After he was kidnapped by terrorists and gravely injured, billionaire industrialist and brilliant engineer Tony Stark was pressured to create a weapon of mass destruction. Instead, he created a suit of power armor to escape. Now vowing to protect a world he helped endanger, he became the Invincible Iron Man.
Anyone else notice that Iron Man is becoming more and more like a Lantern from DC? His new armor, the Bleeding Edge, can effectively create anything he can think of. He's constantly advancing his technology. He can already create constructs without the suit, only manifesting what he needs, such as a gauntlet, or an eyeball/camera. He even has more flexibility in that regard because it's connected right to his mind and eyes. So. Is Stark gradually building up til he has the same capabilities as a Lantern with few of the weaknesses? Or am I just seeing a similarity where there isn't one? And if not a Lantern, how about a Blue Beetle?
@Kallarkz: So this doesn't look at all similar to Blue Beetle in regards to an on the fly constructed cannon?
I believe that falls under the category of "using armor".
However how the way they use that armor is totally different.
Blue Beetle stumbles with his abilities and is often times surprised by the things he does and is unaware of what else he can do while Tony Stark is fully aware of the capabilities of his armor and can add to it's design and it is fully under his control.
The fact that Iron Man can create a cannon from his armor does not mean he is Marvels Blue Beetle.
@Kallarkz: I'm not saying he IS Marvel's Blue beetle or Marvel's Lantern, I'm saying, is he building to the same LEVEL as their respective weapons? Is he approaching the same concept as their abilities, with his constant upgrades and current armor. Blue Beetles power, is unless I'm very much mistaken, creating crazy weaponry from that armor, even if it's not completely under his control. That seems awfully familiar. Similarly, Green Lantern creates constructs from pure willpower. Tony seems like he's getting there, slowly but surely.
@Kallarkz: I'm not saying he IS Marvel's Blue beetle or Marvel's Lantern, I'm saying, is he building to the same LEVEL as their respective weapons? Is he approaching the same concept as their abilities, with his constant upgrades and current armor. Blue Beetles power, is unless I'm very much mistaken, creating crazy weaponry from that armor, even if it's not completely under his control. That seems awfully familiar. Similarly, Green Lantern creates constructs from pure willpower. Tony seems like he's getting there, slowly but surely.
They all share in common the fact that they can create certain tools but I don't see Iron Man approaching a Green Lantern level as far as using his "constructs".
@Kallarkz: Not yet. The question is, is he approaching it, i.e., could, hypothesizing a similar rate of expansion and modification along his current line of tech, could he approach that type over time?
@Kallarkz: Not yet. The question is, is he approaching it, i.e., could, hypothesizing a similar rate of expansion and modification along his current line of tech, could he approach that type over time?
I don't think they will take his character in that direction.
I'd say he's moving the being more like The Engineer
She has replaced her blood with liquid nano machines, they form out of her skin and cover her in armour, produce cannons on her arms etc, and can makes technological constructs. She seems to be the end point of where he's headed.
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