Iron Man Appreciation: Welcome to the Iron Age

[Marvell2100]

The next writer should just ignore Bendis's run like Bendis ignored Superior Iron Man

Totally agree. Issue 600 should be a new launching point.

[Digifiend]

Or 601. But yeah. New creative team = retool. Doom will be gone I think (Marvel Two In One) and maybe MJ too (Spectacular Spider-Man?), but editorial will probably insist that Riri remains.

[Marvell2100]

Or 601. But yeah. New creative team = retool. Doom will be gone I think (Marvel Two In One) and maybe MJ too (Spectacular Spider-Man?), but editorial will probably insist that Riri remains.

Yeah, they will probably let Bendis do the 600 issue(I wish they wouldn't).

But I want to see a clean break from the smarmy, ethically challenged Tony that we've had to live with for the past 7+ years or so. Fraction was the last writer who truly did a good Tony.

[cc008]

It may all depend on when Bendis is leaving/if he has 600 scripted already/etc..

Defenders #10 is going to be his last issue of that book and #7 just came out. So that's 3 more months

[Digifiend]

He leaves Marvel at Christmas. He's already done with Defenders and probably Jessica as well, since she's getting a new writer once the Purple arc is over. So he has time to stockpile a few issues of Miles and Iron Man.

[Techno_Knight]

Can we get Pepper back? Because Mary Jane being relegated to Pepper's fill-in is starting to get old .

I have to be honest... I never liked Pepper. I wish she had died instead of Happy...

Or 601. But yeah. New creative team = retool. Doom will be gone I think (Marvel Two In One) and maybe MJ too (Spectacular Spider-Man?), but editorial will probably insist that Riri remains.

Nah, she'll get her own short-lived solo and then fade into Limbo, which is more than she deserves... Lila and/or Toni will fill her role just fine... MJ is surely going to be removed, but dunno about Doom. He makes a good frenemy. The Iron Man/Doom Trilogy is a staple of the IM mythos at this point.

[cc008]

With Alonso right behind Bendis out the door, Riri may be toast.

[Techno_Knight]

With Alonso right behind Bendis out the door, Riri may be toast.

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Let's hope so...

[Miles To Go]

I have to be honest... I never liked Pepper. I wish she had died instead of Happy...

I liked Pepper and Happy when they were married. A pity even supporting characters marraiges aren't safe from the axe at the house of broken families.

Surprised we haven't gotten Happy back yet either.

[Marvell2100]

With Alonso right behind Bendis out the door, Riri may be toast.

I hope not. There's room for her in the MU. It doesn't have to be in Iron Man but there is no reason to dump her.

[cc008]

I hope not. There's room for her in the MU. It doesn't have to be in Iron Man but there is no reason to dump her.

Whether she should be dumped or not isn't up to me.. but I don't want her headlining Invincible Iron Man.

[Marvell2100]

Whether she should be dumped or not isn't up to me.. but I don't want her headlining Invincible Iron Man.

It's not up to any of us except the people at Marvel. But there's no reason to throw her away and she doesn't have to appear in Iron Man at all.

[Frontier]

Yeah, I don't think Riri should be removed completely from the Marvel Universe, but I don't need to see her in the main Iron Man book once a new writer takes over.

[Digifiend]

I see five possible options.

1). She remains as Tony's sidekick.
2). She joins the Champions.
3). She gets a new team - perhaps a revival of Young Avengers? There's room for both YA and Champions, DC has two Titans teams after all.
4). She gets her own solo.
5). The axe.

I don't think the last two are likely. They'll find a place for her, but I'd be surprised if it's a solo.

[cc008]

Young Avengers would make sense. I don't want her in Tony's book because I really don't want any evidence of Bendis in Tony's book. As harsh as that sounds, I don't really care.