Thursday, December 22, 2011

Magneto's Gonna Make You Blow Up? Put on a Happy (Iridium) Face!

Mettle, laid-back surfer dude and young Avenger. He's cool, he's calm, he's super strong and he's made entirely of living iridium.

Mettle has been through a lot in the past 6-7 issues. He's killed people, he's almost had sex with a toxic waste spill, and he's visited himself in the future (spoiler: still bald). Through it all, Sean Chen and Tom Raney have done a bang up job in bringing life and emotion to a metal skull.

Here's determined Mettle.




Here we have concerned Mettle.




This is Mettle looking pensive. This is a different panel. Swearsies.






Finally, Mettle looking quizzical.


My hat is off the Raney and Chen. I can't imagine they're excited about trying to bring emotion to a metal skull head, and they do a fine job along with the help of the writing of Cristo Gage and the lettering, and the inking, and the coloring.

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