Iron Man #2

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[onsokumaru]

I hate character assassination of C-listers.
Cardiac may be an extremist, but he would never do that.

[silverhammerman]

It’s happened twice now with poor Cardiac, here and in World of Wakanda, where he was murdering people in exchange for vibranium. The funny thing is that between those two stories he showed up in the Valkyrie series in a heroic role, and Dan Slott had been using him as an occasional supporting character in his Spider-Man stuff.

[onsokumaru]

I wasn't aware about World of Wakanda. That's a shame. Cardiac is one of those Spider-Man characters, like Puma, whose potential is wasted. Heck, if they want diversity in Spider-Man movies, those two would be far more interesting than a black Electro.

[starwolf_oakley]

IIRC, Cardiac was created by David Michelinie, who was also a long-running Iron Man writer.

[shadowpsykie]

why is everyone pissing on Tony? (including himself?)

[scorntx]

Tony does historically have a low opinion of himself.

... or it's just Tony Season.

[dan_ingram]

So basically, we have a black vigilante dragged through the mud so Tony could be lectured about privilege.

Ugh

[thanekos]

" .. I'll just be paying out of pocket. "
" Oh, lucky you. "

Arguably, that exchange makes " ..have you ever had to look past your own privilege? " redundant.

[starwolf_oakley]

This is wandering close to "At least supervillains are trying something new. Superheroes don't give us anything but banks not being robbed."

[beyondthefringe]

I was worried about how Cantwell would handle the Absorbing Man, given his current portrayal over in Hulk.
Turns out I shouldn't have, since the whole fight was just a few pages long, a random Arcade setup, and really ended with a fizzle. So while at least Carl didn't go bad randomly... this was just such a yawn moment.

[lilacsigil]

Oxygen levels at 21%? So pretty much normal then?

[deepspaceartist]

That could be interpreted as 21% of normal oxygen levels, ie around 4% total.

[bruinsfan]

Wouldn't everyone already be suffocated if that much free oxygen had been replaced with CO2?

[kd_the_movie]

this series is a mess so far, ngl

it feels like random scenes spliced together instead of an engaging narrative. And the Alex Ross design has too many shiny lights on it, though I like the modern take on the Classic armor

[bruinsfan]

You'd think Tony might have, I don't know, a very focused laser that would be a better tool for opening a big steel ball with people inside it than just ramming it as hard as he can...

[thanekos]

The story has justification - right after " Already headed your way.. ", Tony's systems tell him that the sphere's composition includes vibranium and adamantium.

[repto]

Also, assuming Tony is right-handed, he might want to lead with his left hand, and not smash up his dominant hand.

[silicondream]

Why is his hand even in there? Why is he in there? Dude can usually operate his suit remotely for stunts like this.

[magnetoisright]

"Why does everybody root for the bad guy now?"

Tony

You're a war criminal