Iron Man: Fatal Frontier #5

[arbre_rieur]

"It's a story about pushing forward in a universe built on the illusion of forward movement, and what that means." -- Al Ewing

(Note: Keep in mind that this is one of Marvel's online Infinite Comics. They're designed to be read on a digital device, with each page replacing the previous one on your screen. When the pages are instead side-by-side, stacked vertically, like in this post, it can make for an awkward reading experience. Also, the format makes page count a tricky matter, but if you count each "slide" as a page, then this under 1/3 of the issue.)











A band of robbers crash the event to steal the demo Textiles. They get into a fight with Cortex's security personnel, and Tony joins the fray as well.











Afterward, Tony takes a robo-limo ride to a secret rendezvous.























Next issue: What *really* went down.

Comments

[psylynce]

Is Tony supposed to look like a hit man for this entire issue? Because he does. Still liking the comic though. I may well go buy it...

[althechi]

Yeah, what is with the rampant indoor shades? It's not even like they're Transitions or anything...

[donnblake]

Stark datashades. They coordinate his atomic wristwatches and gravity loafers.

[psylynce]

Well yes, but can he see through them? To be fair, since they're on the light side of the moon I guess it's a pretty bright place.

[donnblake]

In more than the visible spectrum, I would imagine.

[psylynce]

"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"
"Uh, well, he builds them."
"Oh, fair enough, then."

[md84]

Given the implication that he's running a con of some sort in this issue, his criminal-like appearance is likely intentional.

[silverzeo]

... did Tony taking credit for Peter's design of wrist weapons?

And what I fine amazing here is that most the tech shown here... it would pretty much will never been seen or mention again... like most other super-duper high tech stuff that appear in comics (has anyone made a challenge of that yet?)

[icon_uk]

If it requires this story's version of Phlebotinum/Unobtainium/Phlogiston, I should imagine they'll never be viable outside of this story.

[md84]

It's almost a shame these moonrocks likely will not show up outside of this story. The concept is pretty neat. Phlebotinum that was created because of exposure to other kinds of phlebotinum? I think that might be a first.