In 2016, Tony Stark is establishing the entire world his base of operations and taking Iron Man internationally with the help of Brian Michael Bendis (Invincible Iron Man, Daredevil, Guardians of the Galaxy) and Alex Maleev (Daredevil, Moon Knight) in the all-new Marvel series, INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN.
As technology and globalization continue to reduce the size of the world stage, Marvel continues to reflect the world outside our windows and brings the “Golden Avenger” to defend the globe. “I think we all, no matter where we are in our lives, feel that the world has gotten much smaller,” said Bendis while speaking with Entertainment Weekly. “We can all reach out to each other no matter where we are in the world. We feel each other’s pains and victories. I think for Tony it’s like that times 100. He’s much more aware of the global situation and how a big fight with Galactus in New York would affect things in other parts of the world.”
Tony Stark is a futurist. He anticipates threats to come and plans for them. That mentality is what leads Tony to take Iron Man out of New York and proactively taking on threats across the globe. “If I was a villain, New York is the last place I’d attack, because you know, just by math, there are 700 superheroes in a 17-block radius. I’d go anywhere else,” explains Bendis. “We’ll be dealing with some of the criminals in the Marvel Universe who are smart enough to put that together in their head finally. Tony’s gonna be racing to help people that don’t necessarily always get the attention of the Marvel superheroes.”
Accompanying Iron Man on his new global – an unlikely partner who knows everything there is to know about the dark underbelly of the Marvel Universe – Doctor Doom! “Doom knows where the bodies are buried…he knows a lot of stuff that Tony doesn’t know.”
Additionally, not only will Iron Man reach out worldwide, but so will the actual published comic book. Working with a number of Marvel licensees, INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN will be translated into the respected languages of 25 different countries and will be printed for over 40 different countries in English.
Strap in and suit up, True Believers. Coming in early 2016, Bendis and Maleev reunite for an armored adventure that establishes Iron Man as global advisory for all of those who stand against him in the Marvel Universe. Don’t miss the blockbuster INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN #1!
So, is this where “Iron-MOM” is headed? Hell, I’m gonna buy it, I know it.
But will you buy it in 25 different languages ????
You see, I only know 23. It’s the type of thing that makes you wish you learned Swahili and Farsi after all!
I can cuss in a bunch of languages; Korean, Japanese, Croatian, Gujrati (included)
It’s sad Marvel has to hype this as a gimmick “will be translated into the respected languages of 25 different countries and will be printed for over 40 different countries in English.”
This should already be the norm.
From what I see on the German sites, Panini does a pretty good job covering that market as a licensee of Marvel without Marvel having to worry about it.
I was just thinking the same thing, europe already does proper translations for their comics, we get them maybe 2 months delayed, but…. theyre all eventually printed in spanish, italian, french, german, greek, and even some nordic languages as well
So I am guessing marvel is going back to the 90s with there massive print runs and there global distribution. No wonder why small indies are taking over new readers.
Small indies are written better…. 🙂
Yup. Mostly. I gave up reading Marvel except Spider-Gwen. I don’t know why I like that book so much.
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Exactly!
Another watered down version of a Marvel iconic character. What’s next U.N. Iron Man….WHO Agents of Shield, NATO X-Men. Maybe characters and their countries of origin can flip flop next. One week waves hello I’m from Sweden, next issue France. This stuff makes me laugh and how many in the media just eat it up as novel and innovative.
I have to say, although I have almost completely given up on DC (batman is all I have left), I really do think Marvel puts out some great stuff. Ant-Man and Howard the Duck are amazing. Other great ones are Soule on Inhumans, Bendis on Guardians, and Slott on Spider-man. Hickman has been doing a great job on Secret Wars. And the new iron man, captain America, and Dr. Strange are off to very promising starts. Sure I love my more serious comics from Image like Southern Bastards and Descender, but if you like superheroes, I think Marvel really does do a great job of telling fun, interesting stories for the most part.
Marvel does have a great stable of talent. I think the talent is too restrained to tell really great stories and have to deal with the editorial constraints of Marvel. I don’t really read much super hero stuff besides invincible.