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A case of friendly fire reveals how thoroughly outclassed Iron Man is by Thor and that he probably could have killed Tony easily during any of their previous conflicts.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Death of Doctor Strange: Avengers #1, on sale now.
Thor has always been one of the strongest Avengers, but it’s rare to get a glimpse of how he would stand up to his fellows heroes. Sure, there have been fights between him and others, but in Death of Doctor Strange: Avengers #1, by Alex Daknadel, Ryan Bodenheim, Rachelle Rosenberg and VC’s Cory Petit, it’s revealed Thor has always had the power to destroy Iron Man’s armor with one strike. Granted, that was revealed largely by accident: Thor wasn’t trying to hurt Tony Stark, but he struck him all the same.
But despite the mishap, it shows that Thor has likely been holding back in all of his previous battles with Iron Man, even when he was truly infuriated by Tony.
An invasion of what seemed to be Juggernaut constructs were building a tower of vast psionic potential. Thor, Captain Marvel, and Captain America arrived in the city and picked a fight. Or more accurately, Thor picked a fight and his two comrades were dragged into it. Simultaneously, Iron Man was investigating the site of these constructs’ entrance into his dimension. Finding the ruined remains of Cyttorak’s realm, Iron Man discovered the true nature of these towers: A massive beacon designed to share the memories of one who had endured great tragedy and horror. In short, it was a warning that the same thing that destroyed this dimension was now coming for Earth.
Iron Man’s fellow Avengers didn’t know this and were attempting to destroy a new tower that would warn them of the danger to come. Thor was the most adamant in this pursuit, tearing through the constructs with no restraint once he realized they were hollow on the inside. But things only got worse when one of them temporarily deafened the god of thunder, preventing his friends from telling him that he was about to destroy possibly the only advanced knowledge of an invasion.
Fortunately, Iron Man double-timed it back to them and threw himself in the path of the thrown Mjolnir. The force of the impact, thrown by a Thor not bothering with restraint, instantly shattered Tony’s armor and severely injured him enough that he requested an ambulance. Though Tony survived, this moment solidified the fact that Thor had always been holding back when fighting his friends in moments of uncertainty and even rage. One blow was all it took to break Iron Man’s armor and wound the man inside. If Thor was genuinely trying to kill Tony, all it would have taken from there was a second blow.
The two have had conflicts in the past. One time Tony even developed a special suit of armor designed specifically to battle Thor. And Thor still won that fight, albeit with some difficulty. But his destruction of the Iron Man armor with one hit implies that Thor could easily have defeated Tony at any time if he used his full power. But for obvious reasons, Thor never did.
Thor is a good man inside, even when he was enraged by Tony’s subterfuge or meddling with forces beyond his control, he could never find it in himself to kill his friend. Even during the aforementioned fight with a Thorbuster armor, a weapon powered by a gift Thor gave Tony, he never truly hurt him, just took apart the armor.
This shows that Thor’s true power is still an unknown to Tony. His armor may be able to take most of the damage from a single, no-holds-barred strike, but it broke instantly, leaving a defenseless and wounded Tony behind. If Thor had been any less merciful during those multiple conflicts of interest, there’s an excellent chance that Tony Stark would not have been here today to help give humanity a fighting chance against the threat to come.
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