OK, here's the thing. This issue was actually better than the last few ones have been. I felt like Bendis built some real intrigue by not only making it unclear what future Tony's motivations were but also by revealing the tension between Tony and the Defenders. After all, if Tony really were the man keeping the world safe from Morgana Le Fey (as he believes he is), why do the Defenders seem to have reservations about him? I also thought that the idea that this world was destroyed by a war between magic and technology (where magic largely won) was an interesting counterpoint to the previous reality, where it was destroyed by technology run amok. It hinted at something Marvel hasn't really explored but perhaps should.
But, I don't understand why Tony was unable to see why Logan did what he had to do. Stark is furious at Logan for creating a world where he lost half his body and Thor departed Earth with the rest of the Asgardians, but, as Xavier himself notes, at least they're all still alive. Sure, I get that Stark is scarred (physically and mentally) by the experience, but, given that he has access to Logan and Sue's memories, it's pretty clear that even his broken world is better than a completely devastated one. I mean, I do get why he'd think that it was all a trick of Morgana Le Fey's, particularly when she (conveniently) appears with an armada to attack as Tony's interrogating present Logan. But, why think that Logan should've just left the world a devastated wasteland (and, by the way, Tony without even the half of his body that he has in the new reality) rather than create this new reality? It's these inconsistencies that just continue to weigh down this event.
At this point, it seems like Tony is going to send Logan back in time (again) to convince Hank to introduce that time bomb into Ultron, allowing us to see Ultron's actual invasion (which we haven't really seen) and give us the deus ex machina that we all know is coming when he explodes at the climatic moment. The obvious question is why didn't old Tony think of that, but I'll withhold judgment until Bendis actually tells the story.
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