Iron Man — power rating and matchups

These entries record encounters, feats and other events from the character's stories. Read each outcome with its version, sources and condition tags. Arena verdicts use the selected versions and matchup rules; a story result does not determine an arena result. This panel is for reference and does not feed the engine. The record is still being expanded.

No decisive result

v Wong-Chu and captorsTales of Suspense #39 (1963)

Armoured escape succeeds after Yinsen provides a fatal diversion.

Help: Yinsen sacrificed himself as a diversion

Had helpFought weakenedSpecial condition: Objective achieved: escape, after Yinsen's fatal diversion

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Book Daily: The First Six — Iron Man

Win

v Titanium ManTales of Suspense #69 (1965) – Tales of Suspense #71 (1965)

Reverser immobilizes the enemy armour; Tony evades its missile.

Help: Happy delivered the reverser device

Had helpPrepared

2 logged exchanges

Tales of Suspense #69 (1965)Tony withdraws from a strength clash and encounters a planted mine. other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Tales of Suspense #69
Tales of Suspense #71 (1965)Reverser immobilizes the enemy armour; Tony evades its missile. other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Tales of Suspense #71

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Tales of Suspense #71

No decisive result

v Blood BrothersIron Man (1968) #55 (1973)

Tony feigns defeat, then attacks inside their base; subsequent restraint requires rescue aid.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #55

No decisive result

v Thanos robotIron Man (1968) #55 (1973)

Titan-supplied energy frees Drax; their apparent Thanos opponent proves robotic.

Help: Mentor's transmitted energy freed Drax

Had help

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #55

Win

v The MandarinIron Man (1968) #100 (1977)

Magnetic removal and neutralization of rings decides the fight; Tony spares him.

2 logged exchanges

Iron Man (1968) #100 (1977)Frozen Tony uses suit heating during Mandarin’s monologue to escape. other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #100
Iron Man (1968) #100 (1977)Magnetic removal and neutralization of rings decides the fight; Tony spares him. other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #100

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #100

Feat / note

Justin Hammer — remote sabotageIron Man (1968) #124 (1979)

Hammer remotely causes a fatal suit discharge.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Studio Remarkable: Michelinie, Layton and Romit…

Feat / note

Demon in a Bottle — rescue failureIron Man (1968) #128 (1979)

Intoxicated Tony damages a leaking-risk tanker during an attempted rescue.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #128

Win

v HulkIron Man (1968) #132 (1980)

One all-reserve punch knocks Hulk out; Tony’s suit becomes inert.

Special condition: Hulk knocked out, later taken away by a SWAT team; Tony conscious but unable to move in the inert suit

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comics Price Guide: Iron Man #132

No decisive result

v Doctor DoomIron Man (1968) #150 (1981)

Their conflict does not yield a decisive personal victory; both must address displacement.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Key Collector: Iron Man #150 Studio Remarkable: Michelinie, Layton and Romit…

Feat / note

Doomquest — engineering returnIron Man (1968) #150 (1981)

Tony and Doom combine armour components into a return device.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Studio Remarkable: Michelinie, Layton and Romit…

Win

v Morgan le FayIron Man #150 (1981)

Iron Man’s weapons overpower her magic; she teleports away and her army collapses.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #150

Win

v Living LaserIron Man (1968) #153 (1981), opening recap of #152

The Living Laser knocks Tony out after he rescues Bethany Cabe and Alex Van Tilburg; Tony wakes chained before a laser cannon with his repulsors taped, heats his gauntlets to melt the tape, sacrifices an energy pod to stop the siphoning, and throws the overloading Laser into the air, where he harml…

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #153

Win

v Iron Monger (Obadiah Stane)Iron Man (1968) #200 (1985)

Tony targets Stane’s external supporting system and saves a hostage; Stane kills himself afterward.

Prepared

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #200

Feat / note

Armour demonstration — opposing tanksIron Man (1968) #225 (1987)

Tony overcomes opposing pulls and brings the tanks together destructively.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #225

Feat / note

Armour demonstration — missilesIron Man (1968) #225 (1987)

Tony evades and destroys missiles in a demonstration.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #225

Win

v Stilt-ManIron Man (1968) #225 (1987)

Applied negator pack disables the stolen circuitry.

