 |
Title |
| Iron Man #196 |
| Author(s) |
| Denny O'Neil |
| Pencils: Rich
Buckler
|
Inks: Ian
Akin & Brian Garvey |
| Language:
English |
Release:
1985 |
| Publisher:
Marvel Comics |
Pages:
32 |
| Colors:
Bob Sharen |
Cover:
N/A |
| |
| Monster
Appearances: |
Aliens,
SDF, & Misc Appearances: |
| Godzilla |
Iron
Man, Omnos, Doctor
Demonicus, Shaman, Quinjet |
|
| Comments |
 |
Anthony
Romero |
 |
|
|
This publication
marks the end of writer Denny O'Neil's Doctor Demonicus
"arc" in the Iron Man books and features a brief appearance
by the "mutated" Godzilla. In reference to the Godzilla
character, whose role is once again very small, the comic
is interesting for showing that the beast is still quite
intelligent despite what one might have assumed in the
earlier issues of the arc. In this book Godzilla manages
to find and bring back the discarded armor of Iron Man
in his maw, without being instructed to, to Demonicus'
lair. This sets up the event depicted on the cover where
Demonicus, wearing the retro Iron Man suit, battles both
a armor-less Tony Stark and an entity called the Omnos
that has seized control of the new Iron Man suit. Fittingly,
the end battle between the three is the highlight of
O'Neil's arc with the Demonicus character. It's not a
particularly great comic, with Tony Stark's disguise
being fairly goofy and Demonicus hamming it up as usual
with his dialogue, but it's still pretty entertaining.
As for the art, the issue is handled by veteran artist
Rich Buckler who does a pretty good job with the comic,
doing particularly well with close ups and both armors.
Buckler also manages to make Demonicus look more menacing
and less goofy, for which he also deserves extra praise.
Overall, if one is getting this simply for Godzilla's
brief stint, don't bother. However, if one has an
interest in both Iron Man and seeing an obscure appearance
by the King of the Monsters, it's not a bad comic to
thumb through on occasion. |
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