tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post4897887960191269786..comments2023-10-23T00:04:35.356-04:00Comments on The Vault of Buncheness: STARK TRUTH: A LOOK AT THE MAN INSIDE IRON MAN'S ARMORBunche (pop culture ronin)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-86647207515205845412008-05-04T19:58:00.000-04:002008-05-04T19:58:00.000-04:00Ugh-- liked your brisk overview of Iron Man-- also...Ugh-- liked your brisk overview of Iron Man-- also enjoyed Greenberg's mini-review. I could not bring myself to face the opening day crowds up here-- all the crowding of the big city and none of the charm.<BR/><BR/>Everybody keeps telling me I really should give this a chance. But I don't see why. The ultimate for me is that I look at Robert Downey, I do not see Tony Stark. Oh well, maybe this weekend.<BR/><BR/>As for the real Iron Man! well, Larry Leiber wrote the first book with a lot of restraint. I never liked Heck at all, ever, even as a small kid. I especially was revulsed when I learned who Errol Flynn was!<BR/><BR/>Layton and Michelinie were the perfect Marvel pairing to helm the only technically-oriented character (biggest one anyway). The two had trouble with Marvel's elevators and light switches. Layton's so-called artwork never rose above fan-wannabe. If only the hundreds of art submissions had picked Layton instead of Byrne to claim they were better than and further, deserved a book on the strength of it-- I could not have disagreed and would have had to send them a plot and voucher.<BR/><BR/>If Layton and or Michelinie could have actually sucked Shooter's dick-- and it's not at all clear those events did not happen-- at least they would have been more honest about fawning over Shooter like a cheap romance novel.<BR/><BR/>Oh well, can't wait for your review.<BR/><BR/>-One Who KnowsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com