I had heard quite a lot about this story line. Mostly good, some bad. I will say that even though it was a slow burn, I felt that watching Tony's life slowly dissolve around him, causing him to run away and hide through the use of alcohol was really well done. In the earlier issues, the subject was kind of brushed under the rug besides a few serious comments here or there. It wasn't until we reached the half way point where it was clearly shown Tony abusing alcohol and sinking further into addic...

This is still a great story.Granted, like quite a few Marvel trades from this time, the true storyline is much more in the background than one would expect picking it up. The first two issues with Namor have very little to do with Tony's drinking problem. After that, it's mostly a slow growing addiction set in the background of his issues with SHIELD and his relationship with Bethany Cabe. She was a lot more supportive than I remember her being the first time. One thing I've always loved about T...

The three greatest story arcs in the history of comics:1) Green Arrow's perky sidekick Speedy succumbing to the evils of heroin and getting strung out, baby.2) The Flash reduced to homelessness, sleepin' in the snow. Boo hoo, boo hoo.3) Iron Man hitting the bottle and becoming a useless alcoholic. Comics are your best entertainment!

Demon in a Bottle is a piece of comic canon that depicts a significant event in Tony Stark's life: his battle with alcoholism. Alcoholism, really? There was barely any of it in here. Instead, it is issue after issue of Tony dealing with other problems (Namor the Sub-Mariner, Justin Hammer tampering with the Iron Man suit to cause the death of an international delegate, SHIELD having a controlling interest in Stark International) after which he'll get cozy with the said demon in a bottle. In fact...

This is an incredible book and easily the best Iron Man collection I’ve ever read.

It's a classic for a reason, folks.The 'stache.(I'm kidding--this is worth a read for way more than just the period-appropriate facial hair.)

It's important to remember the original audience of old comic books. When the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline originally ran in 1978 the average comic book reader was closer to 10-12 years old; much younger than the 25-30 year olds who make up the bulk of comic book readers now.With that in mind this collection is quite an achievement, and even more important to think about critically. It is in this storyline that the Tony Stark character was given the deep human elements that will make him timele...

7.4/10A successful business man and a superhero, Tony Stark is used to win his battles in both fields. This time he has to face his worst enemy yet, cause it's an enemy that money and the iron suit cannot help him defeat. Tony Stark must find the mental strength to defeat the demon in the bottle.A great premise, unfortunately we get only glimpses of Tony's alcohol problem in most of the time and only the last issue dives deep into it. On the other hand, the rest of the story is interesting too,

Just not much as good as I used to remember, but this minisaga is still an Iron Man milestone, introducing themes like alcoholism, addiction and obsession to a comic book character son of both Cold War (just look at the Michelinie/Infantino origin story "remake"/fill-in inside this volume with the big bad evil commies... Oh good grief) and Spy fiction, and making him for the first time far more interesting.Michelinie and Layton make a real good job here, they are still the most iconic and classi...

Bit of a hard one to review... I really need to stop trying to read stuff from the 70s, its a totally different era, with writing styles that are foreign, to me at least. So Demon in a bottle is celebrated as one of the best iron man stories, as it has Tony Stark battling his alcohol addiction; sounds good right? It would have been if the story wasn't a few pages at the end, and that's it! Basically its a week in the life of Tony Stark, as he's battling with villains, dealing with corporate espi...

This was a fun read. Tony teams up with Namor to save some man and its fun talking about environmentalism and shows that he is a good guy while in another story he is fighting his villains Blizzard, Melter and Whiplash and that was so fun, the way he defeats them and finally the origin of it all and how some people in SHIELD are slowly acquiring his company and all and maybe he is being addicted to drinking and how that impacts his relationship with his friends and Jarvis and that was such a goo...

It's kind of amazing that I hadn't read this yet. I've read a good bit of Iron Man canon, and a lot of Iron Man in the 12413531251325 recent books he's been in, but for some reason I'd never gotten around to "Demon in a Bottle." Now that I've finally read it, I'm so glad I did. It's a bit heavy-handed, sure, and full of the flaws that all socially-conscious comic books of the 1970s had, but it's a solid story with surprisingly subtle characterization and a truly kickass female lead (where has Be...

Iron Man 120-128As good as its reputation. JRJr's art is some of the best I have seen from him, before he developed his cartoony look (which I love but doesn't work for every title he draws). Storywise, there's a lot going on here. Tony's struggling with the possible hostile takeover of Stark Industries by SHIELD, as well as troubles with his armor. And though the story doesn't specifically mention it, I felt like he's also dealing with the strain of lying to some of his best friends (Rhodey and...

A classic in the Marvel canon, but I'd never read it until a month ago. The most surprising thing to me was that John Romita Jr. did the pencils for almost the whole story until after I'd finished the first issue. After reading him on books like Daredevil and the more recent World War Hulk, I can't see what I've come to identify as JRJR's style in here ANYWHERE. It's amazing to see the change, although I have a feeling that quite a bit of the visual style comes from Bob Layton's inks: if pencils...

Really like this but wish the more modern fictive techniques could have been used to illustrate that Tony’s drinking was responsible for his downfall rather than it be a side effect. But this is certainly a new millennium take in what was revolutionary at the time.

’70s-era Iron Man, in which, you know, it’s hard out there for a man with a pimp haircut and ’stache like Tony’s. He’s got to deal with the Sub-Mariner, who looks like Mr. Spock in a Speedo but has way fewer social skills. And there are a bunch of lameass villains with lameass superpowers he has to dispatch. Plus, he has to address the problem of his alcoholism in a single issue that reads much like an Afterschool Special. Can you feel the excitement from here?No, that’s just me still cringing a...

Swimming Pools by Kendrick LamarThis is one of the most famous Iron Man stories ever written for many people and the crazy thing is that the thing it is most known for and justly remembered for stays in the background until the superheroics is out of the way. This story is coming at the mid to late point of The Bronze Age of Comic Books where the focus on real-life social issues was very much in-play and this story uses Tony Stark as a commentary on alcohol addiction. Stark's character since his...

In a world "super heroes", this story brings out a very human, very vulnerable Tony Stark, and yet again, he becomes the Iron Man. Couldn't ask anything else from it.

"Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle"Iron Man has been constantly fighting, without a break. He can't find a moment of relaxation and the only thing that calms him is alcohol. While he's in an airplane, a tank is thrown at it and he needs to save the day again. He saves everyone, but the plain crashes next to an island that a corporation named Roxxon, disguised as the military, wants, to extract vibranium. Coincidentally, Namor is also there and he has been saved by the only inhabitant of the island, a

Tony Stark is a drunk! It had fun moments. Whiplash, Jarvis, Rhodes and Ant Man, but the action plot was pretty minimal, the main climax his decision to drink or not to drink.