well, it had to happen at some point. Tony Stark reaps the whirlwind (and the thunder and the lightning) of all his actions of the past year, and it sure was ugly. you have your spoiler warning, so i'll just give you some nice bits. you better get Thor #3.
if you think Stark was a jerk during his alcohol binge-ing years, there must have been a unanimous editorial decision to make him the biggest super jerk ever for this decade. consistently, he's been spouting his government policy like a total tool and that doesn't go over too well with Thor (who easily EMPs his armored ass). this is like Superman confronting Batman over his paranoia and cutthroat methods and secret agendas, and getting into a big-ass fight. only this time Superman wins.
poor Tony. lost two of his best friends, lost half of his buddies, lost the respect of almost everyone else who isn't in the Initiative. i'm still not sure that he doesn't have some sort of secret agenda (why else does he keep justifying his actions as something people don't understand?). the only thing going for him right now is next year's summer blockbuster.
in the meantime, Thor finds Heimdall (all hail Olivier Coipel!) in New Orleans, signaling the eventual return of all Asgardians. and be sure to expect Round 2 with Iron Man. we haven't been this excited about Thor since he had his ass kicked by Surtur. or the Dark Gods.
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"Total System Failure" LOL! eat cr*p, you filthy plutocrat!... BWah-Hah-Hah!
I am not a great follower of Strazsinsky, but you can bet I'll get Thor when it gets published at my place!
oh you must get Supreme Power as well. I didn't follow Babylon 5, but when the man started writing comics (like Spiderman), i got interested. he's a nice fellow as well - in this year's NYComic Con, even though his autograph-signing session was a ticketed event (and i didn't get one), he stayed way long behind to accommodate stragglers like me.
I have read his "Rising Stars" which I thought interesting. Also a bit of his Spidey, but that hasn't gotten me back into buying any webcrawler series again on a regular basis (I quit doing so around the clone period). I know he's written some controversial stuff (i.e. Osborn Twins...ugh!) but seems to me a writer worth to keep an eye on (even when you don't like all his stuff)
I know he admires Norman Corwin (http://www.am-utils.org/pipermail/b5jms/1996-February/000306.html) who is a fine writer (and a real gentleman), and this, to me is a positive point for him
This issue was freaking AWESOME
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