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TheMCU ’s version of Tony Stark used at least one newIron Mansuit in every movie , buthe still did n’t come close to using every courting from Marvel Comics . Iron Man first appeared all the way back in 1963’sTales of Suspense#39 by Larry Lieber , Stan Lee , Don Heck , Steve Ditko , and Gene Colan . Tony started off using a bulky gray suit , like to theMark I Armor fromIron Man . In the 60 + year since his original show , Marvel has create so many different suits that it ’s hard to keep rail .
Except forIron Man 3 ’s finale , the MCU timelinewas more restrained with the number of unlike Iron Man suit Tony wore . Tony also had far less time to wear all of his different suit of clothes beforeIron Man ’s expiry inAvengers : Endgame . This means that quite a little of suits still exist that never run across the big screen . Some of these suits could still show up inArmor Wars , or a potentialIron Man 4if Marvel decides to revive Tony or give another character the title . These courtship could also show up ifAvengers : Secret Warsends up boot the MCU as rumored .
The Iron Man depicted in the MCU was n’t entirely close to the mirthful book character of the same name , but the changes can be easily explain .
10Tony’s Deep-Space Armor Made A Spaceship Unnecessary
Iron Man’s Deep-Space Armor First Appeared In Iron Man #5 (2013)
Tony ’s Iron Man Armor Model 45 , akathe Deep - Space Armor , allowed Tony to travel through spacein just his Iron Man case . This armour come in especially handy when Iron Man joined the Guardians of the Galaxy for a little while . The Deep - Space Armor was even capable of travel at warp speed , mean Tony could travel between planet without having to expend a starship .
Tony ’s Deep - Space armour would have been very helpful inAvengers : Endgame , when he and Nebula were stranded in infinite . If he ’d had it , Tony could simply have pushed the disabled Milano back to Earth himself . In a fashion , it ’s nice that he did n’t have it , as the scene was a skillful room to emotionally ready the audience for the opening that Tony would die in the movie . Still , it would have been the perfect prison term for him to bust out this armour from the comics if he had it in the MCU .
9The Godkiller Armor Makes The Hulkbuster Look Weak
Iron Man’s Godkiller MK II Armor First Appeared In Avengers #5 (2018)
In the MCU , the swelled suit Tony ever wear is theHulkbuster armour fromAvengers : Age of Ultron . In the comics , Tony has a much great suit of clothes , though it does n’t last very long . model after an ancient piece of technology from the Celestial War , Tony Stark created what he predict the Godkiller MK II , a monolithic suit of amber armour meant to fight rogue Celestials .
Tony used the Godkiller Armor to go up against a mathematical group called the Dark Celestials , which were Celestials that had been debauch by the Horde . Though Tony end up recede the engagement , he does manage to keep back his own surprisingly long against the god - like being . Similar to his rich - infinite armor , the Godkiller Armor can also travel quickly between satellite , allowing Stark to get from Earth to Mars in very fiddling sentence .
8Tony’s Cold Iron Armor Was Designed To Fight Dark Elves
Iron Man’s Cold Iron Armor First Appeared In Iron Man #24 (2014)
In the cartoon strip , Iron Man has some very specialised suits that only show up in specific place . One of these suit is hisCold Iron Armor , which he used to fight against Malekithand his Dark Elves on Svartalfheim . The armor run on top of another suit , and is celebrated for being an Iron Man courting that is actually made out of smoothing iron . This is because iron is deadly to Dark Elves , and also shields Tony from their thaumaturgy .
Since the DarkElves only appeared inThor : The Dark World , Tony never had a reason to wear this armor in the MCU . In general , the MCU tended to stay by from hyper - specific types of armour , instead just adding take upgrades to Tony ’s primary courting . This saved Tony having to do some costume changes and was likely sluttish for the VFX squad . Still , these type of specialised suits in the cartoon strip always go a long way towards show just how inclined Iron Man is for any situation .
7Iron Man’s Endo-Sym Armor Was His Version Of Venom
Iron Man’s Endo-Sym Armor First Appeared In Superior Iron Man #1 (2014)
For a brief period of time in Marvel Comics , Tony Stark ’s personality was rewritten , turning him into the nefarious Superior Iron Man . During his time as a baddie , Tony wore a brand - new Iron Man suit called the End - Sym Armor . Tony free-base this lawsuit on symbiotes like Venom or Carnage , with it being comprised of a semi - animate fluid physique that would season once it bond to him and formed his armor . It also was n’t as reliant on electricity or other technology , making it backbreaking to shut down .
Tony ’s Endo - Sym Armor never appeared in the MCU , but at one head it was heavily rumored to . Some lover theorizer online had seen clips ofMaria Rambaeu ’s Captain MarvelinDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessand mistook her lawsuit for the Superior Iron Man causa . This trigger off rumors that Tom Cruise would seem as Superior Iron Man , part of the Illuminati . These rumors turned out to be faux , and the Endo - Sym armor never picture up before Tony ’s MCU death , name it wholly lacking from the franchise .
6Tony Stark Once Became The Iron Sorcerer
Tony’s Iron Sorcerer Armor First Appeared In What If…? #113 (1998)
One of Tony ’s strangest Marvel Comics armour appeared in an alternative universe of discourse , Earth-9810 . ThisWhat If … ?story follows a Tony Stark who unexpectedly causes Stephen Strange ’s car accident , and seek a cure . Tony ends up becoming Sorcerer Supreme , and even make a unique Iron Man suit of clothes so as to struggle Dormammu . This armour incorporate both Tony ’s newfangled knowledge of magic and his skills with technology .
