Look, if you thought I was in this for Stark and his tech, well, yeah, sure, at first.   Then when I realized he'd brought in Ultron's creation, Jocasta, to be the robot ethicist.

It's a fun series, especially watching Jocasta teach people to treat robots like people, and her telling every robotic creation with/approaching self-awareness that they didn't have to throw themselves into danger if they didn't want to.

I have a feeling that she'll put a wrench in many of Stark's plans, but she also stole the show for me.   Debating buying all of this, along with a Bumblebee one-shot I missed in a week or so when the Bee issue goes half-off.   

An excellent fanfic, scifigrl47 voices Tony Stark to perfection. This fic could easily form the basis of a script for 'Iron Man 4.'

'...the idea of going without Tony was enough to make (Steve's) stomach turn over, nausea thick and hot in his throat. He remembered being alone. And he wasn't sure he could bear it again.'

So, wow, I am really upset that I didn't manage to grab the following volume - which Newbury didn't have - when i got my whole stash.   I was reading this, my jaw dropping, unable to put this down. 

Wow, wow, wow!  I never would have guessed any of this had been Tony's origin.   

And to top off the brilliant storytelling and art, there were robots involved.   Oh, yes, yes!   

Mmm.   451 is kinda hot.   

Why, yes, I'd totally have a drink with him.   *Ignores all the terrible shit he does, too*

No, seriously, 451 is a great villain: well spoken, rational, he justifies his means with the end game.   He actually reminds me of Unit, another Gililen villain.   Unit and 451 are both machines who are articulate, who both manage to trick heroes into helping them because they are such smooth operators, and who may or may not have truly evil agendas.   They both play long games, too.   

Gillen may end up being a favorite writer just for writing smooth, but evil, robots.   Sexytimes!

Marvel has got me hooked. After years of eschewing superheroes, I'm now reading everything the library gets. I've no judgement at all, I'm loving these, and lying on the sofa trading them off with the daughter. We're planning to visit the state comic con this fall.

Library copy.

Five Reasons for Kidnapping Tony Stark:
1. Ransom
2. Leverage
3. To have something built
4. Revenge
5. (Tony’s fantasy) Captain America, upon saving the world, demands that Tony be his sex slave. Tony is a-ok with this, because he is ready to sacrifice his body on the altar of the greater good. He’s gotten quite a bit of mileage out of this fantasy.

 

 

Art by berry-muffin.

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