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On 12/21/2022 at 10:05 PM, Atlantis said:

Not at all new; the comic companies have done it a number of times with both of them (the other trope they use is putting guys like Batman (Wayne) in jail). Thing is, they think its dramatic and high stakes, but really it just undermines the character. Stark is supposed to be this-off-the-charts, genius inventor businessman, and has over 20 subsidiary companies in addition to SI/SE. He's lost his company/fortune before, so a man with his intellect, connections, business acumen, etc. should have fool proofed himself from that ever happening again.

So not only have we seen this before, we know he'll get it all back eventually.

I don't know if these story lines that are written to make him low-tech are supposed to make the readers cheer him on, as he clashes with foes using a sling shot instead of Repulsors, but I realy can't see them as necessary or entertaining.

Exactly, it is the opposite of Tony's character. He's about looking forward not backwards and he was designed to be a character readers wouldn't initially root for

On 8/25/2022 at 11:03 PM, leokearon said:

Like seriosuly, what's the recent trend of making Billionaire's broke, they have done it with both Tony and Batman

Not at all new; the comic companies have done it a number of times with both of them (the other trope they use is putting guys like Batman (Wayne) in jail). Thing is, they think its dramatic and high stakes, but really it just undermines the character. Stark is supposed to be this-off-the-charts, genius inventor businessman, and has over 20 subsidiary companies in addition to SI/SE. He's lost his company/fortune before, so a man with his intellect, connections, business acumen, etc. should have fool proofed himself from that ever happening again.

So not only have we seen this before, we know he'll get it all back eventually.

I don't know if these story lines that are written to make him low-tech are supposed to make the readers cheer him on, as he clashes with foes using a sling shot instead of Repulsors, but I realy can't see them as necessary or entertaining.

Love the image of the armory; thats sick.

Nice to see more modern armors in Bob Layton's style.

Like seriosuly, what's the recent trend of making Billionaire's broke, they have done it with both Tony and Batman

On 8/25/2022 at 4:16 AM, leokearon said:

Tony is broke again! He's supposed to be a futurist so his stories should be moving forward not backwards.

Honestly, one of the things I'm hoping to out of this run is that Marvel finally gets this idea of making Tony low-tech and low-profile out of their system. Then we can get the return of the Tony Stark who used to build satellite research stations and utopic cities and fully-immersive VR landscapes.

Another old storyline dug up and rehashed by another low talent hack who's incapable of coming up with a novel idea. Wish I could act surprised but......Marvel.

Tony is broke again! He's supposed to be a futurist so his stories should be moving forward not backwards.

On 8/24/2022 at 11:25 PM, RoMe00150 said:

That sadly will probably never happen again. Marvel has this thing where they will shake up the status quo then reset it with a new #1 for "profit"

As a long time comic fan this saddens me but I fear you are correct

On 8/24/2022 at 6:46 PM, McHogan said:

It would be nice if this were one of those stories (ala Demon in a Bottle) that actually changes a characters status quo for years to come and people talk about for years.

thats putting quite a bit of faith in these creators but who knows, maybe this will be a diamond in the rough

That sadly will probably never happen again. Marvel has this thing where they will shake up the status quo then reset it with a new #1 for "profit"