Iron-Riri’s still getting used to being Marvel’s latest young black girl Tony Stark derivative not called Moon Girl! But life’s hard for a super-genius with unlimited resources. Wait - no it isn’t! But she’s got Choices to make! She’s gotta pick between an MIT scholarship, a spot on the Champions or working for Stark Industries! Wait - no she doesn’t! She’s already picked Tony. Huh… I guess have her fight some nobodies and beat them easily? The Bendis standard it is!
I’m not really as down on Ironheart Volume 2 as that summary might sound but it’s also not as good as the first book. Bendis seems to be following his usual pattern of settling into dialogue overload in place of any actual story. That’s not always a bad thing as he can be really good at writing snappy dialogue - and some of it is that - which makes for a smooth read - and most of it is that - and it’s forgivable seeing that the book is really about Riri continuing to figure out who she is.
It’s never really boring either as Riri encounters one baddie after another - Will O’The Wisp, Lady Octopus and Lucia von Bardas - even if she defeats them all too easily to take them seriously as threats. Especially Lucia von Bardas who was being set up as the big bad of this short series. I mean if Riri can single-handedly take out Lucia and her army of Doombots on Latverian soil all by herself, well… I guess she’s not as Bardas as she seemed (geddit - Bardas = badass? Athankyou)!
The flashback to MJ and Tony meeting for the first time was ok though the Secret Invasion flashback to a younger Riri was pointless and dull. And that kinda sums up this second book - some good, some bad, all balancing out to just an ok read.
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