Iron Man (Marvel Comics)

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• Tony Stark
• Cosmic Iron Man

“	You clearly know nothing about me, so here's a short bio for you. I used to make weapons for a living. I sold things that killed people. All I do is think about the lives I've destroyed. The only thing that used to give me a break from it was alcohol. But that only made things worse. You know what I learned, though, from all that drinking? That it's real easy to blame everyone else for what's gone wrong with your life. That's what I used to do, until the day I finally woke up and realized... Buddy, you brought this on yourself.	„
	~ Iron Man

“	When I wake up, it'll be a new day. A brand new day. I'll make sure I... reappear -- or reconstitute or whatever -- with the others and tell them I'm fine. I'm sure they're worried about me. But when they see me, they won't be worried anymore. Because I'll be me -- their friend, Tony Stark. But also -- just a little -- different. A little... shinier and new. And I'll smile, look 'em in the eye and just say... good morning.	„
	~ Iron Man

Summary

Iron Man, or Tony Stark, is the main hero of a comic by the same name. Stark: an inventive genius, industrialist, and multi-billionaire, went to Vietnam to oversee a field test for one of his transistorized weapons, that his company Stark Industries made.

While there he accidentally stepped on a booby trap, and a piece of shrapnel became lodged in his chest. Injured, Stark was captured by Communist forces under Wong-Chu, and made a prisoner. While in prison, Tony created a mechanical suit of armor so that he could escape, as well as using his technological know-how to create a pacemaker-like device to keep his heart beating, and thus, Stark could stay alive.

Using the Iron Suit, Stark was able to escape the Communist forces, and once back in America, he perfected his work, making a practically invincible iron suit much like he has today.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 10-A | 9-A | Varies, up to Low 1-A | Low 1-A, likely higher

Key: Human | Extremis Enhanced and RepulsorTech Node | With Iron Man Armors | Cosmic Iron Man

Name: Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, Iron Man | Iron God

Origin: Marvel Comics

Gender: Male

Age: Varies between his 30s to 40s

Classification: Founding Avenger, Businessman, Technologically enhanced human

Powers and Abilities:

• Base
• Extremis Enhanced and RepulsorTech Node
• Iron Man Armors
• Cosmic Iron Man

Preparation, Genius Intelligence, Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery, Summoning

All previous abilities, plus Technology Manipulation, Hacking, Regeneration (High-Low over time, heals from the fatal injuries he suffered in 24 hours), Flight, Energy Projection, Enhanced Senses, Magnetism Manipulation and Extrasensory Perception via R.T Node

All previous abilities, plus the weapons and gadgets from the Iron Legion

All previous abilities, plus Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Cosmic Awareness and Retrocognition (Thanks to his link to the cosmos, Iron Man is able to view a multitude of realities. He can also hear the "stories" of these realities from their whispers and gasps, which he used to deduce what happened to the dead universe he was in), Space-Time Manipulation (Tore a hole in the universe with a repulsor blast, creating a gateway to another Was stated to be tearing through galaxies and dimensions during his battle with Korvac), Dimensional Travel and BFR (Traveled to an alternate universe and intended to leave Korvac there), Size Manipulation (When arriving to Earth giant-sized, he shrank to the height of the Washington Square Arch, and then to human height) up to Large Size (Type 5; Can grow large enough to grab and throw planets), Statistics Amplification and Reduction (Made everyone in NYC as smart as him, including Reed Richards, which made him dumber. Reduced the IQ of the people in his prison to 80), Transformation (Can quickly shift between human form and Iron God form), Teleportation (As shown here), Creation (Built a special floating prison), Morality Manipulation (Was able to get an entire group of politicians to agree to what he says), Matter Manipulation and Transmutation (Disassembled the Big Wheel and turned Gargoyle to stone), Heat Manipulation (Melted the Silver Surfer with an energy blast, reducing him to a silver puddle), Explosion Manipulation, possibly Death Manipulation (Killed Jim Hammond with a wave of his hand), Telekinesis (Killed Halcyon by choking him from afar), Forcefield Creation (Can use forcefields to trap opponents or to block attacks), and Resurrection (As shown here), as a user of the Power Cosmic, he should likely have all of the abilities of the Silver Surfer

