Extremis (Iron Man)

In my opinion, Extremis is easily one of the best Iron Man stories of all time.The primary purpose of this story was to establish Iron Man's modern image, which was a task that I feel was accomplished well. Warren Ellis and Adi Granov make a spectacular team, with Ellis writing a deep and intricate story and Adi Granov providing dark and gritty artwork.The basic plot is that a domestic terrorist named Mallen steals a sample of a techno-organic virus called Extremis, which empowers him with superhuman abilities. And of course, it's up to Iron Man to stop him. It may sound simple, but Warren Ellis uses this as an opportunity to greatly elaborate on Tony Stark as a character. If you're looking for a deep and/or philosophical Iron Man story, then this is the comic you want to read. Throughout the story, Ellis paints a clear image of who Tony Stark is, and what he stands for. By the end, you're left with a deeper understanding of Tony's ideology, and why it is he does what he does. In addition to handling the character development amazingly, Warren Ellis also introduces the interesting concept of blending biology with technology. And it's this concept that provides the crucial foundation of many subsequent Iron Man stories.The artwork is also a major highlight of Extremis. Adi Granov provides incredibly detailed and realistic artwork. And his choice of colors brings an entirely different atmosphere to the story of a familiar character. The dark tone of Granov's artwork blends perfectly with Ellis' dramatic writing style. And words cannot express how epic he makes the action scenes. Even when there's no guiding dialogue, Granov is effectively able to tell a story from panel to panel. Like I said, his art style makes the action awesome, and certainly satisfactory for any Iron Man fan.As I stated earlier, Extremis is easily one of the best Iron Man stories, and without a doubt my personal favorite. Warren Ellis and Adi Granov work extremely well together, and display great synergy with their writing and art. Together, they create a unique atmosphere for a story that delves deeply into Stark's ideals and morality. Overall, the deep and dramatic writing, gritty artwork, and intense action make this a memorable story, regardless of what you expected to read. Personally, this is my favorite comic book story of my favorite Marvel character: Iron Man...

"Iron Man: Extremis", more than any other recent story arc, has influenced the Iron Man mythos for the modern comic book reader, transplanting the origin of Tony Stark's armored alter ego into a more contemporary setting while still remaining within the mainstream Marvel continuity.In other words, the Iron Man history gets a modern makeover.However, that's only a small part of the goodness within this (admittedly brief) story, which also pits the Armored Avenger against a radically new foe and forces Tony to face the question that also drives the new "Iron Man 3" film: What makes Tony Stark a superhero, the suit or the man inside the suit?If you want to gain a basic understanding of Iron Man outside of the excellent films, this is the place to start. It tells the origin in a concise manner, pits the hero against nearly insurmountable odds (leading to some butt-kicking action scenes), and still holds to the story of a man grappling with his sense of identity and purpose in a constantly changing world.

Warren Ellis brings us into the world of Iron Man in his first volume titled extremis. This book contains the back story of how tony became iron man and how he will overcome a new threat. This being a man who injects himself with some sort of syrum that turns him into an unstoppable force of nature! Tony could assembled the avengers, but he wants to prove that he can overcome this alone. Tony Stark wants to be more than a weapons dealer, knowing he has the technology to do it, although his body is nothing without his armor. The story is different, and Granovs art is very good! I give extremis 4.2/5 stars.

Enjoyed this volume. Updated me on the Iron Man saga after years away. The artwork is beyond excellent.

If you've seen Iron Man 3 it's more or less based on this series. I haven't read a lot of Iron Man comics, like a lot of people I'm jumping on the bandwagon after the success of the RDJ movies. My only complaint is that Tony Stark figures out the solution a bit quickly and for a series that changes Iron Man as much as this one does, it is a bit rushed.

I've never followed Iron Man, so I don't know that much about him. This book was just OK for me, it had interesting things happening but for me it didn't stand alone as a really great story, or seem to reveal much about Tony Stark's character. For example I don't know Superman that well, but I really enjoyed Superman For All Seasons, and while I do know Batman I think that Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns, etc, are still good stand alone books.

