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| Iron Man, Vol. 2: Execute Program | 
| Authors: Daniel Knauf, Charlie Knauf
Creator: Patrick Zircher
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 33295
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 10 x 6.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0785116710
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9780785116714
ASIN: 0785116710
Publication Date: March 7, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: brand new - excellent, clean condition - soft bound *** Marvel Comics 2007
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 Different but Entertaining October 7, 2008
Im not going to lie when I saw the other customer reviews I started to base my opinions off of them, which is obviously not a good thing. But then I reread the book, and realized that its just a drastic change of pace from extremis. I liked the art, it was simple and the suit still had its qualities from the Adi Granov Iron Man. The story was ok, nothing special but pleasing nonetheless. The twist was fine, I would hardly call it a twist to begin with but it worked for me. Overall I thought this was a good read, not as good as extremis, but a good read.
 Liberals should stick to Newspapers June 21, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
the story line was pushing a very liberal ideology, and thats not something i enjoy in comics
 A Zucchini In the Closet March 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I picked up this volume hoping for a continuation of the themes and tone established by the superb Iron Man: Extremis. Unfortunately, Execute Program does nothing quite so well as make you appreciate the subtle ways in which Warren Ellis made Extremis a satisfying whole.
Extremis features, among many other things, a mystery done right: you are slipped the necessary clues early on, so that when the characters puzzle out the solution, you think, "Oh! Of course!" and feel slightly dumb for not having figured it out yourself.
Execute Program, on the other hand, features what an acquaintance of mine called "Zucchini In The Closet" syndrome: near the end, someone throws open a door and exclaims, "Wait! There's a zucchini in the closet! This explains EVERYTHING!" We, the readers, are left to wonder why we should care about characters affected by a plot development we could not, indeed were intended not to, see coming.
I finished this book feeling not only that I'd misspent my time and my money, but that I'd managed to cheapen the memory of Extremis in the process. (Re-reading the latter a few times, and pretending that Execute Program never happened, has helped to largely wash that nasty aftertaste away.)
Failure to Execute November 18, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This collection of Iron Man #7-12 builds nicely for the first five issues, thanks to intrigue, pacing, and characterization courtesy of television writers Charlie and Daniel Knauf. When the final issue (#12) begins, though, the story devolves into a generic action-packed mess that doesn't follow the logic set up in the first five issues. Perhaps it had to be cut short for #13's Civil War tie-in?
Interesting but LAME ending September 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was a huge fan of Ellis' prequel to this volume - he has a voice that is unmatched in intensity, perfectly suited to a new, hardcore Iron Man. This follow-on wasn't bad, decent enough mystery going on, and it had a few interesting things to contribute to the Extremis concept.
However, all that went out the window with the inexplicable climax and last-page ending. I won't give it away, but suffice it to say that it didn't feel to me like it logically flowed from anything we'd seen up to that point. Instead, it felt more like the author realized he only had a few pages to wrap up the broad storyline he'd created - and the last scene was a pure bolt-on, just serving to provide a bridge to the Civil Wars storyline (though I don't buy that Stark would've come to such an arresting conclusion out of the blue).
Grrr, bring back Ellis!
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