. Hulk's beatdown wasn't a direct result, but convenient timing. Thor's was ... well, it was as one-sided as a god vs. mortal fight should have been. Also... he's not done yet. Tony gets to stew, worry and wonder.
Nope, not gonna cut him any slack. Stark acted like he was the only adult who needed to take care of all the simple-minded children (that is, the other super-heroes) who couldn't possibly understand the world the way he does or make the "right" decisions without his guidance...he's done that over and over and it rarely turns out well.
He comes by it naturally...he's well educated aristocrat...but that doesn't make it right.
This was a good read. Shellhead does have a lot to pay for. And yea, Tony pretty much has the same attitude in the movie, at least from what I saw from the trailer.
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