#Modular Iron Man Armor

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"EVACUATE THE EAST WING. IF HISTORY IS ANY INDICATION -- THIS MAY GET ROUGH."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Iron Man decked out in his newly-minted Model 13 "Modular Armor," facing off with U.S. government cybernetic anti-hero "Deathlok the Demolisher," in a battle-hardened struggle of technological superiority! -- from "IRON MAN" Vol. 1 #301. February 1994. Marvel Comics.

Story/script by Len Kaminski

Pencils by Kevin Hopgood

Inks by Steve Mitchell

Colors by Ariane Lenshoek

Letters by Phil Felix

Source: www.zipcomic.com/iron-man-1968-issue-301.

[misterbaritone]

I see people talk about which armors they’d want as a new skin for Iron Man in Rivals and frankly I’m shocked I’ve seen no one suggest the Modular Armor

It’s the armor he wore in the 90s. You saw this shit in the 90s cartoon, Marvel vs Capcom, etc. it was the first Tony Stark I knew and will forever be my second favorite Iron Man Armor(Silver Centurion superiority). It’s Tony’s iconic armor imo(or close to it) and frankly one of three costumes they could give the guy that’d make me become a shell head player right away(the other two are Silver Centurion and the Armor stark wore in the original Ultimate Comics run)

[sisaloofafump]

Zoomin’

Most used suits 1993–2003:

1993: Iron Man Armor Model 12(Neuromimetic Telepresence Unit-150)

1994: Iron Man Armor Model 13(Modular & hulkbuster Armor)

1995: Iron Man Armor Model 13(Modular & hulkbuster Armor)

1996: Iron Man Armor Model CE1(Prometheum Armor)

1997: Iron Man Armor Model CE1(Prometheum Armor)

1998: Iron Man Armor Model 16

1999: Iron Man Armor Model 16

2000: Iron Man Armor Model 4

2001: Iron Man Armor Model 4

2002: Iron Man Armor Model 20

2003: Iron Man Armor Model 20

[under0-0s]

MK 87 : CASE STUDY TYPE-TWO BLUEPRINT GENERATION.

Rough Material Work:

Finalized Version, Improved detail and Printing:

FINAL REPORT ON ANALYSIS OF PROOFED DESIGN

IRON MAN MK 87 SUIT — TECH REPORT

STARK INDUSTRIES INTERNAL REPORT

MODEL: Iron Man Armor MK 87

Filed by: @squiglesquid , R&D Division, Stark Tower.

Authorized by: A. Stark

Date: 18.06.2025

Design Summary:

The MK 87 is a next-gen Iron Man suit optimized for high-risk, high-radiation environments and deep-space or underwater missions. It combines durable defense systems with sleek Stark aesthetics — including a distinctive starburst arc reactor at the center chestplate.

Key Features & Upgrades:

Radiation Shielding:

Reinforced layers designed to withstand gamma bursts and solar radiation.

Respiratory Unit:

Recycled O₂ mask with internal filtration tubes; compact oxygen tank built into the spine plate.

Propulsion System:

Highly boosted thrusters embedded in "big-ass boots” and palms for rapid flight and maneuverability.

Star Pattern Design:

Arc reactor redesigned for stability and symmetry — also acts as a beacon for tracking in low-visibility zones.

Armor Composition:

Titanium-vibranium weave; impact-resistant, heat-dispersive, and light enough for agile combat.

Deployment:

Modular design for rapid assembly and compatibility with satellite upgrades.

Basic Stats:

Power Output: 600% above MK 85

Flight Ceiling: Orbital capable

Weight: 220 lbs

Combat Time: 72 hrs on full charge

Armor Integrity: Class X (military grade)

TAGGING ALL INTERNS AND PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GET WORKING ON THIS RESPECTIVE TO THEIR DIVISION: @sunny-the-intern @squiglesquid @oh-to-be-a-murderer @cursed-with-knowledge @of-spite-and-hatred @woodsparker-family @radioactiveintern @blackandgoldspiderwoman @lillian-the-intern @shortlikerdj @gamma-archivist @serenastark-official @project-traveler @that-fucker-elijah @playgirlgenius

Note: Test pilots report "really tanky but stylish as hell."

[deusvervewrites]

au where Momo is Iron Man

Yaoyorozu Momo, being fucking brilliant, decides that the best use of her Quirk is modular tech she can produce herself--quickly making and discarding pieces of armor as needed, for example.

