While we wait for the Mark XLVII suit, which will more then likely be the Extremis suit, why dont we take a look at his older mark and find out which ones were the best and coolest. Heck, let us add in War machine's suits for the fun of it.
MARK I: the Tin Man
During the months of being held in captivity by the Ten Rings, Tony Stark secretly built the Mark I in order to successfully escape. This Mark is very old school and not shiny or perfect like his other suits. Weapons include the flame thrower and rocket launcher, it can also use jet boosters for flight, but only once and for a very short time. Most mech pieces are outside of the suit as opposed to being inside, which makes those pieces more vulnerable. However it can still put up a fight in combat. It also has no Jarvis or advance technology, which makes it safe from being controlled or overrun by technological based villains like Ultron.
MARK II: Shiny Metal Knight
Mark II was basically the prototype or demo for the Mark III, it pretty much has all the same functions as the Mark III and IV and the only real difference is the fact that Mark II is not painted. It's really only when Rhodes gets the suit that it actually becomes interesting.
WAR MACHINE (Mark II.5)
The Mark II eventually becomes reconstructed as the War Machine suit. Now the suit has lots and lots of guns! It also has more armor build around the arms, chest, and shoulders. He has his iconic gatling gun on his back, as well as machine guns and hidden pistols on his arms. He also has a hidden missile called "the ex-wife" that sadly does absolutely nothing. He is able to pretty much shoot all his guns at the same time with close to perfect targeting. And above all else, he still has the regular Iron Man weapons like his arc reactor and stuff. Also, does anyone else like the red glow around the eyes and arc reactor instead of the regular blue?
MARK III and IV: Gold and Hot Rod Red
The main look(s) when you think about Iron Man. Mark III was quickly built after a successful test run with Mark II, and used to save civilians from the Ten Rings and to battle the Iron Monger villain. The suit introduces the shoulder missiles and wrist rockets. The suit also uses the chest unibeam for the first time in the Iron Man films. Mark IV is basic the Mark III, with only some very minor and barely noticeable paint apps to the body (mainly just some gold lining on the stomach metal).
MARK V: Suitcase Win!
The Mark V is easily one of the more unique. It acts more like a "emergency" suit for trouble on the road, those times where an enemy comes by and you don't have access to the suits at home. This suit transforms from a brief case and completely plates the entire body. It is unfortunately a weaker suit, having thinner armor and limited weapons to use. Then again the idea is strong and could lead to stronger/better suits using the same kind of function in the future.
MARK VI: the New Element
Probably the more iconic look now than the Mark III (and IV I guess), the Mark VI is unique because it was the first suit to try out the new element, the successor to the arc reactor, and also introduces the multi-fire grenade launcher and the infamous laser weapons, which completely owned the Hammer Drones in the second film. The new element is established by the triangular shaped chestplate that replaced the usual circular one. The suit was used to help defeat Hammer Drones and Whiplash, it also helped save the Hellicarrier from a surprise attack planned by Thor's brother Loki.
MARK VII: let's go Avenging!
We can essentially agree on the fact that this is more so his War suit than the other ones. The Mark VII takes all the good qualities from the other suits to use in the heat of battle, like the Laser weapon and repulsers and mini missiles. It uses a similar idea to the Mark V to transform and consume the body, only instead of a suitcase it's a launch pod that detects silver wrist straps using laser technology. The armor is much more bulky and can handle harder attacks than the other suits can. It may be good to point out that the suit cannot handle space travel.
WAR MACHINE MARK II: War Patriot? Patriot Machine?
Now we're getting to the new suits for the third film, where our only knowledge about them is their looks and possibilities. That Iron Patriot looking suit has been confirmed to be War Machine's new look, and we got no problem with it! It makes sense seeing as how James Rhodes is a captain of the Air Force of the United States, and maybe he's a Captain America fan? Regardless, this is happening and will be seen on the big screen. It appears as though he replaced all his weapons from his original design with new ones, now he has some rifle/laser gun looking thing instead of a gatling gun. His weapons will probably be much stronger too, his original weapons were given to him by Justin Hammer, made by his company Hammer Tech, and this time they will easily be weapons designed by Tony so they should be far more advanced.
MARK XLVII: Extremis!!!
Screw Mark VIII - XLVI, we're heading straight to the Mark XLVII! This suit has the same classic colors but obviously with more gold than red. And from what has been said online and through rumors and other sources, this will actually be his Extremis suit! A suit that grows entirely out of Tony Stark's skin through nano technology, how freaking cool! There are some questions and concerns however, most due to how different this suit will actually be. Will he still use original weapons, and new weapons? Will he still have communication with Jarvis? And how graphic and detailed will it be to see his suit grow in and out of his skin? And why more gold and less red?
Which one is your favorite? While we have no real clue for what the Iron Man 3 armor has in store, we can still get a pretty good assumption from what they will offer, plus there are the other suits too. Please comment or pick your favorite in the poll.
Iron Man 3 will start MCU phase 2, and hit theaters May 3rd, 2013...
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