Invicible Iron Man #19 Preview + Iron Man 2 "behind the scenes" interview

First off, you should check this Invicible Iron Man 6 page preview over at CBR. That's issue #19 which seems to be the final issue of the "World's Most Wanted" story arc by Matt Fraction. I've heard a lot of god things about his work on Invicible Iron Man so you ought to check this out.

Next is a pretty nice video of a Canal+ interview with Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. It shows the new Iron Man 2 set and talk a bit about the story and the work they've been doing. Very interesting. The "reporter" speaks french at the beginning but don't be scared, it's only for the first minute or so.

No more yellow mask on the shelves

It is, yet again, the end of an Iron Fist series… It’s funny how it seems to get cancelled all the time. So this month, August 2009, you are able to get the 27th and last issue. It’s a good and a bad thing, actually. It’s bad because his adventures are coming to an end (or he’s taking a break) and it’s good because I’ll finally be able to start buying the TPBs and know there actually is an end to the story.

It’s also good as this series was only planned to last for 6 issues, but Marvel probably got surprised by the rise in popularity and decided to have it run longer… It surely has something to do with Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker working on the title. The first issue came out with an USD2.99 price tag; you can now find it at USD18.00… Good return!

Fraction and Brubaker did not actually work on the 27 issues, and lot of people dropped the series when they left. But I’ve read many who regretted it and hopped in again as the series was still good after the new team took over. Seems to me like a good sign, I’ll probably buy the collected issues once the last TPB comes out.