Saturday, November 13, 2004

Iron Man Money Concerns

Last night I read Iron Man #1 written by Warren Ellis. I have got to say it was definitely an Ellis story, complete with the quirks that make his writing so compelling. From Tony's weird behavior, to a creepy new storyline, the book is firing on all cylinders. I will pick up issue two for sure.

I have just one question. In Avengers Finale, Tony was too poor as a result of the events in Disassembled to fund the team anymore, correct? Why in his own title is he living like the richest man on earth? He has his private jet, and the money to transport his fancy "sports car" around, but he can't afford to build a new headquarters?

I understand the stock market and it's ramifications. I also understand that most corporations are top heavy, paying their top executives crazy amounts of money. I can see the points of both titles. I just don't see a sense of continuity.

Any opinions?

4 comments:

Carl said...

I've noticed that too. Marvel seems to have just said to hell with continuity in the last few years. Captain America is a really pure American symbol in his book (except for the crappy return and it's socialist Cap) and The Avengers.... Yet in Alias, he's having a secret casual affair. Luke Cage is a man of honor in all his books, but he cheats on his girlfriend/wife (?) in Alias. Nick Fury is running SHIELD full out, just like usual, then, in another book, SHIELD is broken-up and he's working for the CIA or NSA. Huh? Spiderman has a firm job teaching high school science in his main book but it's never mentioned or shown in the other books. I would actually think he has *no job* save maybe his Spiderman picture-taking if I went by them. At least they seemed to have solved the Mary Jane biz, were they married still? Did she still love him? Was she gone forever? Did she do all this on purpose, trying to torment Peter? I often wondered if MJ was Spiderman's greatest foe, not the Green Goblin.
Welp, those are things I have noticed, I am sure there's more. You know things are bad when even the Marvel Zombies at the local shop acknowledge that this lack of continuity is 100 percent true...

Heidi Meeley said...

No doubt here, Carl. My husband really knows his Marvel, and even he has given up to an extent. I agree with your point that from book to book there is not any consistency.

This is why reading Iron Man and Avengers Finale the same week give me a hellacious headache! I know I am going to stew over the gaps!

Carl said...

Welp, I got this last night. Read half of it at the store and got bogged down (for some reason, you pick up a comic, start reading, everyone wants to talk to you) and then the store closed. We always go out, it's like a mini-celebration of the biggest sales day besides the weekend. And I finished when I got home. Welp, truthfully, I didn't really care for it except when Tony was flying as Iron Man and showing why that character is cool. I mean, jeez, we have to tie in that Ellis stuff about anything connected with the military is automatically "evil"? I did love Tony's smack back at the documentary guy, yeah, has your work made a dif? Silence. Yeah, that was a great moment. Otherwise, doubt I will buy it again...

Heidi Meeley said...

Hey Carl, I know what you mean about making the military weapons evil. That is pretty much what Grell did on his run, right?

I have never been a big Iron Man fan, but I have been an Ellis fan. I am really on the fence about getting issue 2- it will depend how heavy of a comic book week it is for me.