by Christos Gage & Sean Chen
collects Iron Man: Director of SHIELD #33-35 & Iron Man v. 1 # 144
the premise: With Tony Stark seemingly dead, War Machine is called to the front lines (in.. uh.. Russia) to fight Skrulls.
the lowdown: OK, now we *finally* find out what War Machine was up to when... wait... oh yeah, no one really cares about War Machine.
That's overly harsh. I don't *care* about War Machine, but I do think he's kind of cool, and so I picked this up to read three issues of War Machine shooting stuff and being shot at. And this book delivers. Introspection? Who needs it? This is the Secret Invasion tie-in that really doesn't need Skrulls in order to work. The enemy could be pretty much anyone, and the story would be unchanged. War Machine shoots lots of stuff, and some of it blows up.
Plus: the Winter Guard appears, and I think the Winter Guard is kind of cool too. So there's that, even if they do end up at odds with Rhodey for reasons that are kind of dumb.
The art is by Sean Chen, who turns in his usual good work. Workmanlike, maybe, but he never detracts from the script, and frankly looks more polished here than he did on Salvation Run.
To fill out the trade Marvel included a classic Michelinie/ Layton/ JrJr Iron Man issue detailing how he met Rhodey. Well, after finishing up the storyline that had been running in the title for the prior few issues. It's kind of odd, really, but I was reading the title when that issue first came out and thought it was odd then too.
the verdict: If you like stories about people with lots of weapons shooting stuff, this could be the book for you. I liked it. It won't be winning any awards but it was fun.
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