Her parents, extremely supportive, decide to get into the Support Gear game so that they can help her develop her abilities before UA. Hey look at that, a major conglomerate that has a lot of Support Tech in it! Sure Yotsubashi is unpleasant but hey, they can get rid of him once they're the owners.

The Yaoyorozu accounting team goes through the books once the purchase is complete. They find some... shocking information, to put it lightly. Though in hindsight it explains why someone recently tried to kill them.

Detnerat's crimes are made public and the MLA is arrested. The company itself basically closes and its assets are merged into the Yaoyorozu fortune. The employees who weren't involved in the MLA get to stick around though so that's nice.

Yaoyorozu is a dual Hero/Support student. Additionally, Hatsume heard about the Detnerat thing (like basically everyone; it was a big fucking deal) and was inspired by Yaoyorozu's example to dual-course.

[darthkvznblogs]

How much, in-universe, time has passed since the invasion? I know Tony churns out suits fast in canon but to already have him on the Mark 42... how quickly was he pumping out armours?

I don't keep exact dates, but it's between 3 and 5 months, depending on the story. It's definitely way too early for the Mk. 42 to be around as presented in canon, but the idea is that Mk. 9 through Mk. 41 are just designs that never went into production, most of which he came up with in an anxious frenzy while Kara was recovering from the kryptonite stabbing.

I picked 42 because it's recognizable as his next main armor in the MCU (and also I just really like it haha), but sometime in the future (think post Iron Man 3, though the events will be pretty different), Tony will reorganize his numbering system so it's recognized as the Mk. IX Iron Man suit, with the others reclassified as modular reconfigurations for the Mk. VIII armor.

[fictionalpeter]

So the whole Black Panther thing...

At first I want to say that X-Men '97 takes place before T'Challa's introduction in the second season of Fantastic Four. After all, we see Iron Man in his season 1 modular armor with the mouth, rather than the more comic-accurate season 2 version.

Except--it was the later version that showed up in Spider-Man--during the third season. So it's not really possible for Spider-Man's timeline to be post-series, while Marvel Action Hour is still in it's first season.

Then I thought--maybe the MAH isn't in continuity with this series, and just the FOX shows were. After all, we had two different versions of Galactus/Silver Surfer: the one from the FF show and the one from the Silver Surfer solo series. Except--why use that specific armor design that only existed in the Marvel Action Hour version.

AGH.

I really hope this continuity error is addressed at some point, because the writers have done really well with everything else on this show.

[sketchesmick]

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[nickmarino]

Len Kaminski is a comics legend who's currently battling some serious health and financial issues.

His brilliant run on Iron Man #278-318 is packed full of incredible armors that he co-created: War Machine, Modular, Hulkbuster, and even the inspiration for MvC's Proton Cannon.

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[kevinsreviewcatalogue]

Review: The Avengers (2012)

The Avengers (2012)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference

<Originally posted at https://kevinsreviewcatalogue.blogspot.com/2023/04/review-avengers-2012.html>

Score: 5 out of 5

Eleven years and dozens of movies and TV shows later, The Avengers still stands as arguably the greatest achievement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even more than its best standalone films like Guardians of the Galaxy and Black Panther, this was the movie that demonstrated what the "idea" of the MCU could produce and accomplish, a shared universe that brought together characters from different popular movies for a big crossover in which they all got a chance to shine as a team. Looking back, the legacy of the MCU on Hollywood as a whole has been mixed, such that it's increasingly come in for backlash in the last few years to the point where hating the series is no longer necessarily a contrarian take, the genuinely divisive reception to recent movies and shows in the franchise not helping its case. (I've been nicer to Marvel's recent output than most, and even I can't help but feel that there's a bit of malaise there.) Which makes it all the more impressive to see that, watching the original Avengers again with a group of kids who were either in diapers or not even born yet when it came out and experienced the series mostly through home video and streaming, it still absolutely holds up, and moreover, it reminded me of what Marvel's strengths were back in its 2010s imperial phase when it was firing on all cylinders. It's got an all-star cast, probably the best direction of Joss Whedon's career, and a use of continuity that enriches the experience for those who've seen the prior films in the franchise but doesn't detract from it if you haven't -- the secret sauce that, if you ask me, allowed the MCU to succeed for so long where other, similar attempts at big, modular franchises failed, and something that it's lost sight of recently. Once we're past the backlash phase and old enough to be nostalgic for the MCU (won't that be something), I think that this movie and "Phase One" more broadly will get its due once again.

