Ultimate Iron Man
February 7, 2006
When I found out Orson Scott Card was writing Ultimate Iron Man, I had to check it out.
Card is without compare my favorite author. His portrayal of children as intelligent full characters captured me at a young age. Many other authors leave children as one-dimensional after thoughts. Used to build character of others, but with none of their own. In fact, his character development is fantastic all around.
Anyway, it was no surprise that Card decided to begin his Ultimate Iron Man series with Tony Stark as a child. Stark was always just a rich snob with a fancy suit to me. Card made him a gifted child with unique abilities. This portrayal of Iron Man made him have neural tissue distributed throughout his body, not just in his head, giving him the advantage of great intellect, but this was coupled with suffering. His entire body hurt constantly, like having second degree burns all over.
Card take Stark through to early adulthood when he gets his first taste of alcohol, setting the ground work for his alcoholism. Apparently, the distributed neural tissue greatly enhances the effects and adds some relief to the constant pain. I’m a bit uncomfortable with this justification of his alcoholism…
Anyway I look at it though, this is the first time Iron Man has ever been made interesting to me. This series gets two thumbs up from me.
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[...] has not been one of my favorite Marvel characters. However, 2005’s Orson Scott Card written Ultimate Iron Man series piqued my interest. Following this, the deep involvement in Spider-Man continuity. Peter [...]
Im really excited about the upcoming move Ironman. Ironman super hero has been one of my favorite char since grade school year along with Wonderman ( scott williams) of the Avengers. I hope to see the Avengers or Ironman non anamated movie.