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Iron Man: Miniseries
Iron Man: Hypervelocity, Vol. 1
Follows the adventures of Iron Man as he pushes himself beyond his technological and biological limits to survive the onslaught of ultra-tech war machinery.
144 pages, Paperback
First published October 10, 2007
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Adam Warren
243 books114 followersAdam Warren (born 1967) is an American comic book writer and artist who is most famous for his adaptation of Dirty Pair into an American comic book, and for being one of the first American commercial illustrators to be influenced by the general style of manga.
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December 5, 2021
This was a very different take on an Iron Man story. Almost without Tony Stark but still with 79% of Tony Stark. That makes sense, right? The storyline was pretty sci-fi overall with rogue AI's and transhumanism.
The absolute worst part of the story was the absolutely cringe geekism. The same fetishized-by-neckbeards kind of edgy, stupid, separated from reality -kind of crazy that absolutely ruined Ready Player One. And leads to wearing fedoras. And calling the opposite sex females and/or miladies (while tipping their fedora). Anyways. I dont get the obsession with over exaggerating meaningless silly details that are mostly unhealthy. Like blasting classic rock at 110decibels while fighting. Because that is totally the pinnacle of cool while you're flying in a suit of armor in the sky...
In a way the geekism was also the best part of the whole book. Really much techy details, cool ways of using physical phenomenae to get an advance and other nice concepts like that. These are one of the best parts of sci-fi and that held up here as well. The story was very dense and packed, the whole thing could have used some more pages to space everything out. The ending was just perfect to me. It leaves us with the kind of cliffhanger that opens up possibilities that we will never likely visit but are nice to think of.
The absolute worst part of the story was the absolutely cringe geekism. The same fetishized-by-neckbeards kind of edgy, stupid, separated from reality -kind of crazy that absolutely ruined Ready Player One. And leads to wearing fedoras. And calling the opposite sex females and/or miladies (while tipping their fedora). Anyways. I dont get the obsession with over exaggerating meaningless silly details that are mostly unhealthy. Like blasting classic rock at 110decibels while fighting. Because that is totally the pinnacle of cool while you're flying in a suit of armor in the sky...
In a way the geekism was also the best part of the whole book. Really much techy details, cool ways of using physical phenomenae to get an advance and other nice concepts like that. These are one of the best parts of sci-fi and that held up here as well. The story was very dense and packed, the whole thing could have used some more pages to space everything out. The ending was just perfect to me. It leaves us with the kind of cliffhanger that opens up possibilities that we will never likely visit but are nice to think of.
November 9, 2012
Creo que, junto a Extremis, este es el mejor comic de Iron Man que jamás haya leído. Y si bien no me hizo más fan del personaje, sí logro hacerme más fan de Adam Warren. El dibujo es más bien normalito, pero se nota que Warren metió mano en los bocetos por la dinámica y la hipervelocidad a la que se refiere el título. Cuando lo vea accesible, seguro lo compro.
April 11, 2009
Probably the best cyberpunk I've encountered in years, in any medium.
November 5, 2016
So wanna know the truth about Tony Stark that we all suspected? He's a geek. This one proves what all the other superheroes have said behind his back, namely that Tony probably knows about as much about the history of the Oregon Trail game as he does about nano technology. In fact, the only difference between Stark and most geeks you and I know is that Tony gets the ladies by the D20, if you know what I mean...
The idea of Tony as techno-geek, lurking on message boards and being hip with hacker culture--along with a shuffling Ipod and the admission that some of his designs were stolen from the crushed armor of his enemies--would be enough for me to recommend this. All the little touches in this story--even a few that change some of Tony's history--would be enough to recommend it. But what makes it even cooler is that the main story itself is a great, innovating use of the character and his ties to SHIELD.
As we open the story, we're being narrated at by Stark, as he avoids SHIELD tech. You think it's just a routine "hero gone rogue" story at first, but as things progress, you see that all is not as it seems, right down to what's going on with that shiny red and gold armor of his. While Stark tries to evade SHIELD, he discovers a new problem--someone or some thing is messing with his memories, his armor, and quite possibly, his life. The fact that the avatar of this attack happens to look like a hotty goth chick--the kind Stark would bed without a second thought--just makes the whole geek-tech feel of the book just that much more, well, geek-subculture cool.