The plot feels like it could've been lifted out of any number of Big Event crossovers from the comics. An alien race called the Chitauri, led by the Norse trickster god Loki (the Norse gods in this universe being aliens themselves) with a chip on his shoulder, is planning to invade Earth, and Nick Fury, director of the secret government agency S.H.I.E.L.D., has a plan to stop them: assemble a collection of exceptional individuals with unique skills to lead the fight. They include: Tony Stark, the egotistical billionaire CEO of a weapons manufacturer who built a suit of high-tech "Iron Man" powered armor to fight terrorists; Steve Rogers, the product of an American World War II scientific program to create a superior fighting man who wound up frozen in ice for decades and thawed out in the present day; Bruce Banner, a brilliant physicist who, thanks to an accident during an experiment with gamma radiation, developed a monstrous Jekyll-and-Hyde alter ego called the Hulk that comes out when he's angry or stressed; Thor, the Norse god of thunder seeking to stop his adoptive brother Loki's warpath and return him to Asgard for judgment; and Natasha Romanoff; a deadly spy codenamed "Black Widow" who defected from Russia and is now one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top agents. Unfortunately, Loki, using his own supernatural gifts, has seduced a number of humans to his own side, most notably Erik Selvig, a physicist who was researching an alien artifact called the Tesseract that Loki needs to open a portal to bring his army to Earth, and Clint Barton, another S.H.I.E.L.D. agent codenamed "Hawkeye" who knows his employer inside and out.

The underlying theme of most of the first two acts of this movie is a reflection of what people in real life, from critics to comic book fans to much of the movie's audience, were thinking in 2012: "can this actually work?" Can you do this kind of superhero team-up in the movies the way they do it in the comics? It's here where you see why Marvel producer Kevin Feige sought out Joss Whedon to write and direct this movie, and not just because he was already a geek media legend by then. Whedon's style has unfortunately been caricatured over the years as revolving around jokey, flippant dialogue, thanks in no small part to the many filmmakers and TV show runners who've tried to imitate it, and the man's own personal controversies in the last several years have made him an easy punching bag. That said, anybody who's watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, or Firefly knows that his real strength as a writer, the thing that separated him from the countless writers making jokey, flippant Shane Black ripoffs back in the '90s, was working with large ensemble casts in which there often wasn't a singular protagonist.

Whedon tackles the question of whether this will work head-on by making the real "arc" of the movie revolve less around stopping Loki than around having Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the Incredible Hulk, the four marquee superheroes who each had their origin stories told in prior movies, learn to put aside their differences and work as a team. They each bring their own larger-than-life personalities to the table, and while Tony and Bruce hit it off immediately over their shared love of science, Tony's ego and gung-ho attitude clash with both Steve's Boy Scout values and military code of honor and Thor's own ego as a superbeing of ancient legend, while Bruce's volatile temper and the end result of such threatens to get them all killed if he can't control it. Loki knows all of this, and for much of the film, a good chunk of his plan, as befitting a trickster god, is to play mind games with the heroes and convince them to tear each other apart so that he can move on and conquer Earth in their absence. Black Widow and Hawkeye, the relative newcomers to the MCU (the former had been a supporting character in Iron Man 2 but wouldn't get her own movie for nearly a decade), serve as surrogates for audience members who know what superheroes are but may not have seen every (or even any) prior movie in the series, while Nick Fury, the authority figure looming over them all, is the ringmaster who introduces us to them and brings them all together.

It helps when you've got a bunch of A-list (or soon-to-be-A-list) actors at the top of their game, the kinds of people who feel born to play these sorts of figures. Robert Downey, Jr.'s great gift as Tony Stark was making him just unlikable enough that you want to see him humbled but not so much that you want to see him lose, Chris Evans always knew how to make Steve Rogers feel like a good-hearted average Joe given extraordinary abilities but never forgetting who he used to be, Chris Hemsworth was exactly the kind of chiseled, Ahnold-style hunk you'd need to play the mighty God of Thunder, and Mark Ruffalo, replacing Edward Norton after some complicated backstage politics, brought an almost Jeff Goldblum-style energy to Bruce Banner, a squirrelly nerd who's visibly hiding a shameful secret. Scarlett Johansson, meanwhile, made her scenes in this movie as Natasha a demo reel for her as both an action hero and a femme fatale, while Samuel L. Jackson brought his usual BAMF energy to a PG-13 version of such as Nick Fury, a man who most of us would happily take orders from. Last but not least, Tom Hiddleston as Loki is exactly the kind of classy-yet-subtly-off-putting British theater actor you want playing a hammy, egomaniacal villain straight out of mythology, like a young Alan Rickman, standing as one of the best villains the MCU's ever had to this day and only failing to steal the show out from under everyone else because, again, this is a Joss Whedon ensemble piece where everybody gets a moment in the sun.

