Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle | Comic Book Review

5 Reasons Demon in a Bottle is Awesome

• 1Justin Hammer. Honestly, I'm a sucker for villains who aren't afraid to be camper than a row of tents, and Justin has it covered. But he's also terrifying. It's a hard balance to pull off, but he does it with style. Sort of.
• 2It deals with a real-world issue that non-superheroes have to deal with, and doesn't make it any easier on a superhero than it is on the average person. Especially at the time when this was first published, when alcoholism was little-understood and even less sympathised, Demon in a Bottle did something good in shedding light on it.
• 3Ant-man. I know, I know, throw rocks if you want. I still love him.
• 4I love the retro graphics. As much as I appreciate the amount of time, effort and talent that goes into the new digitally rendered stuff, and the realism it brings with it, sometimes I just like to see my old-fashioned comic book graphics again.
• 5For all I've gone on and on about the humanising and the characterisation here, there is actually a really great storyline as well, along with some awesome new villains (well, they're new if you've been reading in order, anyway. A lot of them are still rare, though).