IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF SHIELD #27Written by Daniel Knauf & Charles Knauf
Art by Carlo Pagulayan
After last issue's epic fight with the Mandarin, it was to be expected that this issue would fail to live up to it, but I wasn't expecting the pace or momentum of that story to practically grind to a halt this time around.
This is definitely a result of the exceptional last issue, but I can't help but feel disappointed here. Nothing happens here. We get to see how Tony survived the miniture black hole (I honestly forget what that zero point blast they set up was called) to nobody's surprise and the rest of the issue deals with the fallout from that.
There's some entertaining scenes with Tony, Dugan and Maria and another with Doc Samson and Norman Osborn, but nothing I'd call noteworthy. It seems whenever something bad happens to Tony as the Director of SHIELD, the response will be "Do it Nick Fury style!". This is good once in a while, but they've pulled this stunt a few times now and it's getting old fast. If they want it "Nick Fury-style", why not just bring back Nick already?
As for the plot, and there is one if you remember the whole Extremis / Mandarin wiping out 97% of the population thing (and you wouldn't be faulted since the issue deals with court marshalling Tony for the whole nuke thingy I mentioned earlier and barely mentions this little detail out side some footnotes), Mandarin pulls a neat mental illusion out of rings to fool Maya into giving his "Tony Stark" the codes to unlock the airborn Extremis. It sounds corny, but it was well done, although I saw it coming a mile away with how the scenes were set up.
Verdict - Check It. Not as bad as I make it out, but, nonetheless, a real let down after last issue. I expect things to ramp back up next issue though.
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