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Warning : contains spoilers forIron Man # 22 !
Marvel’sIron Manhas finally hold ultimate power and will soon be driven mad by it - and the plot crook is given away by one of the most infamousGreen Lanterncovers in DC history . Tony Stark is a animate being of inhibition , self and a sinewy drive to serve the greater good - even if it mean using more and more sophisticated and unsound applied science . InIron Man # 22 , this character trait comes to its logical conclusion as Marvel hint Iron Man will at last obtainthe fabled Ten Rings … and much like Green Lantern before him , turn to evilness in the process .
In current strip persistence , there are two sets of weapon system recognise as the " Ten Rings " : the rings inspired by 2021’sShang - ChiMCU film ( owned by Shang - Chi after taking them from the Jade Emperor ) , and the classic Ten Rings of the Mandarin . Each ring grant the substance abuser a certain world power , and while not as powerfulor reality - altering as the Infinity Stones , they can still cause ruinous damage in the haywire hands . Iron Man and War Machine are live on the trail of the Source Control ship’s company , an arms dealing corporation that has the Ten Rings in their possession .
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Iron Man # 22,written by Christopher Cantwell with artistic creation by Angel Unzueta , terminate with a preview image ofIron Man # 23,in which Tony Stark wear off all ten of the Mandarin ’s rings on his fingers whilst wearing his Stealth armour . This measuredly repeat the far-famed mental image ofHal Jordan wearing multiple Power Ringsduring theEmerald Twilightevent ; the cover ofGreen Lantern # 49 in 1994 depicts Jordan after having pour down multiple Lanterns , taking their ringing for himself and acquiring even more ability . The images are certainly similar , but the context are quite different .
Hal Jordan ’s hometown of Coast City is destroyed inEmerald Twilight , and this event finally causes him to turn to evil in an attempt to gain more mightiness . Gathering the Power Rings , he calls himself Parallax and almost single - handedly terminate the entire Green Lantern Corps ( save for one Guardian andKyle Rayner , who became the sole Green Lanternfor the latter one-half of the 90s ) . Meanwhile , Iron Man is n’t emotionally compromise in this manner - but he was just dose with Compound 13 , the same substance that finally killed Captain Marvel - and the gas could have an effect on his emotional state during a fighting .
Still , the figure of Iron Man looking at his extended fingers covered with band was almost certainly choose purposely by Marvel . Green Lantern ’s turn to iniquity was quite a shock to many DC fans , as the type never before exhibited such selfish tendency . Iron Man , however , has always had a monstrous egotism that doubles as his worst villain , and the decisiveness for him to strike the same pose as anevilEmerald Twilight - eraGreen Lanterncan only entail the Armored Avenger has hard times in advance .
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