The Iron Sorcerer Armor is incredibly powerful becauseit is capable to store spells and deploy themmore rapidly than a sorcerer would usually be able to regurgitate them . This fundamentally made this adaptation of Tony an even more powerful version of Doctor Strange . Since this was an alternate universe of discourse write up , it ’s not too surprising it never materialise in the MCU . However , it is still possible thatWhat If … ?could adapt it .
5The Hulkbuster Armor Was Also A Car
Tony’s Model 52 Hulkbuster Armor First Appeared In All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 (2015)
One adaptation of Tony Stark ’s Hulkbuster armour did appear in the MCU . It first showed up when Tony needed to take on Hulk inAvengers : Age of Ultron , and was afterward used byBruce Banner inAvengers : Infinity Warwhile the Hulk was reject to come out . However , Marvel Comics has had several dissimilar incarnation of the Hulkbusterarmor over the class , one of which had usefulness outside of being a suit of armour .
Tony ’s Model 52 Hulkbuster Armor is n’t just a suit of armor , but also a gondola . The car form can also fly using Iron Man ’s iconic repulsor technology . Tony is able to press a button mid - flight and turn the motorcar into the Hulkbuster Armor at a moment ’s notice . This version of the causa is seemingly quicker to get into than the variation shown inAge of Ultron , and give Tony a more protected modal value of transportation than a normal car .
4Iron Man Used Ultron To Power His Armor
Iron Man’s Sentient Armor Iron Man #26 (2000)
Through a serial of accidents and coincidences , Tony Stark once unintentionally had a suit of armor that essentially turned into Ultron . This initiate when Tony downloaded the AI from Jocasta , a golem create by Ultron . In doing so , he incidentally download Ultron ’s commission along with it . Then , an confrontation with Whiplash and a bolt of lightning somehow combine to turn Tony ’s armor into a sentient being .
For a while , Tony and the Sentient Armor worked as partners , but it did eventually become a villain similar to Ultron . in the end , the suit of clothes went out in a heroic sacrifice , giving its own synthetical heart to Tony to save up his life . This case never get down a luck to show up in the MCU because of Ultron ’s reduced role in the movies liken to the strip . He was completely destroy at the ending ofAvengers : Age of Ultron , and never had a chance to leave a suggestion of his personality behind .
3Tony’s Virtual Armor Shaped Itself To His Will
Tony’s Virtual Armor First Appeared In Iron Man 2020 #5 (2020)
Tony Stark ’s Virtual Armor is very different from most Iron Man suits . rather of being metal or any other physical substance , it is made out of solid hologram . The armour is n’t a rigid shape , so Tony can make it await however he want . He can also use the holograms to craft any weapon system he can reckon of . In a agency , the armor was very similar to a Green Lantern gang from DC Comics .
AlthoughTony weigh this armor one of his bully inventions , he was force to give it up to save up his brother Arno Stark , as Iron Man used the causa as a life - living scheme for Arno to prevent him perish . The case also create a pleasant simulation for Arno to populate in .
Tony ’s Virtual Armor was belike a picayune too high - concept for the MCU version of the lineament . Even the comedian recognize it was too powerful to keep around forever , which is why it was chop-chop compose out of existence . Still , it would have created some awe-inspiring visuals seeing Tony morph his suit into whatever form he wanted . This could be another ripe candidate for aWhat If … ?episode , since living would make the suit easier to recreate .
2Iron Man’s Fin Fang Foombuster Was Straight Out Of Pacific Rim
Iron Man’s Fin Fang Foombuster Armor First Appearead In Tony Stark: Iron Man #1 (2018)
One major Iron Man baddie that never showed up in the MCU was the Draco Fin Fang Foom . However , Tony has oppose Fin Fang Foom mass of times in Marvel Comics - so often that he even designed a special Fin Fang Foombuster Armor to help take him down . The suit was monolithic , standardised to the mechs fromPacific Rim , and made Tony just as grandiloquent as Fin Fang Foom .
Even without Fin Fang Foom specifically being in the MCU , Tony Stark never really face off against any scoundrel that would have required such a large wooing . It may have come in handy in large battle , like the conclusion ofAvengers : Endgame , but in truth it is unnecessarily handsome for any of Tony ’s MCU fights . Perhaps if the MCU reboot does happen , the fresh version of Tony Stark can present off against his classic comical book opposition using this potent lawsuit .
1Iron Man Harvested The Power Of Excalibur
Iron Man’s Mystic Armor First Appeared In Iron Man: Legacy Of Doom #3 (2008)
It is n’t justWhat If … ?stories where Iron Man has gained charming powers before . In a miniseries where he was stress to discover the scabbard of Excalibur before Doctor Doom , Iron Man incidentally absorbed its deception into his armour . This create a mysterious reading of his case that see more like a knightly suit of armour . Not only did Tony ’s armor look different , but the magic it absorbed made it nearly invincible . It also turned his repulsor crucify into beam of magic , equal to of spite supernatural enemies .
Iron Man ’s Mystic Armor appeared in only two issues of the miniseries , so it ’s not too surprising it never got adapted for the MCU . However , during its short fourth dimension existing , it prove to be one of Iron Man ’s more hefty suits of armor . It will be interesting to see if any of the coming task that areIron Manadjacent , likeArmor WarsorIronheart , choose to admit some of these powerful lawsuit that Tony never get to get into .
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