Iron Man Armor Mark II

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Official Name

Iron Man Armor

Aliases

Mark II Armor

Model

MK

Version

II

Origin

Universe

Earth-199999

Lead Designer

Tony Stark

Place of Creation

Stark Industries

Origin

Upgraded version of the original Iron Man armor Mark I

Owners

Current Owner

Tony Stark

Previous Owners

James Rhodes

First appearance

Iron Man
(May 2, 2008)

History

The main focus of the Iron Man Mark II was to update the armor with advanced construction and materials with a focus to greatly enhancing its flight capabilities. Stripping down the Mark I suit to its basics with the aid of modern resources and computer-aided design.

The main flaws of the Mark II discovered by Stark on his first test flight were icing at high altitude, system reaction time and power supply issues, which swiftly lead to the revised Mark III, adding a gold-titanium alloy to prevent freezing.

The Mark II was still standing in Stark's workshop, where James Rhodes spotted it after Tony took off. He hurried past saying, "Next time baby."^[1]

Later, when Stark became drunk at a party and used his armor's weapon systems to entertain his guests, Rhodes retrieved the mothballed Mark II armor and used it to challenge him. Rhodes overpowered the intoxicated Stark and then confiscated the Mark II armor, turning it over to the U.S. military. Once in military hands however, the armor was ventured for a weapons upgrade by Justin Hammer, although Rhodes removed its arc reactor power source beforehand.

In Hammer's hands the Mark II armor was partially dismantled and then rebuilt into a more combat-ready form. Conventional ballistic weapons and a miniaturized rocket launcher were added and interfaced into the armor's existing control systems.

Ultimately the Mark II armor was rebuilt to become the War Machine armor.^[2]

Months later, Stark took away all of Hammer's tech in the suit and restored it to its original form, giving Rhodes a new War Machine armor.^[3]

Capabilities

Like the previous model, this Iron Man armor is empowered by the arc reactor in Tony Stark's chest. Stark was able to make the armor both much more streamlined while including massively more complex systems.

Compared to to the electronically "dumb" Mark I, the Mark II featured a highly advanced compact computer system with extensive sensor systems linked to holographic heads-up display in the helmet, Stark's personal AI J.A.R.V.I.S. being able to interface with it and provide verbal warnings and system status updates. The outer surface of the armor was high gloss silver. The majority of the panels on the suit were articulated to serve as control surfaces in flight, but main flight stabilization came from repulsors installed on the palms of each hand.^[1]

Aside from the possible use of hand repulsors as weapons, the Mark II was not revealed to have any weaponry installed.^[2]

Notes

• This armor was seen in the 2008 Iron Man feature film and its 2010 sequel Iron Man 2.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• 7 Appearances of Iron Man Armor MK II (Earth-199999)
• 5 Images featuring Iron Man Armor MK II (Earth-199999)
• Item Gallery: Iron Man Armor MK II (Earth-199999)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Iron Man Armor MK II (Earth-199999)

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