Invincible Iron Man #15 Review

Written by: Gerry Duggan
Art by: Creees Lee, Walden Wong
Colors by: Bryan Valenza
Letters by: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Cover art by: Kael Ngu
Cover price: $3.99
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Invincible Iron Man #15 opens up the box, lays out all the pieces, and assembles the biggest action figure your 8-year-old heart could ever hope to have.

Is Invincible Iron Man #15 Good?

Ever since Tony Stark heard about mysterium, Gerry Duggan’s story seeded the storytelling soil with the promise of a wow moment to end all wow moments for the evolution of Iron Man armor. I won’t say Invincible Iron Man #15 is the best Iron Man story ever, but Duggan sets the stage for a big rumble.

When last we left Tony Stark, we didn’t see much of the titular character at all. Instead, Duggan spent the majority of the issue completing Riri Williams’s and Forge’s tasks in unbelievably quick time to build a group of mysterium ships. The issue found a slapdash way for Riri to recklessly rid herself of the Mandarin’s ten rings.

Now, the “ships” arrive on Earth just in time for Tony Stark and Emma Frost to stave off an assassin attack, which gives Tony the convenient excuse to suit up in his brand spanking new Mark 72 mysterium armor. After smashing a robot assassin and an Orchis-controlled Stark Sentinel, Tony flies to the Australian Outback to rendezvous with the mysterium ships and attract Feilong’s attention. The issue ends with the Mark 72 connecting with the mysterium ships to form the devastating Sentinel Buster just in time for Feilong’s arrival in the War Machine version of a Stark Sentinel. Let the Zord fight begin.

What’s great about Invincible Iron Man #15? This issue has all the build-up, pageantry, and momentum of a prize fight during the opening ceremony. If you’re tired of the Krakoan nonsense and just want to see some robot-fighting action, Duggan successfully sets the stage for the next issue.

What’s not so great about Invincible Iron Man #15? The plot is either kept secret or so thin that you can see right through it. The year-plus of maneuvering, scheming, subterfuge, and planning seems to boil down to two men duking it out in giant mech suits. It’s exciting. Sure. But it makes most of what happened between issue #1 and now seem like a lot of filler.

How’s the art? The giant suits of armor look awesome. That’s all that’s required, so the art team delivers.

About The Reviewer: Gabriel Hernandez is the Publisher & EIC of ComicalOpinions.com, a comics review site dedicated to indie, small, and mid-sized publishers.

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Bits and Pieces

Invincible Iron Man #15 confirms the series was designed to do little else than show Tony Stark and Feilong duke it out in giant mech suits. If you’re into robo-fighting action, you’re in for a treat. If, however, you were hoping the last fourteen issues were meaningful and necessary, I have bad news for you.