Iron Man: Femmes Fatales Posted by Paul on 11:42 AM

Iron Man: Femmes Fatales by Robert Greenberger


My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Iron Man: Femmes Fatales was an OK read. I had a difficult time with placing the world in which the story takes place. It didn't seem set in the movie time line, nor the comic book ones that I remembered. Also the story was disjointed, less about the titular superhero and more on events and other characters around him. Many names & characters from the comics were used to try and give it the feeling it was set there, but didn't work for me. Since the book is supposed to be set in the early days of the Iron Man story, it felt odd knowing where some of these characters ended up in the present day story lines. It had the feel that a story was written about the origins of SHIELD & the rise of HYDRA, only the publisher didn't think that was 'sexy' enough and needed a 'name' superhero to carry the story. I don't *know* that's what happened, though. I've read many of Robert Greenberger's other stories, and enjoyed them more, so this came as a disappointment from that aspect. Overall, a decent story, but not one that I'll likely read again.

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