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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9780785130956
ISBN number: 0785130950
Label: Marvel Comics
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 176
Printing Date: April 02, 2008
Publishing house: Marvel Comics
Sale Popularity Level: 276221
Studio: Marvel Comics
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Iron Man faces his most untouchable foe in criminal industrialist Justin Hammer and his literal army of super-villains! But can the Armored Avenger overcome an even more implacable personal demon, invulnerable to technology or wealth? Guest-starring Ant-Man and the Sub-Mariner! Collects Iron Man #120-128.
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The story is classic by now and known not only to Iron Man fans, so the contex of this book won't be reviewed here. What is worth saying is the top quality paper and wonderfull job done at the colours. Additional credits should be given for the hard cover and the jacket illustration. Every issue comes with it's original cover.
This is Iron Man and Marvel at their best. May many more stories follow in same format.
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I am one of the probably hundreds of thousands of people who saw the new Marvel-financed version of Iron Man at the movies. Like many of these moviegoers, I was impressed and even persuaded to compare it favorably with Batman Begins, which I had previously thought to be the best possible comic book movie.
I read Marvel comics a lot as a kid, but my favorite title was Uncanny X-Men and my favorite character was Nightcrawler. After reading this book, Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle, I find I still prefer the X-Men and Nightcrawler. Especially because of the ridiculous scene in which Tony Stark changes into his armour in an airplane restroom. How does he get the armour in the cramped restroom with him, you might ask? HE HAS IT FOLDED NEATLY IN A SMALL BRIEFCASE!
Argh. I hope the rest of Iron Man's comic book stories do not involve impregnable robotic armour that can be folded and stored as easily as Robin the Boy Wonder's costume might. Hopefully the briefcase armour will have gone the way of thought-balloons in any future Iron Man comics I might happen to read. Or else I'll rip up a puppy.
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There was apparently an Iron Man animated series running in the early 90s, the period of my youth, when I wasted many an hour watching episodes of Batman, Spider-Man, and X-Men, making me lifelong fans of all three franchises; however, I never saw so much as one episode of the Iron Man show, and so I never developed much interest in the character (or the entire Avengers franchise in general, which was absent from the screens in that era, only arriving in highly diluted form after the big boom was over). Once I started reading comics, I gradually became familiar with him, and with the big movie on the way (which looks great), we're seeing a renaissance of Iron Man product; this is often heralded as Tony's big story, so I bought the very nice-looking Premier edition, collecting the nine-issue "Demon in a Bottle" arc (which, in the tradition of older comics, is really a series of one-, two-, or three-parters linked by a common subplot.
The overall verdict: pretty good stuff. Certainly quite readable, and Michelinie and Layton largely avoid smothering the pages with captions, giving Romita Jr. room to work, something Chris Claremont never learned to do (not to say there aren't plenty of captions; much more than you'd find in a modern comic; in particular, there's the understandable need for each issue to recap, in space ranging from a few panels to a few pages, the preceding issue, which is rather awkward in a modern collected edition which this story clearly wasn't written with in mind).
This is trumpeted as Tony's big brush with alcoholism, but for all but the last issue or so that's deep-background; the main plot involves the newly-introduced Justin Hammer's attempts to undermine Stark Industries by various means, which is just the main of many pressures building on Stark that drive him to drink (including a notably unresolved plot introduced before this collection even begins involving SHIELD, but the ending provides a sort of "go get `em" closure where you know Tony will get by fine now that he's got his winning edge).
The principle supporting cast is Bethany Cabe and James Rhodes; the former, Tony's new love interest (with some discreetly implied casual sex in a hotel), is a memorable character; Rhodey's fine here, though he hasn't yet become War Machine (or even found out about his boss's real name). Also present are the Avengers (notably a sparring session with Captain America), the late Ant-Man II (a Michelinie creation), and Namour (there are few better choices for a misunderstanding-fight than Namor, given his nature). One thing I found kind of amusing is the status of secret identities here: nobody knows who Tony is; not Cap or any of the other Avengers, not Bethany or Rhodey, not Ant-Man (particularly notable, since Tony doesn't know Scott is Ant-Man either); it feels a bit forced, really, but it's not anything close to a real issue. I really like Romita Jr.'s art here; nowadays his stuff is just boxy and ugly, but the classic look is wonderful.
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One of the most important moments in Iron Man's history occurs in Demon in a Bottle, which makes it worth picking up for nostalgia's sake if nothing else. While villain Justin Hammer rears his ugly head, Tony "Iron Man" Stark takes on his toughest opponent: alcoholism. While David Michelinie (who's run on the title is the closest thing Iron Man ever had to a definitive writer) attempts to give a powerful/human story here, the issue gets resolved way too quickly for anyone to consider it believable. Not to mention that the book comes off as quite dated thanks to the atrocious dialogue and overall lame conflict and storyline. Despite that though, Demon in a Bottle marks a historic moment in the Iron Man mythos, and the artwork from Bob Layton and John Romita Jr. isn't bad either. All in all, Demon in a Bottle is worth picking up for nostalgia's sake alone for Iron Man fans, but all others should proceed with caution.
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I picked this up thinking that it would be all about Tony and his drinking problem. imagine my surpize to find it only happened in the last issue in this collection. Now, I can surmize the point of the issue, but its a real letdown than one would expect.
it gets three stars because even though it was a good read, the real questions that the book clames to tackle ultimately get resolved too quickly to prove lasting.
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