(And Hawkeye seems cool, like a really nice guy. Okay, I kid, Jeremy Renner was alright in the part. He was much better in later movies, though. There's a reason why people used to make fun of him so much.)

The quality of Whedon's work here doesn't stop at his writing, either. The MCU has never been known as a visually inventive series, and a lot of people blame Whedon for that, accusing him of bringing a flat visual style straight out of network television to the biggest blockbuster franchise in Hollywood and relying on his writing as his main creative thumbprint. I'm convinced that they got Whedon mixed up with the Russo brothers who handled the later Avengers films, because Whedon actually does a lot that's interesting behind the camera. Noting that scenes in superhero movies look like they were pulled straight out of a comic book is practically a cliché at this point, but in this case, it's a perfect description, as Whedon seemed to understand exactly how to bring a comic book splash panel to life on the big screen. This movie looks and feels epic, with action that's not only well-shot and easy to follow but also downright massive in scope, often having several things going on at once in the bigger sequences like the attack on the helicarrier and the climatic third-act battle in the streets of Manhattan. The effects were top-notch and felt like they had all the love and care in the world put into them, especially in comparison to some of the rush jobs that more recent Marvel movies have been guilty of. This was the kind of movie they make movie theaters for, and even watching it at home, I was consistently enthralled by its action sequences. There's a reason why so many sci-fi blockbuster action movies in the 2010s had their villains shoot big beams of light into the sky as part of their plan, or featured armies of faceless alien monsters for the heroes to fight without feeling guilty about killing people, and that's because this movie did it so amazingly well that everybody else couldn't help but copy its notes.

The Bottom Line

The Avengers is a movie that still holds up even after countless superhero movies, including in its own franchise, that tried to top it. I don't know if I'd call it the best movie in the MCU, but it's certainly the most impactful, the one that everyone's gonna remember above all else (barring maybe Black Panther) years from now as the movie that made the whole enterprise worth it.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

SUPERIOR TECH -- STARKTECH -- REPULSOR TECH -- THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on character art for the Invincible Iron Man in his Model 13 Armor, a.k.a., Modular Armor, artwork by Naoto "Bengus" Kuroshima, from arcade video game "Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes" (2000), published & developed by Capcom.

SPECIAL/SUPER MOVES:

Unibeam

Repulsor blast

Smart bomb

Proton Cannon (his only super move)

Source: www.fightersgeneration.com/characters2/ironman.html.

[misterbaritone]

With me picking up Mantis I almost have one main person category. Emma Frost for Vanguard, Iron Fist for Duelist, and Mantis for Strategist. I know that’s technically all the classes in Marvel Rivals but I consider flying characters to be an unofficial fourth class so I need a main for that.

The only one who piques my interest is Iron Man but none of his costumes interest me(I’ve talked about wanting the Modular Armor/Model 13 before but if they add Silver Centurion or the OG Ultimate Comics armor I’m sold). I’d be quicker to hop on the saddle if they added someone like Nova or, and this is a crackhead prayer, Quasar. Though if I’m being honest Carol Danvers would probably get in first which is a bumma. Though I’ll be swayed if she gets a Binary skin.

Though that’s just duelists, give me a flying Vanguard NETEASE. Throw in Hyperion and let me fly around and laser beam mfs. Throw in Sentry and let me fly around and smash people with the power of untreated mental problems/thr angel of death? The Void as his ult. Hell I’ll even take Ikaris, Blue Marvel, or Gladiator’s bitch ass, I just want a real flying brick to fight as without them being nerfed to the ground like Thor or Adam Warlock.

[kamen-rider-avenger-2025]

Iron Man Model 50 (Earth-1112)

In Earth-1112, Tony wore this armor during his last year with the Avengers before the deaths of Captain America, Hulk, Vision and Scarlet Witch against Ultron.

