Marvel just turned Iron Man into a god in the comics

Marvel Comics’ current Iron Man series is all about Tony Stark’s god complex, and the great and terrible things that it has wrought on the world. However, this week’s story was brought to a logical end by Christopher Cantwell and Julius Ohta.

Tony Stark, after soaking in the power of the Power Cosmic has been made the Iron God. In Iron Man#16, he goes back to New York to confirm that his will has been carried out in space just as well on Earth. Amen.

What’s the first thing Tony Stark does to try and create “harmony” among the people of Earth? It’s a simple experiment. Every person in New York City is as intelligent as he.

As Mister Fantastic says, “I actually think I just became dumber…”

Were there other things happening within the pages of comics we love? We’ll tell you. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s weekly list of the books that our comics editor enjoyed this past week. It’s part society pages of superhero lives, part reading recommendations, part “look at this cool art.” There may be some spoilers. It may not provide enough context. There will still be some great comics. This is the latest edition.

Young boys playing baseball pause as one says “You guys ver think about how life as we know it is a barely cogent expression of simplistic patterns and how, given the sheer size of the universe, the activity of the human race is basically indistinguishable from randomized background radiation patterns, which is to say, life is essentially the same as nonlife?” After a salient panel, another boy says “It’s a salient point,” in Iron Man #16 (2022).

There are many vignettes that show New Yorkers reacting with their new IQs. However, perhaps the best is this hilarious collection featuring baseball-loving kids.

Hazel, with her curling horns and four feathered wings, soars above an alien cityscape in a full page panel from Saga #55 (2022).

Saga is back on the shelves, and it’s as if Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples never left. Staples just keeps getting better and better. It’s rare to find a monthly-producing comics artist who does as much on a book as she does at such a consistent quality: Drawing, coloring, inking, design, covers, and even hand lettering the narration.

The sorceress Clea stands holding Doctor Strange’s cape and the Eye of Agamotto in The Death of Doctor Strange #5 (2022).

Marvel News: Another Marvel news is that Dr. Stephen Strange has died. Earth now has Clea, his ex-paramour and a new Supreme Sorceress.

Professor Xavier’s mother holds a shotgun on Wolverine with one hand and her newborn son in the other, umbilical cord trailing from his body underneath her nightgown as she says “Get the hell out of my house,” in X Lives of Wolverine #1 (2022).

Let’s be fair. X Lives from Wolverine#1 appeared last week. It was not included in my round-up, but I waited to review it with the sister issue. X Dead WolverineThis week, #1. But if you think I was going to pass up a chance to post Professor Xavier’s mom drawing a shotgun on Wolverine before the umbilical cord was even cut, you have another think coming.

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