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Currently, Iron-Man is listed with Armor Model 8 | Armor Model 45 | Model Prime (Armor Model 51) being High 6-A | High 6-A | 5-A respectively. I think this downplays Iron Man’s average power, as it makes it look like he didn’t become Planetary until Model Prime, which just isn’t the case. Also, considering how many different major versions of Iron Man there are, I think there needs to be several more suits listed than just those three, especially considering Model 45 isn't particularly impressive compared to other armors he wears in the modern era. Because of this, I think his profile should be revised to:
Pre-Extremis | Extremis | Bleeding Edge | Post-Bleeding Edge | Endo-Sym | Model Prime | Current
At Least High 6-A | 5-A | At Least 5-A | Up to 5-A | Likely 5-A | 5-A | Likely 5-A
I do not keep up with current Iron Man comics, I’m not sure if 5-A is right for current. If you keep up with them, please tell me your thoughts on current Iron Man scaling. Same with Pre-Extremis, if you believe him to be 5-A before Extremis please share. Here are a list of feats to support these upgrades (I will not list Model Prime feats, as that is already where I think it should be):
Extremis Armor:
Bleeding Edge Armor:
Model 42 (Example of a Post-Extremis suit):
Endo-Sym:
In conclusion, I think there is
I got these scans from here, feel free to look through it for more of them.
Pre-Extremis | Extremis | Bleeding Edge | Post-Bleeding Edge | Endo-Sym | Model Prime | Current
At Least High 6-A | 5-A | At Least 5-A | Up to 5-A | Likely 5-A | 5-A | Likely 5-A
I do not keep up with current Iron Man comics, I’m not sure if 5-A is right for current. If you keep up with them, please tell me your thoughts on current Iron Man scaling. Same with Pre-Extremis, if you believe him to be 5-A before Extremis please share. Here are a list of feats to support these upgrades (I will not list Model Prime feats, as that is already where I think it should be):
Extremis Armor:
- Was able to draw blood from Sentry. While this obviously isn't a 4-B level feat, as it didn’t damage him very much it is still impressive, as Sentry is stronger than even Thor.
- Tanked several hits from Sentry [1, 2, 3]. And going by the logic of most other 4-B characters (Thor, Silver Surfer, ect.) being 5-A when holding back on Earth, this should be a 5-A feat as well.
- Easily defeated a drone which was beating Namor (5-A)
- One shot Crimson Dynamo, which should support him being higher than High 6-A
- Nearly kills Gravition with his unibeam (5-A)
- Armor could survive attacks from a Hulkbuster which was manhandling She-Hulk and Captain Marvel (5-A)
- Matches Doctor Doom (5-A)
Bleeding Edge Armor:
- Beats Magneto (5-B)
- Easily fought Red Hulk (5-A, up to 4-B)
- Fought Taurus who defeated Thor (5-A, up to 4-B)
- Survived Odin's Forge. Hard to give an actual tier to this feat, but it is nonetheless impressive.
- Traps Apocalypse (5-A)
- Shields from Wonder-Man (5-A)
- Fights against a hallucinating Thor (Probably around 5-A)
- Tanks a punch from Colossus (5-A)
- Survives Gladiator's heat vision (4-B)
- Shields from an attack by Final Form Ultron (4-B)
- Survives an attack by Rogue with Hulk’s powers absorbed (5-A, up to 4-B)
- Knocks around Ulik a few times[1, 2 , 3] (4-B)
- Knocks down Mangog, albeit while being amped by a city grid. (4-B)
- In addition to these feats, he also fought against Worthy Grey Gargoyle, but it is ambiguous if Worthy Grey Gargoyle is on Thor's level or not.
Model 42 (Example of a Post-Extremis suit):
- Armor withstands a hit from Terrax (4-B)
- Withstands lasers from Starbrand (4-B)
- Tanks attacks from Hulk: [1, 2] (5-A, up to 4-B)
- Stalemates with Doctor Doom (5-A)
- Easily defeats a villain that She-Hulk was having trouble against (Likely 5-A)
- Stomped on by Hulk (5-A, up to 4-B)
Endo-Sym:
- Shields from Spectrum (5-B)
- Destroys a Hulkbuster (Likely 5-A)
- Blows Corvus Glaive’s head off (5-A)
In conclusion, I think there is
- A big need for Iron Man’s profile to be fleshed out more, with more suits being added
- Enough evidence to support him being 5-A for all of these versions
I got these scans from here, feel free to look through it for more of them.
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