Another book in the Marvel-Verse graphic novel series I found is Marvel-Verse: Ironheart by Eve L. Ewing, Brian Michael Bendis, Kevin Libranda, Luciano Vecchio, Marco Rudy, Nico Leon and a few others. I hadn’t planned on writing another Marvel review (even though I have read two of the baddies, Marvel-Verse: Kang and Marvel-Verse: Kraven the Hunter, plus two of the Guardians of the Galaxy comics: Marvel-Verse: Rocket & Groot and Marvel-Verse: Guardians of the Galaxy. But honestly, I was not as impressed with them as I had hoped. But if you like GOTG then go for it, one has a fun story with Rocket and Tippy Toes from Squirrel Girl. Kang is not really a relatable modern character and I couldn’t get over the gay-porn-star look of Kraven).
For the most part, I was unfamiliar with Ironheart. These individual stories (though some do connect), are a nice introduction to her character. The combination of her being a teen/young 20-something allows her to be able to be an “teen/adult character” and still relevant to today’s readers. Other modern characters and seemingly keeping on a more traditional/familiar path of superheroes and other characters we know, it allows fans and newbies access.
One of the things I like about her stories is how she is not perfect, but is partly aware of that and also a bit blinded to that. She feels real and relatable. And I like how she is an Avenger but not at the same time. The other part of it I liked is that her stories are modern, so there are themes and ideas I can relate to, even if I’m not a teen/young science genius. But the smoother, more modern look/what we think of as graphic novel/comics looks allows the flow to happen easier.
If I have one complaint about things is that she and her costume are stereotypical “female superhero” (tight, sexual, anatomically correct). But so far, Ironheart has probably been my favorite read in the series, and I might find other collections that are centered around her. 