194. Iron Man vol 1 #200 ... Marvel ...

This is the big one ... double sized extravaganza with great artwork and colouring ... huge slam bang fist fight and lots of armor gadget ... a new armor ... and resolution to a storyline that's at least 4 years in the making. What more can one ask for in a special event issue, eh?

Cover enhancement is all we can think of hehehe!

As the cover indicates, in this issue we have the Red and Silver armour debut and when it first hit, it was AWESOME with those pulse bolts. Hehehe! Basically this issue has its origins 4 years ago with Stane coming to fight Tony for a slice of the corporate pie going all out including dirty tactics ... the end of that cycle is that Tony embraced his alcoholism ...

And Rhodey ended up with the armour. Naturally as the issues rolled out, we see Rhodey facing his own challenges including some odd headaches whenever he uses the armour ... and slowly freaking out thinking Tony wants it back etc ... resulting in huge blow outs between the two friends ...

All this set amidst Tony recovering and deciding to set up a new company rather than fight Stane to get back Stark/ Stane Industries ...

However, we know that in the world of Marvel, nothing changes forever and all good things will make a comeback and this issue is it! Basically Tony has had enough of Stane and it ends up in all out combat between him and Stane as he fights a game to get back his company

The ending ... NO SPOILERS ... is a shocker!

Ratings: 9/10