In this collection of Iron Man tales we
get the following: the first issue of Iron Man:
Armored Adventures, Iron Man:
Iron Protocols #1, the
premiere issue of Marvel
Adventures: Iron Man, and issues 3 and 4 of Iron Man and Power Pack. It’s a very eclectic collection of
stories that range from all-ages to teen+.
In
the Armored Adventures, a young Tony Stark is donning the golden armor.
Desperate to know if he is friend or foe, Nick Fury sends a rookie SHIELD agent
named ‘Hawkeye’ to discover the secrets of Iron Man.
Iron
Protocols is taken from Tony Stark’s time as director of SHIELD. In this story,
a SHIELD base is hijacked and armed missiles have the transforming base going
suborbital and locking in on New York City. Only Iron Man can get to the base
in time to diffuse the situations.
The
Marvel Adventures tale reboots Tony Stark’s origin. Here, Stark and Prof.
Yinsen are kidnapped by AIM and forced to create new weapons for the terrorist
organization. You pretty much know the rest of that story. I’m not sure why a
reboot of his origin was needed for Marvel Adventures unless editors thought
Tony becoming injured by terrorists was less frightening that him being injured
by stepping on a land mine.
Lastly,
is a two-part story starring Power Pack. When a new museum exhibit featuring
old Iron Man armor opens, the Power kids decide to take in the fun. However,
the Puppet Master has plans of his own as he’s got a new device that causes the
armor to come alive- unmanned! Guest Starring the Iron Avenger, the Power Pack
will need all the help they can get to shut these walking suits of hi-tech
armor down. I like this story, but I don’t
understand why Marvel only printed the last 2 issues of this team-up
mini-series. I would’ve liked to have read the whole thing. Oh, well. I guess I’m
now on the lookout for those issues individually.
A
very good collection that is perfect for the amateur reader wanting a good
jumping in point for Iron Man tales as well as the seasoned collector who might
not have ever come across these all-ages gems.
Worth
Consuming.
Rating:
8 out of 10 stars.
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