Popdose catchup-- Invincible Iron Man v4: Stark Disassembled
Over at Popdose, I mused a bit on the presumed guilt and sins of Mr. Tony Stark.
In the end, when Tony wakes up and sees the world around him, a world that he’s largely responsible for, Fraction gives Tony his own little reboot. This is not a Crisis on Infinite Earths or even Spider-Man: Brand New Day level reboot but Fraction does give Tony a small one and a slight bit of absolution from his sins. If there were questions you needed to think about before reading Stark: Disassembled, there’s one you’ve got to ask when the book is done; “does Tony Stark deserve the saving that he got?” He’s not judged guilty of his actions but he’s also not left completely off the hook either. Fraction leaves him as a man completely aware of his sins but now left having never actually committed them. It’s a paradox that Fraction has set up, judging Tony both guilty and not guilty of any supposed crimes and sins.\