View Full Version : Coolest Iron Man Moments
Kistler
03-27-2008, 02:15 PM
I was just wondering, what are some of the coolest Iron Man moments for fans? I don't mean stories (otherwise everyone will just say "all of Demon in a Bottle" or "all of Armor Wars"). I mean those scenes where Tony just showed up the bad guy or displayed how smart he was.
Monty_Cristo
03-27-2008, 02:18 PM
the one where he beat up Fin Fang Foom. and also the one where he beat up the Hulk (at the cost of his mobility). oh and that time he personally picked Eric O'Grady to be the new Ant-Man.
Magneto Rocks
03-27-2008, 02:38 PM
...I gotta say, "Do you recognize my authority now?" is the best one recently. :p
Though I've seen quite a few cool ones in the last few years. I loved him breaking out of the Extremis tentacle-things in IM #18 while shouting "I...AM...IRON...MAN!"
brundlefly
03-27-2008, 03:22 PM
Final confrontation with Obadiah Stane in IM #200. Tony, in his new Silver Centurion armor, plows through Stane's Chessmen and other goons and gambits before besting the man himself (clad in Iron Monger armor) and rescuing all the people close to him that Stane had kidnapped to use as pawns. Then Stane kills himself to deprive Stark of the ability to savor his defeat.
Man, I really hope that finds its way into the IM movie....
Wind-Breaker
03-27-2008, 03:53 PM
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The first thing that came to mind was the time when Count Nefaria built a dream machine and had Ironman battle a rogue list of villains in his dream. If Ironman died fighting in his sleep, he'd also die in real life (like what Freddy does in NOES). Ironman was reluctant to fight at first, believing it was only a dream, but got caught up in the moment and in the end (to Nefarias suprise) had tremendous fun smacking his foes around. Eventually, the dream machine overloaded and exploded in Nefaria's face. Ironman woke up from his nap, full of life, and completely oblivious to Nefaria's dastardly plan.
First thing that popped into my mind was JLA/Avengers, where he uses the Mother Box to sneak up on Wonder Woman and Green Lantern with a boom tube (though I'm not sure how you actually sneak up on someone in a tube that literally booms) and take him out with a single shot.
Taking out Wonder Woman AND Green Lantern with a single shot is pretty dam hardcore.
...I gotta say, "Do you recognize my authority now?" is the best one recently. :p
That would have been cooler if Sentry basically didn't do all the work there. Stark got the cool line (and it was dam COOL), but really that was more a good Sentry showing than anything else. If Stark at least was the one that ripped the mask off, I might give it to him.
Though I suppose it does show that Stark is smart. He brought Sentry along.
Magneto Rocks
03-27-2008, 04:47 PM
Well, remember, Tony specifically warned Doom about the consequences of messing with Sentry (And especially with magic) last issue, so this could be seen as a bit of that factoring in. ;)
Dagger
03-27-2008, 04:57 PM
That time where he's on Justin Hammer's floating base, and has to fight all of those bad-guys. That was pretty bad ass.
Him versus Cap in Civil War #3 (maybe #4?) was amazing...
"Steve don't make me hit you again....your jaw is practicaly hanging off"
rwe1138
03-27-2008, 05:49 PM
It's a "What If?" but it's also one of the best Tony stories I've ever read:
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CaptainCanada
03-27-2008, 06:44 PM
From the "Demon in a Bottle" arc, the final confrontation at Hammer's base where he dons his armour and smacks his way through a mob of D-list villains with ruthless determination. That was a pretty cool action scene, especially for the time.
Mr. Earl Brooks
03-27-2008, 08:37 PM
Recetly, when he shot mandarin in the face. That was pretty sweet.
Kistler
03-27-2008, 09:01 PM
Windbreaker, where is that scanned scene from?