Attack Potency: Athlete level (He is an adult man who regularly trains in combat with Captain America and other highly skilled fighters) | Small Building level (Can overpower Daredevil) | Varies (Has access to suits such as Model 1, Model 4, Model 29 and Hulkbusters), up to Low Outerverse level (Built the Phoenixbuster, which fragmented the Phoenix Force) | Low Outerverse level, likely higher (Wields the Power Cosmic. Fought evenly with a Power Cosmic-amped Korvac, who threatened to destroy the universe and was considered to be a disturbance to the universal balance by the Living Tribunal. The same Korvac claimed to be too powerful for the Living Tribunal and the In-Betweener to contain. The Abstracts showed concern over Iron Man's state and believed that his power could possibly determine the fate of existence. It is also stated that he could cause radical and drastic change to the universe, and even reality itself)

Speed: Athletic Human | At least Athletic Human, Partial Speed of Light Reactions (Some of his brain functions process information at light speed) | At least Hypersonic with several armors (From Model 4 to upwards) | Massively FTL+ (Battled with Korvac across the galaxy)

Lifting Strength: Athletic Human | At least Athletic Human (Easily lifted up Daredevil) | At least Class K with several armors | Class Y, likely far higher (Can grab and throw planets. Grappled with Korvac, who can also perform the same feats)

Striking Strength: Athletic level | Small Building level | Varies | Low Outerverse level

Durability: Athlete level | Small Building level | Varies | Low Outerverse level (Took several attacks from a Power Cosmic-amped Korvac)

Stamina: Superhuman (Can work for 2 days straight with no rest) | Higher than before due to his advanced metabolism | Varies from armor to armor | Unknown

Range: Standard Melee Range; Planetary through extremis, Several Meters with R.T Node blast, can manipulate armors from light years of distance | Standard Melee Range; Planetary with Mind Manipulation, up to Interplanetary with Size Manipulation; Low Outerversal with Cosmic Awareness and Dimensional Travel

Standard Equipment:

• Iron Man Armor: Tony's primary powers mostly come from his iron man armors, sophisticated suits containing various offensive, defensive and evasive abilities. Some are mission-specific, some are prototypes for testing, and others are older models kept for nostalgia or for research.
• Extremis virus: After being fatally wounded by an Extremis-enhanced terrorist, Tony Stark had to inject himself with the Extremis virus in order to survive. His entire body has also been enhanced by the techno-organic Extremis virus which granted him enhanced senses, reflexes, and regenerative healing. He also reprogrammed the serum to help him have better, fourth connection and control over his Iron Man armor, effectively making him Iron Man "inside and out.
• RepulsorTech Node: Also known as R.T node is a type of fusion power which derived from the repulsor technology of the Iron Man suit created by Tony. It can be used as a source for clean energy as well as a powerful bomb. After being left in a coma in a battle against Norman Osborn, an arc reactor was used to run Stark's body once more by using it to run the basic machine codes to keep Stark's Extremis-modified body working, also providing Stark with an increased intelligence, multitasking abilities and additional powers.

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius. Aside from his powers granted to him by his suits, Tony Stark is easily one of the smartest people on Earth. Being a engineer and mechanic prodigy capable of fixing almost any machinery, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with honors at the age of 17. He's designed and built all of the devices and armors listed here and as a futurist, he has shown to predict certain events in the future. Stark is also a world-renowned businessman with impeccable business ethics, able to command people's attentions when he speaks on economic matters and is a brilliant tactician and strategist capable of quickly formulating battle strategies and new plans if the situation changes, even going as far as putting Reed Richards in check on five different boards in chess, a game he didn't learn until later in his life. Besides English, Tony can speak different languages fluently such as Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, French, Russian, Korean, and even multiple Middle Eastern languages and is a quite physically formidable combatant on his own when the situation demands it, managing to fight Hammer Industries guards and bare-handedly confront several ninjas. | At least Extraordinary Genius with the Extremis enhancements that allow him to process information at a much faster rate.