It’s artwork and writing are beyond amazing

If One thing I like aboutthe extremis tradepaperrback is it presents a complete story. If the extremis stuff interestedon o in the Iron man 3 interested you this is a must read.The story here is much more interesting here than presented in the movie. There is also a Marvel Knights animated versionof ths available which takes it's art directly from Ari Granov's[spelling?]excellent art.  "Extremis" Part 1 (of 6) [HD ]

A destructive new chemical compound called Extremis that gives the user superhuman powers is set loose onto a domestic terrorist with an agenda to bring down Washington. Cue Tony Stark, flying in to save the day! But even Iron Man isn't able to deal with this threat and must make a life altering choice. We also get the Iron Man origin story here that was used in the Iron Man film (with a few subtle tweaks).I love Warren Ellis' writing whether it's his weird, original material or more mainstream projects like this book with Marvel. He always writes a very interesting, very fun script and "Extremis" is no exception. Tony Stark's intelligent, humourous nature is put across nicely as are moral arguments for scientists whose work can be used for both good and evil. Much was made of Adi Granov's art but I found it to be a bit bland. Iron Man looks good but the colours are very muted and the humans all look computer generated rather than natural. It wasn't terrible artwork but it was a long way from the brilliance I had been led to expect with this book."Extremis" was a great jumping off point for the Iron Man movie series and I think the producers would have done better if they'd chosen the hyper-powerful Timothy-McVey-type in this book than Jeff Bridges' giant robot-suited villain. It just seems like Ellis' villain is more edgy and interesting. The origin story here was also well handled, with Stark visiting Afghanistan and being taken prisoner by the Taliban. There's also a great throwback to the first issue of Iron Man, design-wise.Overall, a very satisfying, well written superhero comic that I definitely recommend to fans both of the genre but also to those who aren't so that they can see why people enjoy these stories.

Great novel. Which explores the relationship tony has with his suit. Amazing a must read for those who want to know a little more about iron Ma

The artwork of this comic is so lifeless that it makes it almost impossible to engage with. The story may be good, but it's almost impossible to engage with purely because of the lack of motion in the artwork.

Great story!!!

NO SPOILERS BELOW!In recent years there has been a new renaissance of superhero movies which I overall I am really pleased about. Some good... some not so good. I already knew about a lot of the superheroes they portray from my childhood and watching their TV shows. I've seen almost all these modern day film depictions (despite Green Lantern - not heard anything good about that one!) and have really become enamoured with certain heroes and less keen on others. I guess you could say some movies make us believe, and others just pass over us as they don't relate. And I think the key thing with any superhero story is the relation with the reader/watcher/audience.One of my young distant memories is watching X-Men in silly yellow suits and crude clichéd remarks, the other is Iron Man who had a gallery of suits and saved the world in one of them each episode. I guess the novelists and film makers saw potential in these shows to develop a stronger concept to bring to a wider, adult audience (and also bring in a younger audience to their respective Marvel/DC worlds).As you may have guessed, I'm a film and TV watcher and always have been. I have always been visual and loved the moving picture (eventually going to Leeds College of Art to Study the same). And so by no means am I a graphic novel aficionado. At art college I dabbled with a few weighty tomes that looked good and felt good in the hands, but never really got into their concepts. However Iron Man intrigued me. The Man, the Suit, the power, the challenges. How could one man be an answer to all problems? Then I started reading about the origins of Iron Man and that kind of sealed my interest. I was hookedAfter the first Iron Man 3 film trailer was released, again I was very interested in the plot and how he could develop further. Also whilst researching the new film I found it was going to be loosely based on the 'Extremis' storyline which had already existed for some time. Eager to understand what this storyline was I did more research. And it turns out 'Extremis' is an alternative beginning to Iron Man and his woes/successes. I am eager to watch the film but it was a long time coming - so i wanted to know more. Then this preorder of the compilation of the 6 story arc of the 'Extremis' storyline was going to be released as a compilation. How do comic book guys wait til the next comic book!?I received my copy of Extremis this morning and started reading it because the stupid grand national and nothing else was on. And I did not put it down once. I read it from cover to cover. This story rightly portrays Tony Stark as a troubled genius with a stand to take and metaphorical cross to bear. He is challenged by more than one foe (himself being one included) and undergoes anything to overcome everything. The artwork is stunning - dark yet bright when needed, the wording and character's story flows perfectly (by my standards), the broad range of storylines and their convergence is spot on and the novel really leaves me wanting more. And I think that is the point with a graphic novel like this.Now if you don't want any negatives about this book you should look away now and order - but in my humble opinion the 'technology' scenes should be shown in more detail and how they are experienced and that the battles should be more protracted to give you an idea of Tony Starks metamorphosis.I hope this review helps (it's the first I have written for a product - but I felt it was needed) and if you have any comments I would be happy to hear them.Overall for the money I spent, the storyline, the splendidly appropriate artwork - I would highly recommend it and it will leave you wanting more from the Mr. Stark and his film that is coming later this year.