"THE GOD IN THE WAR MACHINE" March 1995
Story: Roy Thomas
Art: Sandu Florea
Story:
It's so simple, it's almost painful.Loki wants to attack Thor (what else is new, talk about a guy who never learns). The aforementioned thunder god is sitting in a restaurant with Lady Sif when he is suddenly and unexpectedly attacked by War Machine. Of course, Rhodey's not in control of himself, Loki is. After trashing each other around for a while, Rhodey begins to struggle to regain control of his body. Thor uses the opportunity to whack War Machine with Mjolnir, which causes the armor's systems to stall. Loki discards his now useless weapon and flies away.
What's baaad:
When this book came out, it was my ambition to possess all the comics featuring War Machine that were being published. Even if I had read somewhere that
the book sucked, I still would've bought it. I know the same can be said of some of you out there. You're probably telling yourself: «Hey, it's War Machine versus Thor, how bad can it be?» Sadly, it can be very bad. Don't say I didn't warn ya!
Story:
It's so simple, it's almost painful.Loki wants to attack Thor (what else is new, talk about a guy who never learns). The aforementioned thunder god is sitting in a restaurant with Lady Sif when he is suddenly and unexpectedly attacked by War Machine. Of course, Rhodey's not in control of himself, Loki is. After trashing each other around for a while, Rhodey begins to struggle to regain control of his body. Thor uses the opportunity to whack War Machine with Mjolnir, which causes the armor's systems to stall. Loki discards his now useless weapon and flies away.
What's baaad:
When this book came out, it was my ambition to possess all the comics featuring War Machine that were being published. Even if I had read somewhere that
the book sucked, I still would've bought it. I know the same can be said of some of you out there. You're probably telling yourself: «Hey, it's War Machine versus Thor, how bad can it be?» Sadly, it can be very bad. Don't say I didn't warn ya! It saddens me to tell you this, but this book stinks. First of all, there's the art. Don't be fooled by the cool Steve Epting cover! The inside art is terrible. It reminds me of Herb Trimpe, and I am definitely NOT a fan of his stuff. Thor's chest is so gigantic, it makes him look deformed. The good news is that, since his face is hidden by his helmet, WM is the best looking character in there. All the other characters look awful. It also doesn't help that this book features Thor in the goofiest and stupidest costume ever designed for him in his entire history.
As for the story, well, it's simply terrible. It's nothing but a gratuitous, unnecessary and boring fight, filled with unbearably long and corny dialogues. I'd be able to excuse this if the book had been published in the 60s or 70s, but we're talking about 1995 for crying out loud!
Finally, the author's use of War Machine's weaponry is extremely disappointing. All he basically does (aside from his initial dive-bomb on Thor) is shoot some silly looking energy beams around for the whole duration of the battle. Yawn. I am absolutely certain that any Iron fan reading this column right now, even without the slightest amount of experience writing comics, would have been able to come up with a more exciting fight.
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Here's a good example of corny dialogue that completely ruins the rhythm of the story. During the fight, in an instant that should only last one or two seconds logically, Loki finds the time to over-explain the scene by declaring (wake me up when he finally shuts up): "I cannot catch your uru hammer - no god or man can do that, save only Odin - and I know full well that it must ever return to you! Very well, then! But in deflecting it, I can add this armor's power to its own with dire consequences for you!" (Zzzzzzzzz…)
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