The Model 50 is an advanced modular suit,integrating various weapons and gadgets as well as testing new technology. The suit's wing stabilizers enable Iron Man to fly at speeds of Mach 5 and they double as air brakes. The Arc Reactor runs on a cleaner power source that would carry over to the Model 51 armor,which can also draw power to the repulsors efficiently.

The suit brought back a classic Iron Man trait: It can collapse and store into a briefcase. The armor plating operates like the MK XLII from the MCU and they can also extend the black and gold nanomesh. The nanomesh is incredibly durable and is resistant to bullets and fire.

During the fated final battle against Ultron, the Model 50 was severely damaged and was left that way for nearly a year. After Iron Man joined the Defenders, he repaired the armor and stored it in the armory of the Retribution, the team's Helicarrier,for emergencies only. When SIGMA attacked the Defenders on the Retribution, the A.I. disabled the Model 51, prompting Tony to suit up in this suit to fight SIGMA.

The Model 50's system was run by JARVIS before the A.I. was destroyed by Ultron in a taunt. FRIDAY was originally planned to run the Model 50,but she was destroyed by SIGMA,which paved the way for Jocasta to run all of the Defenders tech and the Iron Legion, as well the Model 50 and Model 51.

[quitodrawsstuff]

Which is your favorite Iron Man suit? There are so many different looks to choose from between the comics, the shows, the video games, and the movies, but growing up in the 90’s I’m always drawn back to model 13, the Modular Armor. Between the animated series, the ToyBiz figures, and the Marvel vs Capcom games, this look was just iconic to me. When the MCU started and we saw ole Shellhead on the big screen I was blown away, and while I loved seeing the evolution of the MCU suits, a part of me still wanted to see a variation that looked like classic (to me) modular armor.

[animeman08]

Iron Man

Iron Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The character made his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 (cover dated March 1963), and received his own title in Iron Man #1 (May 1968). Also in 1963, the character founded the Avengers alongside Thor, Ant-Man, Wasp and the Hulk.

A wealthy American business magnate, playboy, philanthropist, inventor and ingenious scientist, Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark suffers a severe chest injury during a kidnapping. When his captors attempt to force him to build a weapon of mass destruction, he instead creates a mechanized suit of armor to save his life and escape captivity. Later, Stark develops his suit, adding weapons and other technological devices he designed through his company, Stark Industries. He uses the suit and successive versions to protect the world as Iron Man. Although at first concealing his true identity, Stark eventually publicly reveals himself to be Iron Man.

Initially, Iron Man was a vehicle for Stan Lee to explore Cold War themes, particularly the role of American technology and industry in the fight against communism. Subsequent re-imaginings of Iron Man have transitioned from Cold War motifs to contemporary matters of the time.

Throughout most of the character's publication history, Iron Man has been a founding member of the superhero team the Avengers and has been featured in several incarnations of his own various comic book series. Iron Man has been adapted for several animated TV shows and films. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the character was portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., appearing in the films Iron Man (2008), The Incredible Hulk (2008) in a cameo, Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). The character also appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and in the upcoming Black Widow (2021) through archive footage.

Iron Man was ranked 12th on IGN's "Top 100 Comic Book Heroes" in 2011 and third in their list of "The Top 50 Avengers" in 2012.

> Powers, abilities, and equipment

Armor

Iron Man possesses powered armor that gives him superhuman strength and durability, flight, and an array of weapons. The armor is invented and worn by Stark (with occasional short-term exceptions). Other people who have assumed the Iron Man identity include Stark's long-time partner and best friend James Rhodes; close associates Harold "Happy" Hogan; Eddie March; (briefly) Michael O'Brien and Riri Williams.

The weapons systems of the suit have changed over the years, but Iron Man's standard offensive weapons have always been the repulsor rays that are fired from the palms of his gauntlets. Other weapons built into various incarnations of the armor include: the uni-beam projector in its chest; pulse bolts (that pick up kinetic energy along the way; so the farther they travel, the harder they hit); an electromagnetic pulse generator; and a defensive energy shield that can be extended up to 360 degrees. Other capabilities include: generating ultra-freon (i.e., a freeze-beam); creating and manipulating magnetic fields; emitting sonic blasts; and projecting 3-dimensional holograms (to create decoys).

