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(W) Mike Grell (A) Michael Ryan (CA) Greg Horn
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mike grell (w)/michael ryan (p)/sean parsons (i)
• THE SCOOP: A new era begins for the Golden Avenger as Mike Grell
(Green Arrow: Longbow Hunters) and Michael Ryan (CABLE) climb on board as the
new creative team!
• THE STORY: Years ago, Tony Stark was a builder of weapons - but
when he became aware of the cost in lives, he mended his ways. But now, a cache
of those long-forgotten weapons has resurfaced, in a hot-spot nation torn by
internal strife! How far must Stark go to prevent anyone else from being
slaughtered by the fruits of his genius - especially when the power of Iron Man
is denied him?! It's a double-sized kick-off to a brand-new chapter in the life
of the Armored Avenger!
• THE WRITER SPEAKS: "The approach that I'm taking is to focus on the
man inside Iron Man," Grell told Newsarama. "The character, as he stands right
now with the amount of super-tech and weaponry that he packs in his suit of
armor, is as close to as invulnerable as you can get. He can do just about
anything, and always has a gadget handy that helps him deal with any physical
obstacle that would come along. But what about the emotional obstacles? What
about the human part of him?"
• THE EDITOR SPEAKS: "If you look at everything Mike has done, his
work has all the components of what makes up good Iron Man stories," explained
Tom Brevoort. "He does great adult characters, has a good handle on technology,
understands politics, and knows about the world of high finance - all in all, he
has a good handle on characters. Every character he writes has some real 'meat'
to it."
• THE FORMAT: 48 pages, with ads.
