This was a fun comic book story on the whole. Doctor Who and the Iron Legion a little clunky and flawed in the writing, with some pretty awkward transitions between parts, a relatively weak character in the form of wacky robot named Vesuvius, and a relatively weak ending. One could argue Vesuvius reflects that this is more for children, but the comic also is pretty mature in certain areas, such as with the violent death of a companion. It has more of an all ages feel, but in either case there isn't much reason why content labelled for children should be any less well made than the more all-ages or outright adult stuff.

In either case, what I like about the story is the creativity of its setting - an alternate world where Rome never fell. Writers John Wagner and Pat Mills (although according to artist Dave Gibbons, Iron Legion was written entirely by Mills) do a good job at really developing the idea. Rome has not remained stagnant in the centuries since it would have fallen and has changed a lot as it began to span the entire galaxy. I like that stuff and there are a lot of details that enhance some of those moments.

The best part of Iron Legion is the art. This isn't my first comic with art by Dave Gibbons so it is not a surprise but he does spectacular work here and truly enhances the feeling of being in a vividly different world from our own. He definitely does an amazing job at making this alternate history futuristic Rome come to life. A single panel will be full of aliens and creative ideas, which is a lot more effort than in some other Doctor Who comics I've read.

I haven't heard the audio version of this by Big Finish but I am very curious to see how they adapted this. There's a lot of potential to Iron Legion, even if I'm not sure it is fully realized.