8. The Invincible Iron Man by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca
(Iron Man)
Love Iron Man? Unsure about where to start with reading his series? Good, because I have the perfect starting point. Around the same time as the release of the first Iron Man movie, Marvel put Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca on a new iteration of The Invincible Iron Man.
The series is built to be a jumping on point, but ties deeper into continuity as the story progresses. The first arc, “The Five Nightmaresâ€, takes an old Iron Man foe and brings an updated version to life in a tense but entertaining story. The follow-up story, “World’s Most Wanted†pits Tony Stark against both an all-powerful Norman Osborn and crippling mental degeneration. As good as Nightmares is, it’s Most Wanted that earns it a place on this list. It’s pulse-pounding and beautifully dramatic, with a ticking clock underscoring the whole story. You can buy everything I mentioned as either three collections or one beautiful hardcover, which I both own and recommend.
