Iron Man Armor Model 15

Iron Man returned from his Arctic bunker in this new armor while under the influence of "Kang" (actually Immortus). It had a much more intimidating appearance than other armors.

Capabilities[]

The armor had oversize gauntlets with wrist-top projectors. They could also be remotely controlled by Iron Man when not attached to the suit. Wide angle repulsors fired over more surface area. Unibeam and pulse bolts seemed standard.

The gauntlets could also fire fine-focus lasers, tractor beams, a heat beam, cryonics and acid. The armor's surface could also heat up to the point of melting confiscated weapons.

Boot jets incorporated gyro-stabilization and 'magnetibrakes.'

Inertial dampeners prevent projectiles from ricocheting off the armor.

• This armor was originally identified as the Iron Man Armor Model 16 in 2008's All-New Iron Manual. It was subsequently renumbered to Model 15 in the Iron Manual TPB, released later that year, due to the reclassification of the previously-designated Model 14 as a subset of the Model 13. In 2018, the "Many Armors of Iron Man" variant cover series for Tony Stark: Iron Man #1 split the Model 13 back into 13 and 14, implicitly moving up this armor's designation back to Model 16. The cover series implies other changes, as the designations for Models 42, 45, 50 and 51 remain unchanged despite the Model 13 split bumping up the designations for Models 16, 22, 29 and 37 (to 17, 23, 30 and 38, respectively). Since the limited scope of the cover series makes it impossible to determine the full extent of changes in numeration (as it only spotlighted twenty suits), the Marvel Database will prioritize the numbering from the Iron Manual TPB.