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This was my first Iron Man related invention. The one that started it all, so to speak. As documented in Tales of Suspense (TOS) #39. Super-powered tiny transistors that "can increase the force of any device- - - a thousandfold," like this magnet as seen here in a test model for the United States military. These electromagnetics were incorporated into the first armors with my transistor design amplifying their power.
My first armor as seen in Tales of Suspense (TOS) #39 was the Grey Armor, created by Professor Yinsen, arguably the greatest physicist of all and myself. Pictured below would be considered the Model I, Mark I and the Model I, Mark II armor as seen in TOS #40, as it has the kilt cover. Changes to the armor began almost immediately and continue even to this day. Next, is a picture of Professor Yinsen and myself working on the armor.
Grey Armor, Model I, Mark I
"I've done extensive work with transistors! I can design them in any size to perform any function!" These transistors duplicated every action of the human body. And with the advice of a young lady in TOS #40, I made another change. I painted my armor gold, the Model I, Mark III.
I was working with the military overseas when I tripped over a booby trap, sending shrapnel travelling closer to my heart every day. Within the armor as seen in TOS #39, was a chest piece that served as a pacemaker as well as an electromagnet keeping the piece of shrapnel from getting any closer to my damaged heart. It was something that I needed to wear continually, and it needed constant recharging.
Model I, Mark II
One of my next inventions:
The atomic naval cannons that revolutionized naval firepower
And next was a synthetic tissue that closed any wound in two seconds.
TOS #40
Model I, Mark II
I improved the function of the grey armor plus added kilt.
Inventions:
Engine powered skates giving a soldier the ability to travel at 60 miles per hour.
Collapsible, X-ray proof attache case.
Powers:
Electrical jamming of devices.
Able to destroy metal objects in a lab.
Still wears metal chest piece, but rest of metal suit is collapsible and able to increase its original size.
Flex metal
Able to catch a leaping leopard and throw him.
Light chest beam able to create heat
Able to use suction cups and air powered jets to fly higher in a circus tent and control descent.
Able to hold a leopard, tiger, and lion.
Able to give off electrical discharge to disable the animals.
Marion, my date to the circus suggests a color
fitting a knight-Gold.
TOS #39
Model I, Mark I
Power source is batteries enhanced by transistors controlled by my brain waves.
Attachments: suction cups
Air pressure jets
Within the index finger-a miniature buzz saw that can cut through wooden doors in seconds
Oil lubrication system that can be removed and oil shot at medium distance
Blow torch
Used magnetics and enhanced them with transistors
Enhanced strength able to lift a large human, twirl him and toss him away
Able to lift a file cabinet filled with rocks
Protection from small arms fire.
Ability to disrupt radio frequencies and to over take those with his own broadcast
Short wave radio
Model I, Mark III
Tony paints suit with untarnishable gold.
Tony uses drill to dig a hole under ground to bypass a wall and get into the city
Breaks through a brick wall
Moves a 10 ton parked truck
Lifts a car
Bends steel
Holographic projection
Attached a extendable sledge hammer to the armor
Attached a diamond tipped drill capable of tunneling under the earth
Able to soar into the air to escape the towns people and fly onto a brick wall.
Jet propulsion flight
Submersible
Uses a Public Address system that’s equipped in the suit.
Increased magnetism another 100 fold.
And if Reed would have waited a few years, I invented
an alloy shell that resisted all radiations a ship might encounter in outer space.
All documented in TOS #41.
Here is seen in holographic projection and the ability to add some components to the armor like the sledge hanmmer to battle the Hulk, or who I thought was the Hulk in Avengers #2.
Here is the golden armor able to dig through tons of concrete and flooring.
Here is the golden armor able bend steel and lift 3 men and tear down a concrete wall.
Here is the golden armor is seen with the ability to lift, manipulate, and tear apart a car, and extreme minituriazation of an atomic bomb in the form of a security lock.
Here is the golden armor has
jet propulsion flight capablities.
Here, the golden armor has the
ability to increase magnetism 100 fold.
Invention of a disintegrator ray.
Invention of the collapsible armor, itself.
Here is the golden armor is seen as jumping off a ship into the water (travelling by sea is the assumption and that submersition is possible with this armor). Later in TOS #43, this is confirmed by Tony Stark recounting some Iron Man adventures.
Tony also recounts the power of the Iron Man Gold Armor in TOS #43 with the ability to fly with and overpower the supersonic-speed bombers.
This is the first indication that the armor could possibly fly greater than Mach 1 speed.
And the armor has the strength to destroy a missile which could achieve orbit would be in the range of (conservatively - 20 to 50 tons).
Model I, Mark III
This flashback story in Iron Man volume 3 #50, it was shown that Tony Stark was working on an exoskeleton battle armor for the United States army. They had some glitches and sent for Tony to come look at them when the attack happened that injured Tony Stark.
This flashback story in Iron Man volume 1 #286, Tony is remembering his childhood with his dad being tough on him. He builds a familiar looking robot to play with.