Prepared

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #225

Loss

v FirepowerIron Man (1968) #230 (1988)

Negator fails; a blow badly injures Tony and forces retreat.

2 logged exchanges

Iron Man (1968) #230 (1988)Negator fails; a blow badly injures Tony and forces retreat. other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #230
Iron Man (1968) #230 (1988)The abandoned suit is destroyed after Tony leaves it. other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #230

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #230

Win

v FirepowerIron Man (1968) #231 (1988)

New armour handles the rematch; EMP enables bomb disposal and helmet removal.

Prepared

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #231

Win · team encounter

v UltimoIron Man (1968) #300 (1994)

Fresh out of a life-support coma, in the new modular armour, Tony attaches an electromagnetic lightning rod to Ultimo; the lightning surge overloads its systems.

Decisive action: Iron Man, electromagnetic lightning rod · Iron Man’s part: Attached the lightning rod whose surge overloaded Ultimo

Fought weakened

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Key Collector: Iron Man #300 Nick Peron: Iron Man #300

Win

v MallenIron Man vol. 4 #6 (2006)

Tony lethally damages Mallen with chest and palm weapons after a surrender warning.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Book Revolution: Iron Man #6

Loss

v Captain AmericaCivil War #7 (2007)

Vision disables Tony’s armour; Steve then beats the immobilized Tony.

Special condition: Vision disabled Tony's armour for Steve

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Book Revolution: Civil War #7

Loss

v ThorThor vol. 3 #3 (2007)

Thor answers Tony with a bolt of lightning, shrugs off an Extremis repulsor blast and bludgeons him into the ground (Marvel Database, per Thor A's dossier); Thor says he will no longer hold back. The armour is totally busted, but SHIELD has a replacement ready within the hour.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Book Revolution: Thor #3

No decisive result

v MagnetoAVX: VS #1 (2012), expansion of Avengers vs. X-Men #2

Tony uses external magnetic resources; Magneto disrupts their use.

Prepared

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked healed1337: AVX: VS #1 review

Loss

v Captain MarvelCivil War II #8 (2016)

Carol breaks Tony’s armour and he enters a coma; Miles was protected in a bubble.

Special condition: Was shielding Miles in a protective bubble

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicBook.com: Iron Man’s True Fate in Civil Wa…

No decisive result

v Orchis Wolverine-derived SentinelInvincible Iron Man vol. 5 #15 (2024)

Tony enters the confrontation in Mysterium Mark 72 after Emma buys time.

Help: Emma Frost bought him time

Had help

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicBook.com: Iron Man Just Made His Coolest A…

Win

v The MandarinTales of Suspense #50 (1964)

The Mandarin’s paralysis ray stops Tony briefly; Tony then blocks a blow so painfully that the Mandarin blacks out, and Tony leaves China.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Tales of Suspense #50

No decisive result

v Doctor DoomIron Man #149 (1981)

Neither wins; Hauptmann sends both into the past and smashes the controls.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #149

Win

v Guardsmen and the CaptainIron Man #228 (1988)

Tony uses knockout gas, outlasts the Guardsmen’s oxygen, zaps the Captain once he gives up his air, and negates the last Guardsman.

Prepared

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #228

Win

v Crimson Dynamo and Titanium ManIron Man #229 (1988)

A negator pack stops the Dynamo; Tony escapes the Titanium Man’s stasis beam and bear hug by overheating his armour with his jet boots, and Titanium Man falls burning into the sea.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Iron Man #229

Loss

v MallenIron Man vol. 4 #3 (2005)

Mallen shrugs off the repulsors, shorts out the armour, crushes Tony’s hand, snaps his leg and shatters his ribcage.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Nick Peron: Iron Man vol. 4 #3

Win

v Captain AmericaCivil War #3 (2006)

Tony brings his armour back online despite Cap’s SHIELD scrambler and beats Cap badly; Hercules intervenes, then the Thor clone arrives.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Comic Book Revolution: Civil War #3 review

Feat / note

Secret Invasion; Skrull virusSecret Invasion #1 (2008)

The Skrull virus makes his armour go haywire, paralysing him.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpiderFan: Secret Invasion #1

Tags describe recorded circumstances. They do not establish that the outcome depended on those circumstances, and an untagged entry does not guarantee equal conditions. Wins and losses include team encounters where indicated. Counts cover the entries listed here, not the character's complete fight history.