Infamous Iron Man #8

A great issue that explores the inner workings of characters while progressing the bigger story. Read Full Review

Doctor Doom and Riri Williams finally meet face-to-face in a great character and conversation-driven issue. Read Full Review

Infamous Iron Man is one of the best comics on the market today. Bendis has taken the Reed Richards/Doom relationship (as well as the Doom/Stark one) and turned them upside down, shook them up, and produced a great story. Let's hope it lasts. Read Full Review

INFAMOUS IRON MAN #8 is one of the strongest issues in this series. Bendis does an excellent job pacing his plot with dialogue-heavy scenes, and the artwork of Maleev and Hollingsworth assist the tension amongst characters well. This issue is a must. Read Full Review

Surprise, surprise. The latest chapter of Infamous Iron Man is another slow, methodical read. But more than ever, the strong characterization is making up for the glacial story pace. Read Full Review

Alex Maleev's art continues to be criminally underappreciated. What he lacks in flash he makes up for in subtle character work and phenomenal acting. Read Full Review

I'm not sure how long Marvel can keep Doom in the role of one of it's biggest named heroes, but if Victor's visions are to be believed Marvel may have other ideas for the character rather than simply returning him to his old status once this arc plays out. Worth a look. Read Full Review

It was after I finally lost interest in his Avengers comics a few years ago that I thought I'd outgrown Brian Michael Bendis's writing. While I'd considered his take on the Avengers sharp at first, and edge dulled, and I wasn't taken with All New X-Men either. I never bothered with his Guardians of the Galaxy. But then I realized, I still loved Bendis's writing, and still do. Spider-Man, Invincible Iron Man, Jessica Jones... these were among my favorite Marvel titles. And Scarlet – oh, Scarlet, one of the finest modern comics that I fear is sadly overlooked due to Bendis's 21st century rep as the Man from Marvel. I realized Bendis's writing is as great as ever, when it's more focused. Team books aren't his fort. Solo titles are where it's at for this particular writer, and I'll continue to follow his work in that regard. Read Full Review

CesarCastanha

May 26, 2017

This was the weakest issue so far. The series has dragged the story and its mysteries for too long now. But it is still one of the best of Marvel today.

Spock's Brain

Jun 01, 2017

This an interesting issue, as we see twin conversations that build the slow burn of the story and serve as excellent character moments. I like the interaction between Victor and Riri (and Riri and A.I. Tony). The conversation between The Maker and Ben is interesting, too, as Reed attempts to win over Ben by talking about the good ol' times; this is before he makes a request that, to me, reveals he is definitely not the Reed Ben knows. Add a total WTF ending and this is a pretty great read.

DDJamesB

May 25, 2017

Not really sure about the ending. I did enjoy the dialogue between the characters and how there were two stories going at once. I enjoyed the exchange between RiRi and Victor but, I really just wish Reed would get his show on the road already. Once again, the ending, will have to be elaborated on for me to decide if I like this. Overall a good issue and even though this has been a very slow moving story it is engaging and has beautiful art.

Vanguard

Jun 01, 2017

Riri WIlliams in this issue is further proof that she is a joke and further solidifies my stance that I will never buy a Riri WIlliams comic and will only stick to DOctor Doom. I'm really looking forward on the next issue because of the cliffhanger at the end. Also much of the issue was mostly just talking and I was kind of hoping for some action but in the end I guess all the talking was necesary to move the plot.

Rick Jonez

May 24, 2017

More or less two 10page stories of talking heads - engaging in part but given this run is feels so slow already this issue was trying in that vein. And Tony turning to magic makes me groan without convincing explanation.

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SlyCooper2445 - May 24, 2017

It's not Tony it's Victor lolol

DDJamesB - May 25, 2017

SlyCooper did not read this issue then

supercoolyeah - May 28, 2017

lolol no he didn't and I agree with you too much yackity yack and not enough kaboom!!!

SlyCooper2445 - May 28, 2017

I read it, the reveal was cool to me.

supercoolyeah

May 28, 2017

You know when you are at lunch with two co-workers and they go off on a tangent on a subject you have no real interest in so you just get bored. That's how this issue felt. It needed to have some kind of hook for me and it really didn't. The art of Maleev and Hollingsworth is great as always but the story didn't leave me excited. Hopefully it picks up next issue.

freemanlouis7

May 25, 2017

A little too much standing around and talking, IronHeart's appreance was just ok but I wanted more. Another fun cliffhanger but not a lot of answers.

CrazyforRAMU

Dec 03, 2017

Doom brushes off Riri and discovers he's receiving future visions from an incomprehensibly surprising source. Alex Maleev supplies decent art for a script that is basically 2.5 conversations, but Brian Michael Bendis fumbles *many* balls here. For a start, this issue doesn't tie to the latest Invincible Iron Man in a satisfying fashion. Doom & Riri's talk is pretty brilliant; the Maker & Ben chat is a lot more forgettable. Riri's endless sniping with Tony-AI is even less entertaining here than it is in Invincible, and the final half-conversation where Doom meets his surprise guest star is just a giant WTF moment. On a strategic scale, Mr. Bendis is really dragging his feet on bringing Doom and the Maker into direct conflict. What's getting put on the pages is decently entertaining, but the amount of wasted potential building up here is woeful. more

Avanvolk

Oct 08, 2025

I couldn't care less about Riri Williams as a character, and this issue was just all talking, but not the interesting kind that writers like Jonathan Hickman can pull off. Just boring conversations that didn't really give us any answers or plot development. I'd take more points off if it weren't for Alex Maleev's consistently great art.