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Iron Manhas one of the most iconic looks in the entire Marvel Universe . Even when Tony Stark makes an raise or adjustment , he ’s still immediately recognizable as Iron Man . But , what about when he wee a downgrade ?
While Tony Stark is certainly capable of designing the most technologically advanced suits that practically make him a mortal immortal , it ’s perhaps even more telling when he designs a courting that does n’t rely on mind - bollocks up engineering , but is just as useful and/or visually iconic . Sure , Tony Stark is famous for being a futurist , but fans might be take aback at how telling his armour can be without the use of seemingly impossible technical school ( even if some of them never explicitly made it into Marvel canyon ) . Here are 11 down - technical school Iron Man suit that redefined what his armor could look like !
11Viking Armor
Otherwise acknowledge as Asgardian Armor given the comedian on which it was featured , Iron Man ’s Viking Armormade its one and only appearance on a variant cover forThor#609 by creative person Esad Ribic . The armour is n’t featured in the comical itself , nor does it ever make an official appearance within Marvel Comics persistence , but the ocular alone is utterly striking .
Not only did Iron Man keep his classic color scheme , but he also added a warfare axe to his weapons arsenal , proving that this crushed - tech armor was still enough deathly .
101872 Armor
This armour does seem in Marvel canyon , albeit in a different timeline from the classic Earth-616 . InSecret Wars , 1872by Gerry Duggan and Nik Virella , reader are take to an alternate realness where Marvel ’s torpedo survive as pale reading of themselves in 1872 . Though that did n’t halt Tony Stark from being the genius - inventor he ’s always been , and clearly always will be .
The armor was a love alphabetic character to steampunk aesthetic , as Iron Man used low-pitched - tech substance to attain high - tech function collapse the demarcation line of the era in which he subsist - with nothing but black soot and justified massacre trail behind him .
9Dark Ages Steampunk Armor
Staying true to the steampunk look , Iron Man invented a similar suit of armor in another alternating reality . Done by artist Ryan Stegman , Iron Man debut this steampunk suit in Marvel Comics’Dark Agescrossover series . That book drop the Avengers into a world that quite literally experienced a amnesia , disrupt modern society and throw it into a Modern dark age . While one would opine that would put a muffler on Iron Man ’s man - made major power - set , nothing could be further from the truth .
Just like with the 1872 armor , Tony Stark used the stark minimum of engineering science he could get his hands on to make a suit of clothes that rivaled his best armour , while also gain it reckon undeniably badass in the process .
81,000,000 BC Ice Age Armor
After Iron Man was commit back in time to the ice eld in Jason Aaron’sAvengers#31 , and get himself stuck in a cave with little - to - no resources at his disposal , he was still capable to craft a suit of armor , efficaciously plough himself into the new ( impermanent ) superhero : Ice Age Man . The suit made the Avenger reckon like a cybernetic snowman , with weaponize icicles for attacking , sheets of ‘ ice - armor ’ for protection , and his spark reactor powering the whole affair .
While the suit would be lost to time upon Tony ’s return trip habitation , it will forever be as perhaps Iron Man’scoolestsuit to date .
7Caveman Armor
This armour is similar to the Ice Age Man suit , though without any set up in - public lore surround it ( and way less ice ) . Tony ’s Caveman Armor was created by creative person Christian Nauck , and was featured on a variant covert forDeadpool : Merc with a Mouth#10 as a part of Marvel Comics ’ ‘ Iron Man By Design ’ enterprise , which challenged artists to come up with interesting designs for Iron Man suit .
Even though this suit did n’t appear in - canon , it ’s still absolutely striking , and actually depicted fairly advanced technology comparative to the time period , proving that every interlingual rendition of Tony Stark is - in fact - an imaginative genius ( even a caveman interpretation ) .
6Gladiator Armor
Another suit of armor only featured on a variant cover ( and not in the genuine canon ) , Iron Man ’s Gladiator Armor need no story surrounding it to convey its deadliness . No other suit has better conveyed the idea of Iron Man grow himself into a live weapon with his suits , as this armour comes with a jaggy shell , a build - in sword gantlet , and completely overlay Tony Stark head to toe with sharp spikes and seemingly unbreachable steel .
This armor was create by artist Gabriele Dell’Otto , and was have on the cover song of New Mutants # 12 .
51602 Lord Iron
In the alternate Marvel Comics universe brought to living inMarvel 1602 : New Worldby Greg Pak and Greg Tocchini , fans were introduced to Lord Iron . Lord Iron did n’t wear just any average Iron Man suit that was but accommodate for the prison term period , but was donning arguably Marvel ’s earliest Hulkbuster Armor , as Lord Iron was charged with venturing to America to find and drink down Robert Banner .
The causa was bulky yet maneuverable , with a steel at Lord Iron ’s shank , gunman in his gantlet , and reinforce steel surrounding him , making the armor both an loathsome and justificative power - household . And best of all , even in this alternative reality set in the 1600s , the authoritative color system remained unaltered .
4Samurai Armor
Interestingly enough , Iron Man has been depicted donning a version of samurai armor on more than one occasion . The first image feature above is Iron Man in his Iron Shogun armour , which was show on the cover ofI Am Iron Man#3 by Murewa Ayodele and Adedotun Akande . The next is Iron Man ’s samurai armour from creative person Simone Bianchi featured on a variant blanket forDark Wolverine#85 as a part of the ‘ Iron Man By Design ’ initiative . The third and concluding ikon is fromDemon warfare : The Iron Samuraifrom artist Peach Momoko .
All three unlike Iron Man Samurai looks supply something cool and unique to the idea of Tony Stark donning this type of armor , with each one being just as badass as the last .
3Tesla Armor
Another ‘ Iron Man By Design ’ original ( from artist Mike Del Mundo , featured onDaredevil#506 ) , Tony Stark ’s Tesla Armor was put on full display in all its old - schooltime Sci - Fi glory . This objet d’art played off the ‘ Tesla curlicue ’ invented by Nikola Tesla in 1891 , as it ’s surging with electrical energy stemming from two distinct spot on Iron Man ’s suit ( between his hands ) .
This armor utilized engineering feats that were banal in Tesla ’s recorded inventions , as if the real - humankind inventor actually design his own Iron Man suit at the turn of the century .
2Medieval Armor
Wolverine and the ex - Men#28 featured a variant covering by artist Alex Maleev as a part of the ‘ Many Armors of Iron Man ’ initiative , which depicted Iron Man as a medieval horse . Complete with an perfectly monumental battle - ax and a carapace with the shape and look of Iron Man ’s classic helmet - face , this alternate Iron Man is easily one of the most daunting on this inclination .
Drenched in phantasm , on the back of a oldtimer with smart bloodline still drop from his artillery , the Medieval Armor certainly lives up to its name , even if fans never get to actually see it in natural process .
