I'm not entirely sure, but I think perhaps Inevitable didn't work as well because it was trying to be in-continuity. Enter the Mandarin doesn't give a shit about that. :)

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Continuity seems to be a tool best left alone hese days, even when dealing with otherwise master craftsmen.

Man, so help me, I read that as 'Iron Manuel', which then made me think of the wholly inappropriate '6 Million Peso Man' from Robot Chicken. So wrong.

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It's kind of sad when you realize that a sprawling metacontinuity decades in the making is more burden than boon to modern comics these days, because you can't forget that crap like Civil War ever happened.

Hypervelocity, Marvel Adventures Iron Man, and (according to Gryphon's review) Enter the Mandarin all exist by using the benefits of continuity (established characters, stories, etc.) but judiciously avoid slaving themselves to every minute detail of what worked in the past. There's no reason Marvel couldn't just forget Civil War ever happened and start telling new stories, they just won't because they've forgotten how to do it.