MichaelChen
03-27-2008, 09:12 PM
Yeah! Heck, both characters looked cool there. Iron Man because of the stylish way he did that, and Mandarin because all it did was piss him off. :D
Wind-Breaker
03-27-2008, 09:16 PM
Windbreaker, where is that scanned scene from?
Iron Man #7, the first issue of the story arc "Execute Program"
Netley
03-27-2008, 09:38 PM
There's a really cool Iron Man arc written by Quesada (yeah, I know) from 2001 or so. It's a couple years into the series started off by Busiek and Chen.
Tony's armor goes nuts and he ends up fighting it. He and it eventually get stranded on an island, where Tony eventually wins. The scene I love is (I think) the last page, where he buried the armor and you see he gave it a headstone and everything. (It's been a while since I've read this so I could be a little off here.)
I also like in MA #1 when he's hitting on Ms. Marvel and then has a thought balloon saying, "coming on too strong?" Clever.
Shellhead
03-27-2008, 09:58 PM
Some scenes not mentioned by others so far:
Avengers Annual #1. Iron Man uses his repulsor rays to keep a titanic sword aloft to avoid devastating a banana republic capital, while Goliath and Wasp fought a desperate battle against Swordsman and the original Power Man.
Iron Man #66. Iron Man defeats Thor, who is being controlled by Doctor Spectrum's power prism.
Iron Man #100. Iron Man systematically and decisively beat the Mandarin. It was nearly seven years of comics later before Mandarin returned, an almost unheard-of absence for such a major villain. Many Iron Man fans consider Michelinie/Layton team to be the definitive creative team for Iron Man, and they never once bothered using Mandarin, probably due to the crushing defeat in #100.
Avengers Annual #7. Iron Man saves the universe with a near-suicidal dive into a giant Infinity Gem. It was fitting that he should thwart Thanos, because Iron Man was the first Marvel hero to fight him, way back in Iron Man #55.
Iron Man #149. Iron Man holds his own in direct combat with Doctor Doom, one of Marvel's all-time greatest villains. He definitely got some respect from Doom, who is generally too arrogant to acknowledge even a near-equal. Marvel just reprinted that classic story as part of a hardcover trade.
Oddly, Iron Man didn't usually have really cool scenes in the Avengers. Sometimes he got taken out too easily, or taken out to show that This Is Serious, Really Serious. However, he was usually team leader when Cap wasn't so he was often shown leading the team into battle with a cry of Avengers Assemble.
Kistler
03-27-2008, 10:03 PM
There's a really cool Iron Man arc written by Quesada (yeah, I know) from 2001 or so. It's a couple years into the series started off by Busiek and Chen.
Tony's armor goes nuts and he ends up fighting it. He and it eventually get stranded on an island, where Tony eventually wins. The scene I love is (I think) the last page, where he buried the armor and you see he gave it a headstone and everything. (It's been a while since I've read this so I could be a little off here.)
You're talking about the story "The Mask in the Iron Man" which was collected in a trade later. A couple of years later, it was revealed that that living personality the armor developed was actually a program of Ultron attempting to take over.
Kistler
03-27-2008, 10:06 PM
Iron Man #100. Iron Man systematically and decisively beat the Mandarin. It was nearly seven years of comics later before Mandarin returned, an almost unheard-of absence for such a major villain. Many Iron Man fans consider Michelinie/Layton team to be the definitive creative team for Iron Man, and they never once bothered using Mandarin, probably due to the crushing defeat in #100.
Avengers Annual #7. Iron Man saves the universe with a near-suicidal dive into a giant Infinity Gem. It was fitting that he should thwart Thanos, because Iron Man was the first Marvel hero to fight him, way back in Iron Man #55.
Iron Man #149. Iron Man holds his own in direct combat with Doctor Doom, one of Marvel's all-time greatest villains. He definitely got some respect from Doom, who is generally too arrogant to acknowledge even a near-equal. Marvel just reprinted that classic story as part of a hardcover trade.
