DC comics book review: Invincible Iron Man #505 Review

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Paris has been turned to rubble. However, it’s not the structure of the city that’s been crushed into rock, it’s the people. With everything going down, Tony Stark is faced with a horrible realization… Not only do miracles exist, but some of them can actually be horrific events beyond science’s explanation.

Invincible Iron Man #505

The Grey Gargoyle has been turned into Mokk: Breaker of Faith, and one of the Serpent’s chosen avatars. Mokk’s rampage through Paris was met by Iron Man, but little of what Tony can do seems to have any effect on the monster. Thousands have died. Just as Tony tries to take the battle to the air, Detroit Steel comes to his aid and appears to have the sheer power to beat back the beast. This is short-lived as Mokk tears open Johnston’s Detroit Steel armor and freezes him in stone. Using a cutter that uses much of his own repulsor’s battery, Tony does learn that slicing Mokk actually hurts him. In retaliation the monster hits Tony hard enough that his repulsor cracks, forcing him to retreat to get repairs. Solemnly, Tony returns to one of his bases and grabs a repair kit. He flies away holding this “kit” close leaving us to wonder what thoughts are rolling around behind his defeated expression.

Matt Fraction delivers another strong issue. He forces Tony to look the possibility of events beyond scientific explanation unfolding before his very eyes. The situation in Paris is so bad, Tony has no clue how to fight it. His whole game is based in technology and science trumping any terror he’s ever faced. Now, he’s seeing something play out on a biblical scale. While he’s not exactly succombing to the fear as much as, say, Spider-Man has, this idea of what Grey Gargoyle has become and what he’s done to Paris terrifies Tony. We’re seeing something from Tony we’ve never seen before and there’s such a tone to the story itself that we can’t really know exactly how this is going to play out. If you ask me, that’s exactly what I like to see in my comics and it’s something Fraction does on a regular basis.

Again, what more can I say about Salvador Larroca on this series? His visuals are so gorgeous and so powerful that I honestly believe he could carry this book without a writer of Fraction’s skill. For this entire series, I find myself spending more and more time reading each issue because the visuals are so strong and so appealing. There’s such a cinematic composition to Larroca’s art that makes him one of my favorite artists of all time. As an older comic fan, I have a hard time with artists who are highly stylized or overly realistic, but Larroca is different. He’s been doing this for a long time now and has come to a point that if any writer wants their book to look like a movie or a TV show, they should hope Larroca’s available because no one does it better than he does.

Take one superstar writer who can carry every book he’s on even if the art isn’t so good, add a superstar artist who can carry a book without a strong writer, throw in a truly intriguging story about a hero faced with horror and a viewpoint-altering realization, and you’ve got yourself a truly great comic. Just think… These guys have done this consistently for over three years now.

A COMIC BOOK BLOG RATINGProsConsGripping story and fantastic art. This plays out like a movie and has me legitimately nervous for every character.None. I looked forward to reading this so much that I read it as soon as I got home from the shop and it did not disappoint. Rating100%

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