Feats:

Base:

• Beats up several skrulls in hand to hand.
• Easily flips over a guy with a laser via Caps moves.
• Takes out several gladiators in hand to hand.
• Can fight Crimson Dynamo, take a conference, checks over the laboratories and bids on a relic simultaneously.
• Temporary held his own against Madame Hydra.
• Can even hack advanced technology with simple tools while being mentally unstable.

As Cosmic Iron Man:

• Blew a hole through Korvac with his unibeam, temporarily incapacitating him.
• Was fine after Korvac threw a planet at him.
• Was so powerful that Hellcat called for Doctor Doom and the Silver Surfer to help stop him.
• One-shotted Doctor Doom.
• Destroyed several planets and extinguished a star during his fight with Korvac.

Weaknesses: Without his armor, Extremis or the R.T Node, he is just a normal human being. He holds back against opponents he finds harmless or personally refuses to kill. Even though he quit drinking, Tony continues to struggle and avoid falling off the wagon, making his alcoholism susceptible to the prospect of drinking, especially under pressure. | Due to Extremis being biologically attached to his body he is directly vulnerable to technological assaults, the virus also accelerates some of his brain functions while leaving others at normal levels, making him suffer from things like hallucinations. He is highly dependent on the R.T Node to keep his Extremis-modified body working should he lose Extremis. | Varies from armor to armor. | None Notable.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

By himself:

• Iron Legion: Also known as Royalguard, an army of several Iron Man Armors are summoned and commanded from his armory, those can be controlled remotely or automatically by his I.As. The legions includes both known and unknown models and marks. Stark mainly calls them to battle several foes at time or one large and strong enemy.

Extremis Enhanced:

• Technology Interference: Via Extremis, Stark can remotely access to external communications systems such as satellites, cellular phones, and computers throughout the world. H was could project his voice through a cellular phones for example. He can crack codes entire nations couldn't, and take over Cloc which was a fabrication of Reed Richards
• Armor Undersheath: The nanoparticles inside the hollow of his bones can form a gold outershell that has the primary functions to manipulate the extremis armor, it also works as a shield of sorts

RepulsorTech Node:

• Energy Projection: The R.T. node not only provided repulsor energy to run devices such as the Iron Man Armor, its user could produce beams of energy at will, albeit much weaker.
• Electrical Fields Detection: As the R.T. node was connected to Tony, he could feel different electrical fields that the node was picking up. This included all kinds of invisible frequencies.
• Magnetic Force-Field: The R.T. node created a force-field which could be modified at will by its user by increasing the power of the reactor incrementally. The Forcefield can be used to levitate the person.

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Gallery

Armory

Model 1 MK I Model 2 Model 4 (Classic Armor) Model 6 (Hydro Armor) Model 8 (Silver Centurion) Model 13 (Modular Armor) Model 15 (Retro Armor) Model 16 (Renaissance Armor) Model 19 (S.K.I.N. Armor) Model 20 Model 22 (Thorbuster) Model 29 (Extremis Armor) Model 36 (Hulkbuster MK II) Model 37 (Bleeding Edge) Model 38 (Phoenix Buster) Model 42 Model 50 (Endo-Sym Armor) Model 51 (Prime Armor) Model 54 (Marvel Buster) Model 61 (Godkiller MKll Armor) Model 63 (Godbuster Armor) Model 65 (Ultron Buster) Model 72 (Celestial Hulkbuster Armor)

Notable Matchups

Notable Victories:

Simon the Digger (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) Simon's Profile (Both were 7-B, speed was equalized, Iron Man had the Iron Man Armor Model 20 and Simon the Gurren Lagann)

Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia) Bakugo's Profile (Tony had the Mark 4 armour and joint training arc bakugo was used. Speed was equalized)

Xenomorph (Alien (Franchise)) Xenomorph's Profile (Iron Man was in his Mark 3 suit, Xenomorph Queen was used, speed was equalised)

Notable Losses:

Inconclusive Matches:

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