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| Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin | 
 enlarge | Author: Joe Casey
Creator: Eric Canete
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 112058
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0785126228
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780785126225
ASIN: 0785126228
Publication Date: June 4, 2008
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Product Description
Warming up for the movie event of 2008 - find out exactly how Iron Man's deadliest nemesis came to be. A tale from the early days of the Marvel Universe, this mini-series contains secrets never-before-revealed of the first-ever meeting between the Golden Avenger and the global terrorist known only as the Mandarin! What really happened during that first encounter? Even if you've read the original comics, you only know HALF of the story! Collects Iron Man: Mandarin #1-6.
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Nothing New May 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Mandarin is one of Iron Man's oldest foes, but this supposed origin piece in Iron Man's alternate universe doesn't really add anything new to the Mandarin legend. In fact, the Mandarin here is pretty hokey (which the original incarnation was as well at the worse of times), and trying to update a hokey character with more tech just doesn't make him menacing. There are no mental games, no tricks and nothing behind the power rings of the Mandarin...so in short - I didn't quite get my Iron Man fix with this. Given the consistency and the sheer power of the current series, this is NOT an essential book, but one that you can look over as an optional buy (meaning: if you've read every Iron Man book out there and MUST have something).
The artwork isn't bad - but somehow, the cartoony Iron Man look doesn't work for me - this rendition reminds me of Batman's Warner Bros animated adventures. Give me the sheen and the gloss anyday. The retro cover invokes The Rocketeer and is nice, but that alone ain't enough to propel the story.
The Cold War is over, and Marvel needs some new foes for our Iron Man. Reviving the Mandarin is actually an uninspiring turn. Wizened Chinese Fu Manchu types don't cut it anymore.
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