In addition to the general-purpose model he wears, Stark has developed several specialized suits for space travel, deep-sea diving, stealth, and other special purposes. Stark has modified suits, like the Hulkbuster heavy armor. The Hulkbuster armor is composed of add-ons to his so-called modular armor, designed to enhance its strength and durability enough to engage the Hulk in a fight. A later model, created with the help of Odin and the Asgardian metal Uru, is similar to the Destroyer. Stark develops an electronics pack during the Armor Wars that, when attached to armors that use Stark technologies, will burn out those components, rendering the suit useless. This pack is ineffective on later models. While it is typically associated with James Rhodes, the War Machine armor began as one of Stark's specialty armors.

The most recent models of Stark's armor, beginning with the Extremis armor, are now stored in the hollow portions of Stark's bones, and the personal area networking implement used to control it is implanted into his forearm, and connected directly to his central nervous system.

The Extremis has since been removed, and he now uses more conventional armors. Some armors still take a liquid form, but are not stored within his body. His Endo-Sym Armor incorporates a combination of the liquid smart-metal with the alien Venom symbiote, psionically controlled by Stark.

Post-Secret Wars, Stark uses a more streamlined suit of armor that uses nanotechnology to shape shift into other armors or weapons.

Powers

After being critically injured during a battle with the Extremis-enhanced Mallen, Stark injects his nervous system with modified techno-organic virus-like body restructuring machines (the Extremis process). By rewriting his own biology, Stark is able to save his life, gain an enhanced healing factor, and partially merge with the Iron Man armor, superseding the need for bulky, AI-controlled armors in favor of lighter designs, technopathically controlled by his own brain. His enhanced technopathy extends to every piece of technology, limitless and effortlessly due to his ability to interface with communication satellites and wireless connections to increase his "range". Some components of the armor-sheath are now stored in Tony's body, able to be recalled, and extruded from his own skin, at will.

During the "Secret Invasion" storyline the Extremis package is catastrophically shut down by a virus, forcing him again to rely on the previous iteration of his armor, and restoring his previous limitations. Furthermore, Osborn's takeover of most of the few remaining Starktech factories, with Ezekiel Stane systematically crippling the others, limits Tony to the use of lesser, older and weaker armors.

After being forced to "wipe out" his brain to prevent Norman Osborn from gaining his information, Tony Stark is forced to have a new arc reactor, of Rand design installed in his chest. The process greatly improves his strength, stamina and intellect. The procedure left him with virtually no autonomic functions: as his brain was stripped of every biological function, Tony is forced to rely on a digital backup of his memories (leaving him with severe gaps and lapses in his long-term memory) and on software routine in the arc reactor for basic stimuli reaction, such as blinking and breathing. The Bleeding Edge package of armor and physical enhancement is now equal in power, if not a more advanced, version of the old Extremis tech.

Skills

Tony Stark is an inventive genius whose expertise in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science rivals that of Reed Richards, Hank Pym, and Bruce Banner, and his expertise in electrical engineering and mechanical engineering surpasses even theirs. He is regarded as one of the most intelligent characters in the Marvel Universe. He graduated with advanced degrees in physics and engineering at the age of 17 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and further developed his knowledge ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum mechanics as time progressed. His expertise extends to his ingenuity in dealing with difficult situations, such as difficult foes and deathtraps, in which he is capable of using available tools, including his suit, in unorthodox but effective ways. For instance, in Stark's final confrontation with Obadiah Stane, the villain managed to have Stark's companions in an unconscious state in a room with motion sensors; when Stark entered the room, Stane warned him that the slightest move would trigger a fatal electrical current to his hostages, thus forcing Stark to stay still and slowly die of dehydration lest he wants his friends to die. However, while Stane was confident that such a trap was inescapable, Stark is able to outwit and defeat its mechanism in seconds, thus freeing the hostages and allowing him to continue the battle against Stane.

He is well respected in the business world, able to command people's attention when he speaks on economic matters, having over the years built up several multimillion-dollar companies from virtually nothing. He is noted for the loyalty he commands from and returns to those who work for him, as well as for his business ethics. Thus he immediately fired an employee who made profitable, but illegal, sales to Doctor Doom. He strives to be environmentally responsible in his businesses.

At a time when Stark was unable to use his armor for a period, he received some combat training from Captain America and has become physically formidable on his own when the situation demands it. In addition, Stark possesses great business and political acumen. On multiple occasions he reacquired control of his companies after losing them amid corporate takeovers.

Due to his membership in the Illuminati, Iron Man was given the Space Infinity Gem to safeguard. It allows the user to exist in any location (or all locations), move any object anywhere throughout the universe and warp or rearrange space.