This is exactly the type of cool, not-really-in-continuity story that I like reading as a one-shot trade. Warren clearly handles all the uber-geeking well, along with nifty lines like Stark "complimenting" the sexual harassment policy at his company, admissions that when trying to get to the bleeding edge you cut a lot of people, and the idea that when trying to attack Tony's armor, getting an AIM account doesn't hurt.
Warren has a lot of fancy tech in here, and I'm sure if you stop to think about some of the sci fi tricks he pulls off, they'd fall apart. But one of the best parts is that this story moves so fast you don't really stop to think about anything long enough to realize they'd never work. Everything does get an explanation because this is at heart a geek book, but it's so frenzied (this may be the most innovating use of Iron Man's potential I've seen) as to keep the brain following along without too much "wait a minute..." moments.
Drawn solidly by Warren and Denham, my only issue is that the Iron Man suit seems a bit too clunky to really do all the things that are shown. I've always liked the late 70s-mid 80s streamlined look as being an Iron Man that could really maneuver like he's portrayed. But that's a minor thing. This is a great book, and gets a definite recommendation. (Library, 06/08)
The idea of Tony as techno-geek, lurking on message boards and being hip with hacker culture--along with a shuffling Ipod and the admission that some of his designs were stolen from the crushed armor of his enemies--would be enough for me to recommend this. All the little touches in this story--even a few that change some of Tony's history--would be enough to recommend it. But what makes it even cooler is that the main story itself is a great, innovating use of the character and his ties to SHIELD.
As we open the story, we're being narrated at by Stark, as he avoids SHIELD tech. You think it's just a routine "hero gone rogue" story at first, but as things progress, you see that all is not as it seems, right down to what's going on with that shiny red and gold armor of his. While Stark tries to evade SHIELD, he discovers a new problem--someone or some thing is messing with his memories, his armor, and quite possibly, his life. The fact that the avatar of this attack happens to look like a hotty goth chick--the kind Stark would bed without a second thought--just makes the whole geek-tech feel of the book just that much more, well, geek-subculture cool.
This is exactly the type of cool, not-really-in-continuity story that I like reading as a one-shot trade. Warren clearly handles all the uber-geeking well, along with nifty lines like Stark "complimenting" the sexual harassment policy at his company, admissions that when trying to get to the bleeding edge you cut a lot of people, and the idea that when trying to attack Tony's armor, getting an AIM account doesn't hurt.
Warren has a lot of fancy tech in here, and I'm sure if you stop to think about some of the sci fi tricks he pulls off, they'd fall apart. But one of the best parts is that this story moves so fast you don't really stop to think about anything long enough to realize they'd never work. Everything does get an explanation because this is at heart a geek book, but it's so frenzied (this may be the most innovating use of Iron Man's potential I've seen) as to keep the brain following along without too much "wait a minute..." moments.
Drawn solidly by Warren and Denham, my only issue is that the Iron Man suit seems a bit too clunky to really do all the things that are shown. I've always liked the late 70s-mid 80s streamlined look as being an Iron Man that could really maneuver like he's portrayed. But that's a minor thing. This is a great book, and gets a definite recommendation. (Library, 06/08)
June 7, 2012
Warning for REALLY IRRITATING ENDING. But I enjoyed it, the incredibly fast pace, the subculture button shining, the cyberpunk of it all. I especially liked Aramaki, what a great character voice.
I mean, it doesn't necessarily make sense, but then it doesn't necessarily have to, because the POV of the Tonyghost is in itself questionable and self-identified as flawed. Which in reflection I like, and as I read it I had to get used to.
This is why people write fanfiction, though, because all I want is wetware Tony recovering from his injuries, and trying to figure out what the fuck happened to his Tony-in-the-suit, whether they would be able to communicate, how he would parse (if he even could) his AI counterpart's experience. That would be fascinating as hell.
Kind of weird art, but I forgave it because the concept was worth the ride. Think of it like performance art. It will help.
I mean, it doesn't necessarily make sense, but then it doesn't necessarily have to, because the POV of the Tonyghost is in itself questionable and self-identified as flawed. Which in reflection I like, and as I read it I had to get used to.