I was actually thinking of those three scenes myself and I'm glad someone finally mentioned them. The battle with the Mandarin was HUGE.
Netley
03-27-2008, 10:13 PM
You're talking about the story "The Mask in the Iron Man" which was collected in a trade later. A couple of years later, it was revealed that that living personality the armor developed was actually a program of Ultron attempting to take over.
Cool! Thanks for the "ancillary information" (hehe). Didn't know about the Ultron tidbit, I'm glad you told me.
"The Mask in the Iron Man"...what an awesome title!!!
IronStarks
03-27-2008, 10:54 PM
im tired and cant remember exactly right now but one of my favorite lines was at the end of Civil War when Tony became the Head of SHIELD and told Hill to go get him some coffe. Laughed my ass off at that
SquidSquod
03-28-2008, 01:29 AM
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Jerk, but absolutely badass.
Iron_Stark
03-28-2008, 06:32 AM
In the Iron Man vs Thor "Standoff" cross over, Thor throws Mjolnir at Iron Man and he with the Thorbuster, raises his hand and is able to stop Mjolnir.
Iron Man with his hip discs is able to KO Silver Surfer. Twice he's fought Surfer and twice BOTH have KO'd each other
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Iron_Stark
03-28-2008, 06:35 AM
Iron Man's magnetic force is able to lift Wolverine and imobilise him. So it's be a short fight if Wolverine ever stepped up to Iron Man
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Kistler
03-28-2008, 06:59 AM
Jerk, but absolutely badass.
WHere is that scan from Squid?
SquidSquod
03-28-2008, 07:11 AM
Knaufs first showing, Iron Man: Execute Program #1.
Showcasing Iron Man's ability to multitask and in the same edition if anyone has a scan on this, he pimp slap Graviton when Graviton is pimp slapping the whole NA team.
Theophilus
03-28-2008, 03:32 PM
Final confrontation with Obadiah Stane in IM #200. Tony, in his new Silver Centurion armor, plows through Stane's Chessmen and other goons and gambits before besting the man himself (clad in Iron Monger armor) and rescuing all the people close to him that Stane had kidnapped to use as pawns. Then Stane kills himself to deprive Stark of the ability to savor his defeat.
You beat me to it. This is probably my favorite Iron Man moment of all time. There was a great dramatic buildup, and Stane's fate is a lot like I would picture Luthor's if DC could afford to kill him.
Man, I really hope that finds its way into the IM movie....
It was a classic moment, but I doubt Marvel goes the suicide route in a summer blockbuster that's sure to bring in lots of kids.
There's also a timing problem, since from what I've read Tony's alcoholism won't become a real problem until the second film. I actually hope that Stane's not in the Iron Monger in this one because I feel like Tony's fall from grace and return is integral to Stane's final defeat. I was disappointed that Marvel jumped the fun in Daredevil and had DD give Kingpin the smackdown in the very first movie, which pretty much shut down the kind of untouchability Kingpin would have needed for a sequel based on "Born Again" to work.
Not sure Ultimate Iron Man counts... but the way he takes care of Black Widow was pretty cool.
Mississippienne
03-29-2008, 12:20 AM
Jerk, but absolutely badass.
Yeah, Tony always had a touch of the jerk in him, but man, I love ol skool Tony. He didn't take crap from anyone. Rhodey didn't either. That's what made them such a great team. My tastes run more towards the funny and bizarre, so my selections for best Tony moments are probably a little off-kilter.
Here's one of my favorite Tony moments from Iron Man #131. When Tony Stark needs to change into his armor, he doesn't run into a phone booth. Instead, he climbs in the Pussy Wagon, oops, I mean Love Machine.
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Tony and Rhodey shares what appears to be a blunt in Iron Man #144.
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This is a fun scene from Iron Man #223. Tony and Rhodey go shopping and get manicures. They were metrosexual before there was a word for it. Also, Rae is totally suggesting a threesome.
