IRON MAN EPIC COLLECTION: WAR MACHINE Paperback – June 16, 2020

Book was great, amazon packaging not so great. It was packed with another book, nothing to protect them, it arrived with a tear in cover. Not worth the hassle to return it as it is just to read, but they should pack more carefully.

Arrived on time in pristine condition. Very satisfied with this purchase for my wonderful son who LOVES comics ... and is pretty particular about how perfect they arrive!

The art in a lot of these stories was pretty lackluster.

Len Kaminski's run on Iron Man is one of my favorite mainstream comics of the 90's and in my opinion was the best the comic had been since the Armor Wars. It starts here with the birth of War Machine as James Rhodes is once again forced to take over the role of Iron Man from a thought to be deceased Tony Stark.What follows is a series of fun stories while Rhodes grapples with the seemingly impossible task of having to run Stark's businesses while wearing the armor he swore he'd never wear again due to how it almost ruined his life the first time around. He has to deal with both old and new foes and even the Avengers who are more than a little suspicious of this new Iron Man.Kevin Hopgood's art is a little uneven at times but gets better as the run goes on and is much more sensible than a lot of contemporary comic art. My only real complaint about this book is that the earlier War Machine trade paperback collected up to Iron Man #291 which was a much more reasonable place to stop this arc, as it covers the return of Tony Stark and the fallout between the old friends that results from it, leading into War Machine's brief solo series. Without that bit of extra story this collection just sort of stops without giving a satisfying conclusion.

Abarca muy bien la historia de la primera supuesta muerte de Tony Stark y la creacion de la armadura de War Machine y Las aventuras de Rhodes de nuevo como titular del Comic

Longe de ser a melhor fase do gibi do Homem de Ferro mas mesmo assim diverte ainda mais se você for fã do Rhodey e sua Máquina de Combate.

The first time James Rhodes took on the mantle of Iron Man, it was a fun stretch of stories that inevitably ended with Tony Stark reclaiming the title and the suit. In the comics collected here (volume 17, covering material from 1992-1993), he gets another crack at the superheroing business - and this time it's set up so that he can walk away with his own armor afterwards...First, though, we have to get through Iron Man's section of the sprawling Operation: Galactic Storm (collected here with synopses of the non-IM issues - Avengers Epic Collection 22 has the whole thing if you're interested). Following that, Tony's health is once again failing thanks to a techno-organic parasite, and soon events leave Rhodey in a new, heavily-armed suit and in charge of Stark Enterprises.It's very much a new, shootier Iron Man for the grim 90s, but as with the previous Jim-as-IM storyline does help the comic feeling fresh; Jim is a fighter, not a scientist and so the action ramps up accordingly. Weirdly, although the War Machine name is used on several covers, Rhodey doesn't call himself by that name in any of the stories collected here. Writer Len Kaminski and artist Kevin Hopgood make a good team; nothing worldbeating but with solid work throughout, and with plenty of decent ideas.We also get the complete Assault on Armor City crossover that ran through three of the 1992 annuals - again nothing special, but as a push for Marvel's new character Darkhawk it works fine. It adds to a volume that is perhaps not essential but contains enough good material to be welcome.Extras consist of a four-page Marvel Age article about the title's new developments. A fine purchase for Iron Man fans, and an essential one for War Machine fans!