This is why people write fanfiction, though, because all I want is wetware Tony recovering from his injuries, and trying to figure out what the fuck happened to his Tony-in-the-suit, whether they would be able to communicate, how he would parse (if he even could) his AI counterpart's experience. That would be fascinating as hell.
Kind of weird art, but I forgave it because the concept was worth the ride. Think of it like performance art. It will help.
September 17, 2019
I genuinely think Iron Man often works best as a character when viewed through different lenses via mini-series. I can't think of many monumental Iron Man arcs (other than I'm fond of Fraction and the Knauf's runs).
But the best Iron Man stories; are usually 6 issue installments, i.e. Extremis, Enter the Mandarain, The Mask in the Iron Man, Armor Wars, Most Wanted, DoomQuest, etc.)
Hypervelocity is one of the most fast paced stories, and it focuses on the tech and just how FAST the suit goes. It probably features some of the best action in an Iron Man comic. It's got ideas about how Tony plans to perpetuate himself past his death, etc.
It's done in a slightly more Mecha/Manga style (which is Adam Warren's pedigree).
But the best Iron Man stories; are usually 6 issue installments, i.e. Extremis, Enter the Mandarain, The Mask in the Iron Man, Armor Wars, Most Wanted, DoomQuest, etc.)
Hypervelocity is one of the most fast paced stories, and it focuses on the tech and just how FAST the suit goes. It probably features some of the best action in an Iron Man comic. It's got ideas about how Tony plans to perpetuate himself past his death, etc.
It's done in a slightly more Mecha/Manga style (which is Adam Warren's pedigree).
November 26, 2007
I read this because of Adam Warren, and I must say, though his trademark high-concept frippery and pop-dialogue is present, the art doesn't service it very well. The pencilling by Brian Denham is generic photo-ref, sub Bryan Hitch. Had there been more scenes with Tony Stark, Denham would have surely run out of images of Pierce Brosnan to lift. The layouts by Adam Warren, shown in the back and of similar detail to his Empowered style, prove this would have been better served had he done more than the scripts. Read it for the story, glaze over the art.
The ending is ripe to be exploited for some company-wide crossover, too.
The ending is ripe to be exploited for some company-wide crossover, too.
September 23, 2012
Very enjoyable, Neal Stephenson-influenced Iron Man story. Digital consciousnesses, cyber terrorist cells, software battles. Influences of Snow Crash and, somewhat, The Diamond Age. Also a touch of Elektra: Assassin there, with the large and amoral SHIELD. It did a good job of tapping into the context of the Marvel Universe while still feeling unique and unencumbered. Good fun.
August 15, 2016
Un cómic de Iron Man autoconclusivo, completamente independiente y francamente recomendable. Una excelente historia de Iron Man donde Tony Stark ¡se la pasa en coma la mayor parte de la historia! A los guiones (y bocetos) del siempre imaginativo y personalísimo Adam Warren se suman los cumplidores dibujos de Brian Denham, en 150 páginas sin desperdicio.
March 4, 2023
Traduce los seis números de Iron Man: Hypervelocity.
Notas:
· La portada es la cubierta del Iron Man: Hypervelocity Vol.1 #1.
· Se incluye el prólogo "Pisa el acelerador", a cargo de Julián M. Clemente.
· Se incluye la cubierta original USA antes de cada episodio.
Fuente: fichas.universomarvel.
Notas:
· La portada es la cubierta del Iron Man: Hypervelocity Vol.1 #1.
· Se incluye el prólogo "Pisa el acelerador", a cargo de Julián M. Clemente.
· Se incluye la cubierta original USA antes de cada episodio.
Fuente: fichas.universomarvel.
March 15, 2008
Crazy high tech mech action and incredibly streamlined art.
July 24, 2008
I don't know how I feel about Tony's characterization here, but I do know that I spent most of this book cracking up, and that's never a bad thing.
March 27, 2019
What was that. It's really hard to rate this one. I have to say I really liked the idea and also parts on how it was done. The speed the story progresses is mind-blowing and therefore sometimes it feels a it all over the place. I don't think I ever read a comic where I had to turn the pages back and forth to compare what happens to what happened before this much before. This resulted in quite a few really nice 'oh really?!?' moments.
