![]() ![]() That being said, there are definitely a few suits which missed the cut that are still worthy of mention.įirst and foremost, the War Machine armor has proven to be one of Tony Stark’s greatest creations. ![]() With so many different armor variants, it’d be impossible to include everything on this list. but, at the very least, the original Iron Man is going out with a bang. With Riri Williams getting ready to take on the mantle of Iron Man (well, under the name Ironheart), the Model-Prime armor may be the last Tony Stark suit that fans get to see for some time. Most impressively, the suit can change shape at a moment’s notice - there’s hardly a need for a dedicated Hulkbuster suit when the Model-Prime armor can simply bulk up on command. ![]() The Mark LI armor may not be wired directly to Tony Stark’s physiology, but it still boasts some amazing abilities: all of the standard Iron Man weapons are present, a new on-board cloaking system was installed and the suit can work autonomously if the pilot is injured. To be fair, the Marvel Cinematic Universe tries to keep things as grounded as possible - while that may make the comics a bit more unbelievable, it does open up quite a few opportunities for some amazingly ridiculous technology. When it comes to sheer power, the Iron Man comics have always had a leg up on the movies. Were it not for the two-on-one fight that concluded Captain America: Civil War, it’s easy to assume that the Mark XLVI would have had more than enough power to overwhelm Steve Rogers - and that fact alone makes it one of the most powerful Iron Man suits ever built. Plus, the suit is now light and compact enough that the assembly setup can be stored inside of moving vehicles - or, in the case of the gauntlets, small enough to fold out of a specially-designed watch. The Mark XLVI basically acts as a second skin, wrapping itself around the wearer with the touch of a button. What started as a slow, rather unwieldy assembly sequence has been reduced to a scant few seconds. What’s most impressive about the suit, however, is how quickly and efficiently it can be equipped. If you’re going to go hunting after some of history’s greatest heroes, you’re going to need some seriously powerful tech.Īs most have come to expect, the Mark XLVI comes stocked with all of the standard Iron Man armaments: repulsor rays, the Unibeam, miniature missile launchers, and even a few non-lethal weapons made it into the suit. It’s the fight that everyone had wanted to see since the first Iron Man film debuted, and while the rest of the movie may not have lived up to expectations, the battle itself was amazing. Not only does it have the advantage of Marvel’s ridiculous CG effects budget, but the fact that Iron Man actually manages to win the fight proves that the Cinematic Universe version of the Hulkbuster is one of the most powerful weapons out there. In terms of actual confrontations, the fight between Iron Man and the Hulk from Avengers 2: Age of Ultron takes the cake. Even the implications of Tony Stark building such a weapon are noteworthy: everyone knows that the Hulk is Marvel’s unstoppable force of nature, and the fact that the Hulkbuster exists means that someone is going to have to stand toe-to-toe with the Jade Giant. Save for the classic red-and-gold, there’s nothing in Iron Man’s arsenal that’s quite as iconic as the Hulkbuster suit. What’s better than the Thorbuster Armor? Why, the Hulkbuster Armor, of course! Needless to say, the Mark VII quickly became one of the biggest guns in Tony Stark’s ever-growing arsenal. It’s not just ease-of-use, either: the Mark VII’s thrusters were able to redirect a nuclear warhead through a portal and into deep space, and its payload of mini-missiles were powerful enough to rip a Chitauri Leviathan apart from the inside. Instead of requiring a mobile disassembly station, the Mark VII is able to remotely deploy and construct itself around the wearer’s body - even if that body is falling from the top of a Manhattan skyscraper. The Mark VII armor was designed to replace the aging Mark VI, both in terms of firepower and usability. Thankfully, Stark already had an upgrade waiting in the wings. Tony Stark may have kicked off the first Avengers film with the Mark VI suit, but as it turns out, flying directly into a giant turbine while trying to stop a massive helicarrier from crashing has adverse effects on technology - even when it’s something as resilient as Iron Man’s armor. ![]()
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