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Iron Manis a basic of theMarvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , andlong after his death , his impressive battles remain etch into the brain of lover everywhere . Before the MCU began , there were several fairly successful movie debut have Marvel hero . wanderer - Man and Hulk were among the most pop heroes from the comics , and the cristal - Men managed to acquire into a successful franchise under the leaders at Fox .
Meanwhile , less well - make love heroes like Iron Man , Thor , and Captain America had been adapted to low - budget production before , and they appeared from time to time in cartoons , but for the most part , they stay on in the comics . ButRobert Downey Jr. ’s performance as Tony Stark , aka Iron Man , changed thing forever in 2008 . And a big part of the moving-picture show ’s success was taking this iconic futurist hero , and pitting him against others in a way that appear authentic , and just incredibly cool .
10Iron Man Mark I Breaks Free From The Cave
Iron Man (2008)
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Mark I was orotund , clunky , and rudimentary , but it was enough to get the job done and get Stark out of a cave in the Middle East . With flamethrowers , Stark is able-bodied to labour back against his captorsin an epic presentation that set the tone for the movie , and the MCU as a whole . And gratefully , things continued to get better from there .
9Iron Man Fights Whiplash At The Monaco Grand Prix
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Ivan Vanko , aka Whiplash , was the boy of a disgruntled former fellow worker of Howard Stark ’s . And while Howard managed to leverage their shared work and make massive profits , Anton Vanko was well less fortunate . In an attempt to avenge his Padre ’s legacy , Ivan builds unbelievable whips with technologythat resemble Tony ’s spark reactor , and attacks the billionaire inIron Man 2 .
Everything in this scene is iconic . From the way Tony befit up with a suitcase , to Ivan tearing a car in half , the intact conflict sequence is tense and visceral . And it ’s vindicated that Ivan is not hold back , as he unleashes his rage on Tony with unbelievable preciseness . The fight starts with a crash as Tony ’s car is mail flying , and ends with Ivan banged up in prison house .
8Iron Man Versus Obadiah Stane, AKA Iron Monger
retrovert to the first movie , Tony ’s final engagement against hisformer Quaker and mentor , Obadiah Stane , is one of the most torturesome in the MCU because ofthe emotional impact of the perfidy . Stane uses Stark ’s new discharge reactor , pulled from his chest , to power a unexampled case . Then , he seek to murder Tony in monastic order to lie call to Stark Industries and his enormous lot for himself .
This battle pass off in the first movie sets the tone for everything that come after in the MCU , and it did a howling line .
This struggle occur in the first flick sets the tone for everything that comes after in the MCU , and it did a fantastic line . The barbarity of the fight , the fact that Tony fall back man of the suit as he fights , and the way he finally use his word , in bicycle-built-for-two with the suit , to exploit the weaknesses in Stane ’s suit , all come together to make thisone of the best fights in the MCU .
7Iron Man & The Iron Patriot Versus Hammer Drones
Iron Man 2features a number of incredible fights for Tony , include his squad - up with James Rhodes , who wears the Iron Patriot causa . While at the Stark Expo , Justin Hammer appears in society to showcase his unexampled military laggard , which were in secret design by Ivan Vanko . Despite Vanko telling Justin Hammer that the radio-controlled aircraft could only pledge in the presentation , Vanko managed to control them remotely , and become them into fully - operational , armed weapons .
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Vanko station the army of drones to attack Iron Man , andtogether with Iron Patriot , the pair set about to fight backand deliver the civilians attending the expo . This is a major superhero moment , as Stark does an unbelievable problem saving multitude and taking down Vanko ’s drones . Meanwhile , Rhodes ' Iron Patriot suit essay to keep up , but with the Justin Hammer upgrades , thing do n’t always ferment as expected . It ’s a great scene , with clowning , and awesome action .
6Iron Man & The Avengers Versus The Chitauri Invasion
The Avengers (2012)
One of the most torturesome moments for Tony Stark comes in the first major crossover movie , The Avengers . When Loki come to Earth in an elbow grease to conquer the Midgard satellite , he employs the care of aviolent alien race known as the Chitauri . The Chitauri arrive with a motley of war machine , vehicles , and weapon system , quick to take over New York , and from there , the relaxation of the world . However , Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes stand up together quick to fight and drive the alien intrusion .
Tony Stark gets to solve along with the residual of his team , andhe has some gravid mo during this fight . His dialog with Loki in Stark Tower , his squad - up with Hulk , and steering the attacking outlander away from where people could get hurt . However , Tony ’s ultimate donation in this fight was the moment he take a missile headed for New York , and fly it into a vena portae in the sky , transport himself to the home of the invaders . Tony was ready to sacrifice himself , even at this early stage , but we are thankful it did n’t bring out like that .