Overall I had a really hard time following the story because the text was like 80% techno-babble and I really misssed some kind of emotional level. The ending was unspuspected, but I kinda fits the story. I mean, how on earth could you end a storyline like this?
Overall I had a really hard time following the story because the text was like 80% techno-babble and I really misssed some kind of emotional level. The ending was unspuspected, but I kinda fits the story. I mean, how on earth could you end a storyline like this?
April 12, 2018
I didn't like the story. It was meh. The second star is for the Iron Man suit design - those several pages of specs at the end were the best part of the book.
July 17, 2018
Very entertaining and funny. The perfect fun Tony Stark story. I love the setup and premise, too. Drawing isn’t particularly spectacular but not bad or annoying either.
December 30, 2019
Yawn. So boring that I almost didn't notice that my copy had duplicate pages.
November 19, 2022
This book was already a 2/5, but then I had to read the phrase “neurochemically induced ‘pseudo-autism’”.
March 9, 2023
Comic excelente en una edición decente aunque se marca de nada. Para mí sorpresa, parece que no tuvo reedición
May 10, 2008
This is a case of Iron Man meets Cyberpunk, and it's a good match. Basically, Tony Stark's personality is uploaded to the suit in an emergency so the suit can operate without him. Sadly, S.H.I.E.L.D. and a hot goth computer virus are trying to take him down. This is really neat stuff and a unique Iron Man miniseries. There are two big problems here however that keep this from being five stars. First, is the layout. The art here is great but the pages are packed full of panels and text to the point where Brian Denham's art gets lost in the shuffle. This is a tragedy considering this illustrator's talent. They really needed to open these layouts up a bit and let Denham's art breathe and speak for itself. As it stands, this might be better as a short story than a comic. The second issue is the total cop out of an ending. There is no resolution here, but I wont point fingers (as to whether the culprit is Adam Warren or the Marvel Editors). Still, this is a unique and interesting Iron Man series that all lovers of the cyberpunk genre should enjoy.
November 6, 2014
I came to this book after seeing this book appear on a couple of different IRON MAN TOP 10 lists. In a lot of ways this book is genius but it's also a mess. I
t pretty much lost me with the pejorative use of the words "sissy" and "pansy" by the lead SHIELD agent. Come on Marvel, you're better than that.
The story is top notch. It's a Hard SF take on Iron Man, with Tony Stark out of action, dying and his mind is uploaded to his latest armor. Non-stop action from start to finish.
Written and sketched by groovy Adam Warren whose artwork is uglified by another artist. Warren layout pencils are shown in small thumbnails at the end of the book, 500 x better than the finished result.
If the pejoratives were absent and Warren's art had been used; yes, this would be on my top 10 of Iron Man stories. But what we have is just missed greatness.
t pretty much lost me with the pejorative use of the words "sissy" and "pansy" by the lead SHIELD agent. Come on Marvel, you're better than that.
The story is top notch. It's a Hard SF take on Iron Man, with Tony Stark out of action, dying and his mind is uploaded to his latest armor. Non-stop action from start to finish.
Written and sketched by groovy Adam Warren whose artwork is uglified by another artist. Warren layout pencils are shown in small thumbnails at the end of the book, 500 x better than the finished result.
If the pejoratives were absent and Warren's art had been used; yes, this would be on my top 10 of Iron Man stories. But what we have is just missed greatness.
November 25, 2008
Iron Man does cyberpunk. There were a few good moments of humor in this, but for the most part my reaction was similar to what it (sadly?) is for most examples of that genre: huh? Sadly, this level of persistent, rapid-fire technobabble makes my poor, inadequate wetware brain hurt.
June 29, 2022
Well, it pushes a lot of the right buttons (cyborg/mecha raves, awakening AI, the singularity) but plenty of wrong ones (god the military weaponry worship, a bit too much suicide girl fetishism) so I didn't particularly enjoy it, but I definitely appreciate it and the ending is really just perfect.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 29, 2012
Lots of neat ideas, not much emotional engagement.
April 29, 2016
Decent art and interesting concepts. The story didn't keep me that interested to care much about it as everything unfolded, though.
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