Invincible Iron Man #593

THE SEARCH FOR TONY STARK pt I

Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Penciled by Stefano Caselli and Alex Maleev
Cover by Adi Granov
Published Oct 18, 2017

   In Dover, Tony rests silently in the compression chamber that has kept his unconscious body alive when a mystery person touches it. Friday, Tony's special robo-ambassador gives an update and his mother, Amanda kicks off the Tony Stark International Sciences Expo in New York. She begins to break down but keeps it together, introducing Ironheart to the crowd in true rockstar Iron Man fashion.

Keep it together, mystery mom.

   Backstage, Mary Jane is reacquainted with Stark Industries board member Erik Lynch, who breaks the news to her that the board has voted. Effective Monday, they're taking over the company. MJ's takes it in but is alerted to a more pressing matter. An alarm has gone off in Dover requiring immediate attention.

MJ, you remember me? I'm a huge asshole.

   Meanwhile at Rykers Island, all of the prisoners Doom brought to the prison have escaped. He appears from above and as the guards debate whether to shoot, he puts a spell on them requiring them to seek hugs. Suddenly the Thing appears and tells Victor he isn't leaving the island. Victor asks that if SHIELD is no more, Ben doesn't have the authority to pursue him any longer. He tells Doom that he doesn't get to walk away from this. He can't just become a good guy on a whim. Doom teleports away leaving the guards confused as to what just happened.

Ben Grimm loses again.

    In Dover, Tony's mom, MJ, Riri, and Friday investigate the empty chamber, debating as to whom to call. Friday informs them she no longer senses his presence via microchip. If he has indeed been kidnapped, is it an Avengers issue? An FBI issue? Did he sneak off and not want to be found? The discussion continues as Brian Michael Bendis goes on a dialogue tirade. Finally Friday suggests they could call Dr. Doom for help.

Hope DC is ready for all the typing Bendy is bringing them.

   The issue wraps with a mystery man emerging from some sort of chamber. Completely shaved and weak, he struggles to his feet and reaches a model 4 Iron Man suit. Slowly, he very painfully suits up in the armor, finally resting in the fetal position. Who is this man? We'll have to wait to find out as this issue is left to be continued.

...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

   With the very recent news breaking that Bendis is leaving Marvel for DC, this issue hits me in an odd way. As I'm sure I'll have a few more opportunities to complain about him, just as I've fawned over his writing in the past, he really made this character. It was clearly one of his greatest marks on anything at Marvel, as well as his run with Dr. Doom's conversion. I think he's going to be missed in these pages, though it gives him a real chance to change the iconic characters over there as well. As for one of his final issues prior to the news breaking, I give this one a 10/10.

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