International Iron Man, Issue #3 is a dual story. As a young man, Tony Stark becomes involved with the daughter of one of his father's rivals, Cassandra Gillespie. His father, thinking that the whole thing is just a "honey pot" operation, separates Tony from Cassandra. In the present, 20 years later, Stark finds out that his father isn't his biological father, and the search for his birth father leads him to Cassandra Gillespie, now a rival international arms dealer, herself. She attacks him and gains the advantage, or so she thinks.
I'm a fan of this series, and I've explained why in my two previous reviews. Bendis and Maleev working together is good stuff, even if it isn't on the Daredevil line they made so famous some 10 or 15 years ago. Even though the two have worked together in the past, the artwork is still new and unique. I love the way they use light in this series and how the characters age. Both the 1996 and 2016 timelines take place in Europe, and while I don't really feel London or Sofia in the artwork from what I experienced of those two cities, this is not a failure of the artwork. Of course, maybe Sofia has changed since I was there.
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