World Famous Comics: Iron Man, Vol. 2: Execute Program (v. 2)
Iron Man, Vol. 2: Execute Program (v. 2)
By: Daniel Knauf, Charlie Knauf Publisher: Marvel Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Marvel Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 144 Publication Date: March 07, 2007 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: Carnivale's Daniel Knauf and Cable & Deadpool's Patrick Zircher take the armored Avenger in an unexpected new direction! Having exposed himself to the Extremis enhancile, Tony Stark is a new man - literally! But that's what has his New Avengers allies worried! And who is the mysterious figure working his way down a list of politically sensitive targets? Collects Iron Man #7-12.
Great fun Well worth it. Pre-Civil War, when "fun" wasn't a dirty word in the Marvel universe.
Different but Entertaining Im not going to lie when I saw the other customer reviews I started to base my opinions off of them, which is obviously not a good thing. But then I reread the book, and realized that its just a drastic change of pace from extremis. I liked the art, it was simple and the suit still had its qualities from the Adi Granov Iron Man. The story was ok, nothing special but pleasing nonetheless. The twist was fine, I would hardly call it a twist to begin with but it worked for me. Overall I thought this was a good read, not as good as extremis, but a good read.
Liberals should stick to Newspapers the story line was pushing a very liberal ideology, and thats not something i enjoy in comics
A Zucchini In the Closet I picked up this volume hoping for a continuation of the themes and tone established by the superb Iron Man: Extremis. Unfortunately, Execute Program does nothing quite so well as make you appreciate the subtle ways in which Warren Ellis made Extremis a satisfying whole.
Extremis features, among many other things, a mystery done right: you are slipped the necessary clues early on, so that when the characters puzzle out the solution, you think, "Oh! Of course!" and feel slightly dumb for not having figured it out yourself.
Execute Program, on the other hand, features what an acquaintance of mine called "Zucchini In The Closet" syndrome: near the end, someone throws open a door and exclaims, "Wait! There's a zucchini in the closet! This explains EVERYTHING!" We, the readers, are left to wonder why we should care about characters affected by a plot development we could not, indeed were intended not to, see coming.
I finished this book feeling not only that I'd misspent my time and my money, but that I'd managed to cheapen the memory of Extremis in the process. (Re-reading the latter a few times, and pretending that Execute Program never happened, has helped to largely wash that nasty aftertaste away.)
Failure to Execute This collection of Iron Man #7-12 builds nicely for the first five issues, thanks to intrigue, pacing, and characterization courtesy of television writers Charlie and Daniel Knauf. When the final issue (#12) begins, though, the story devolves into a generic action-packed mess that doesn't follow the logic set up in the first five issues. Perhaps it had to be cut short for #13's Civil War tie-in?
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