Infamous Iron Man, Issue #1 brings together an all-star team of creators: Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Matt Hollingsworth, and letterer, Clayton Cowles from VC. In the story, Doctor Doom helps out Iron Man before the Civil War II storyline. In Civil War II, Iron Man is incapacitated (hello? I thought I was up on Civil War II. Is this a spoiler?), leaving only the A.I. version of Tony Stark. Doctor Doom swoops in and becomes the new Iron Man. Oh, and Ben Grimm from the Fantastic Four is an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Doctor Doom's long-lost mother is alive, young, and well.
I very well couldn't review this title without giving away spoilers. The whole thing is just so... strange. The meeting in the first few pages of the issue suggests a conspiracy among super villains and nefarious ends on Doctor Doom's part. For those that haven't followed Marvel closely, Doctor Doom is one of the main antagonists of the Fantastic Four. His backstory is covered in the opening pages. Despite all this, I have faith in Bendis, Maleev, and the rest because their work has been so kickass in the past, and it's kickass in the present.
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