Iron Man’s Armour

Iron Man’s armour is one of the most popular items in all of fiction at the moment, thanks to the brilliant work of Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark in 2008’s Iron Man, 2010’s Iron Man 2, 2012’s The Avengers, 2013’s Iron Man 3 and 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron.

There are, of course, several versions of the armour – most recently, the awesomely powerful Hulkbuster armour appeared in Age of Ultron – but they generally all have the same main functions.

They obviously provide protection from attacks – that’s what armour is for, after all – but they also give the wearer incredible super-strength. They also enable the wearer to fly and can fire powerful repulsor blasts from various areas. There are also a series of missiles and lasers built in. Cool.