5The Hulkbuster Versus Hulk
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
In the followingAvengersmovie , Age of Ultron , Stark finds himself the creditworthy company behind the powerful sentient AI , Ultron . As the team struggles to sweep over their differences , there are plenty of clashes . But the most interesting and entertain by far for Iron Man was his battle with a fully furor - fire Hulk .
Stark and Bruce Banner shape a good relationship , but when Bruce transformed into the expectant guy , it was a lot more challenging to get through to him . Fortunately , Stark construct a suit to deal with the occasion , the Hulkbuster . Hulk is a ridiculously sinewy radioactive giant , butthanks to Stark ’s brain invention and figure , he built a case that could contend with the Green Giant . The battle is tense , and there are jape - out - meretricious moment as Stark beg the monster to go to sleep while assay to knock him out .
4Iron Man & The Iron Army Take Down Aldrich Killian & Extremis
Iron Man 3 (2013)
InIron Man 3 , Stark is regard to be a batch more paranoid and haunted by the experience in New York and it leads to him building dozens of new suits . Many of these have unique quirks that make them exceptional in a couple of different way , but one upgrade across the plank was the addition of ego - piloting for Stark ’s spare wooing . It ’s this functionality that lets him call in an Iron Army when face off against Aldrich Killian .
Killian has enhance his own physiology through the Extremis agent . This makes him extremely substantial , able of healing from major injuries including loss of limbs , and it causes him to overheat to the gunpoint that he could become a turkey . Stark struggles to fight against him , especially since Killian kidnapped his beloved Pepper Potts , butthanks to his enormous collection of suits , he manages to derive an vantage . The suit swapping , and the surround make this fighting stand out as one of the in force .
3Iron Man & Doctor Strange Versus Ebony Maw & Cull Obsidian
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Much subsequently , and in possession of more confidence , rather than bravado , Tony Stark becomes an iconic superhero of the highest orderliness . So , when Thanos send his Black Order to Earth to retrieve the Time Stone from Doctor Strange , Tony Stark immediately step up and take command of the billet . Yes , Ebony Maw ’s mind powersgive him a major advantage , and Cull Obsidian is a cruel human dynamo , but the this fight showcases how far Stark has derive .
Not only is it the first time that the audience pay back to see Stark don the nanotech suit , butit also reveal his unbelievable compass of weaponsthat appear to be limited only by his imagination . And fortunately for Tony , he has quite the imagination . This battle is also amped up when Spider - Man joins the fray , and the three Avengers push back on these hefty foreign rival .
2Iron Man Versus Captain America & Bucky Barnes
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
I would be remiss to not put the fight fromCaptain America : Civil Warnear the top spot of this list . As much as this is not an Iron Man picture , Civil War’splot allows for both Iron Man and Cap to portion out the glare a comme il faut amount of the time . But by far , the most intense and powerful present moment in the photographic film come from the times when they actually amount aspect to face .
While they get the upper hand , and Tony lays defeated with the buckler inches from his face , it remains one of the most polar and important moments in his arc .
Yes , Tony and Steve Rogers had their differences , but over the course of action of the previous movies , they also became friend . But when Steve learned his ally , Bucky Barnes , was still alive , and he was faced with the difficult pick of falling in line with the Sokovia Accords , the duet had a major falling out . On opposite side of the Accords , the pair were wedge to fight .
But things did n’t get really heat up untilTony memorize that Bucky was responsible for for kill his parents . In this tenuous moment , Iron Man go oral sex - to - head with two super soldiers , Captain America and the Winter Soldier . And while they get the upper paw , and Tony lays kill with the carapace in from his aspect , it remains one of the most polar and important present moment in his arc .
1Iron Man Faces Off Against Thanos
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
last , the last and good crusade whereTony Stark appears as Iron Manin the MCU has to be inAvengers : Endgame . Despite their differences , Tony and Steve come together , along with Thor , and numerous other heroes , to put Thanos and his USA down . Yes , the engagement is brutal , fragmented , and Tony is just a musical composition of it , but judging by how the combat ends , this has to take the top patch .
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Tony , a human race with no superpowers , is the one who ultimately manages to take the Infinity Stones , wield them in his homemade eternity gauntlet , and snap his fingers to terminate the fight . In a reversal from Infinity War , Thanos and his army start to melt to dust , while the heroes suffer winning .
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However , as a mortal world , Tony ’s body is irreparably damaged by this human activity , as his life sentence pass off aside , and he enjoin cheerio to his loved single . This second proves whyIron Manis the tucker core of theMCU , and the Infinity Saga in particular , with his best and most baronial performance in a engagement .