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As a bonus, here's an awesome Rhodey moment from Iron Man #242. This is how a real man escapes from prison. No wussy climbing through ducts for Jim Rhodes.
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DeadXMan
03-29-2008, 02:03 AM
Every time he sucker punch a teammate is my personal coolest IM moment
LordEd1976
03-29-2008, 04:23 PM
Captain America #340- Iron Man and Cap locking eyes after Tony zaps Cap from behind while Cap is trying to protect a Guardsman. Without saying anything it was clear their friendship had suffered a huge blow.
Captain America #401- Tony tracking down Cap to talk things out with and bury some of their disagreements. The fact that Tony braved walking into a bar to do shows the man has courage.
cool alternate universe moment:
Earth X- Tony transforms his entire factory into a massive Iron Man armor in order to go confront the Celestials.
bushboy
03-29-2008, 08:15 PM
ish. #300 with him and Rhodey against Ultimo.
brundlefly
03-31-2008, 10:42 AM
You beat me to it. This is probably my favorite Iron Man moment of all time. There was a great dramatic buildup, and Stane's fate is a lot like I would picture Luthor's if DC could afford to kill him.
One of the best Marvel villain deaths ever, imo. And thankfully he's stayed dead, as opposed to cheapening it by giving him some hokey Osborn-style resurrection.
It was a classic moment, but I doubt Marvel goes the suicide route in a summer blockbuster that's sure to bring in lots of kids.
I agree; that's the reason I think it won't get used in this or the subsequent IM movies. And also the reason we'll never see Kraven's Last Hunt on the big screen. Can't have those accusations of glorifying suicide in a movie that a lot of kids will see and all that.
I was disappointed that Marvel jumped the fun in Daredevil and had DD give Kingpin the smackdown in the very first movie, which pretty much shut down the kind of untouchability Kingpin would have needed for a sequel based on "Born Again" to work.
Well, I didn't like the DD movie for a number of reasons, but I agree with you that they pulled the trigger on DD vs Fisk too soon in the first movie, wasting the possibility of adapting Born Again. Wonder if the DD franchise can get a "Hulk"-style reboot and try it again?
IronStarks
03-31-2008, 05:29 PM
After rereading the new Mighty Avengers i have to say "Do you recognize my authority now?" is an awsome quote.
tangentman
03-31-2008, 07:33 PM
First thing that popped into my mind was JLA/Avengers, where he uses the Mother Box to sneak up on Wonder Woman and Green Lantern with a boom tube (though I'm not sure how you actually sneak up on someone in a tube that literally booms) and take him out with a single shot.
Taking out Wonder Woman AND Green Lantern with a single shot is pretty dam hardcore.
In Busiek's defense, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern WERE fighting Photon & Quasar. Not exactly lightweights, and certainly threat enough to fully occupy their attention.
Theophilus
04-01-2008, 04:52 PM
I agree; that's the reason I think it won't get used in this or the subsequent IM movies. And also the reason we'll never see Kraven's Last Hunt on the big screen. Can't have those accusations of glorifying suicide in a movie that a lot of kids will see and all that.
Even though I'd love to see that moment in theory, as a parent of a young child I appreciate those kinds of decisions. I always look forward to taking my son to superhero movies with me. I felt really awkward when I watched a JLU episode with my son that involved suicide and reincarnation...
Well, I didn't like the DD movie for a number of reasons, but I agree with you that they pulled the trigger on DD vs Fisk too soon in the first movie, wasting the possibility of adapting Born Again. Wonder if the DD franchise can get a "Hulk"-style reboot and try it again?
I hope so. I really would have liked to have seen Edward Norton as Matt Murdock, but I guess now it wouldn't do to have him as Hulk and DD.
I think they should do a DD trilogy based on Miller's work.
Part 1: Elektra Saga
Part 2: Elektra Saga finale.
Part 3: Born Again.
Miller's work was based on his love for film noir, so a film translation's a no brainer.
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