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(Sept.
2003) "Vegas Bleeds Neon" part one. Cover
art: Feister & Harris. Script:
Robin Laws. Art: Robert Teranishi/Eric Cannon.
As Tony Stark ponders how to untarnish his company's reputation from the
"Manhunt" saga, he receives an interesting phone call from a Ms.
Saige Kaufman -- regarding a mysterious blueprint
from the late Howard Hughes
-- and a missing person by the name of Mo
Stanton! Tony agrees to meet Saige in Las
Vegas to see what's up. There, Tone agrees to play a "victim" (like Stanton
was, apparently) at the local baccarat tables. It plays out as planned,
but Tone and Saige learn nothing. Later, after Tony checks out his hotel
room with special "security" binoculars, he falls asleep...but suddenly
a mysterious flowing substance oozes from the room's thermostat...into
the Iron Man armor!! It looks much like Chuck Austen's Darkhawk
from vol.1 US War Machine
once it's assembled, and it begins pummeling Stark all over the room! Tony
notices that the creature "bleeds and feels pain" -- right before the thing
clutches Stark by the throat!
The
story is a bit too slow in spots, but Laws' narratives and dialogue flow
nicely. He seems to have a very nice grasp on the character of Tony Stark,
and he injects just the right amount of humor, including a priceless panel
where Tony imagines his Iron Man armor
with '57 Thunderbird styling! Teranishi's art is nice -- very much like
the Avengers'
Olivier Coipel's and Gary Frank's style.
Hube's
Recommendation: 
repulsors!
Fan
Reaction: Dear
Hube: I
really enjoy your reviews and find them spot on.
I agree with your review of issue 70.
I believe we are seeing the rebuilding of the quality of the magazine. I
am sure it is difficult to keep the quality up on all of Marvel’s projects at
the same time. I am glad to see
Marvel is finally giving this magazine the creators it deserves. I
hope the trend continues.
I
liken the Iron Man situation to what we have seen on the Hulk.
Like Iron Man the Hulk had some poor creative decisions with the reboot. However,
attention to the magazine has resulted in steady improvement and the readership
has increased dramatically. I
believe the same will be true for Iron Man. One
minor point. When I go through your
repulsor ratings I see that you have given some “okay” issues the three
repulsors under Grell’s run. I
believe that when you go back and compare “Vegas bleeds Neon” by Laws with
“You can’t always get….” By Grell there should be some ratings
differential. I believe your
ratings on Grell were increased because you were enthused about any positive
direction on the title. Would you
consider going back and changing the ratings on “You Can’t Always Get” to
a 2 or 2 ˝? --
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Fan
Reaction 2: Yeh not a bad issue. I liked the art, tho too many
famous faces popped up (Sean Connery, Tony Hopkins, Vinnie Jones etc.) which
shouts look at how good I am at likeness'! Story was plodding in parts but let's
hope this green slime destroys armour forcing Tony to finally redesign the
wretched thing -- or are we forced to continue with it 'cos of design tie-in
with upcoming film?!?!! Let us hope not. --
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