The more recent armors, can we dig up some specs??

[Brian]

I forgot about that. In either event, remember how an EMP works. It sends a wave of electronic energy that shorts out systems. A burst of energy that is higher than the electronics can handle and they burn out. That's why older equipment is not as vulnerable to an EMP because their tolerances for electricity is higher than current equipment.

You "harden" a piece of equipment from an EMP by (1) making the tolerances of the equipment higher than the possible burst; (2) build circuit breakers into a system that buffer the burst; (3) encase the equipment in non-conductive material so the burst cannot pass through the casing to get to the sensitive equipment. Hardening against an EMP is pretty common. Most military equipment has been hardened in some fashion. Air Force 1 is completely hardened against EMP.

Iron Man has been vulnerable to EMP to various degrees. However, it's always been the "green kryptonite" for Iron Man. Whenever they need a way to stop him, they pull out the EMP.

[Tetragrammaton]

In the current issue of IM 2.0 Rhodey uses an EMP & isn't affected by it so it seems that Tony found a way to shield the generator. Which I would expect since, as you pointed out, his life depends on his power source not having that weakness. The suit, on the other hand, is required to be susceptible to magnetic influence to enable it to go from liquid to solid. Now, of course, Tony would've made it a VERY specific magnetic field it would react to. The danger is that someone, through deliberate experimentation or accident, hits on the frequency but with a higher field strength. The end result is the suit depolarizes losing all structural integrity & it just pours off of him like water.    

The penultimate armor in the Iron Man : the End one-shot had this problem. It was liquid-metal, along the lines of a T-1000 enabling it to configure into various specialty-armor forms (hydro, hulkbuster, supersonic flight) but was eventually turned into a puddle once an opponent figured out its operating frequency.



 

[Chaos]

There's one thing I really want to know: why the hell has no recent armor had optical circuitry? Better than standard circuitry and EMP resistant. It's such a no brainer yet no writer has ever thought to incorporate it.

[Iron Guy]

Because it's not made of miracle liquid metal. Could you see Tony trying to suck all of those glass wires into his body?...OUCH! And frankly I think "The End" is where Fraction got the idea for his suit. But hey, plagarism is the sincerest form of flattery right?

[Iron Arthyl]

I think we need to put up the "Bleeding edge armour" its one up from extremis.
http://marvel.wikia.com/Iron_Man_Armor_Model_37

[Tetragrammaton]

The write-up for the Bleeding Edge would be tricky to nail down.

The Bleeding Edge armor is theoretically capable of anything, but never demonstrated much of what it could do.



"...created by Stark's imagination, such as a boxing glove."

I must have blocked this from my memory.

[Iron Arthyl]

Yeah... but it needs to be updated. at least thats my opinion.

[Roger A Ott II]

There was an official write-up on the Model 37 armor in the recent Avengers Roll Call Handbook. I covered as much as had been revealed at the time I wrote the entry (about a year ago now), but that wasn't much.

[Tetragrammaton]

Avengers Roll Call Handbook.

I must have missed that. Will have to track it down. Thanks!

[Iron Arthyl]

This handbook sounds awesome
Me wants it!

[Iron Guy]

Rogers difficulty in writing up the mod. 37 is completely indicative of Fractions whole run. In his 4 years on the book he introduced 3 IM armors & 2 Rescue armors & now that his run is over those suits will most likely never be seen again. So how much do we know about these now defunct suits? Virtually nothing! Part of the fun of reading IM was getting the low-down on the new suits when they were introduced. The best writers understood this & would take the time & trouble to do whatever research they had to to make the technology of the armor at least SOUND plausible! What's called technobabble in ST circles. Layton & Kaminski were the best at this. Fraction, apparently, couldn't be bothered with such mundane chores. He's too busy plotting out his great deconstruction of Tony Stark to show him as the worst super hero in the world EVER! "So, readers, here's a new suit, enjoy! WHAT?...You want to know what it does & how it does it? What do I look like, a mechanic! I'm busy plotting out the greatest story you'll ever read & you want me to waste my time on trivialities! INGRATES!" 

[Iron Arthyl]

I think someone hates fraction...
basically the armour from what i know is similar to extremmis just better. it has laser blades that can be formed and etc. anyways tony is getting the black and gold armor as a result of Marvel NOW! so i gues we'll need specs on that.

[Iron Guy]

Hates Fraction...that's a fair cop so I'll own it. I tried, I really tried to give him a fair shake. But the longer he went on, the worse it got. Comparing the 37 to Extremis, we know way more about Extremis than the 37. We know nothing about the repulsor generator that powers it, what fuels it? how often to refuel? how much power does it generate? we don't know how it is that the suit only weighed 25 lbs. but had sufficient material to not only form an indestructible shell, but all of the various devices as well? Was there a limit to what he could make the suit create? And the thing is, this is still more than we'll ever learn about the "Tron" armor or Mandarin City armor! 

[Stark Resilient]

I think someone hates fraction...
basically the armour from what i know is similar to extremmis just better. it has laser blades that can be formed and etc. anyways tony is getting the black and gold armor as a result of Marvel NOW! so i gues we'll need specs on that.

What makes it better than the Extremis? Every Armor can generate those same blasts, but how is the Bleeding Edge any better? There's nothing in the comics that indicate it's any more powerful than say the Modular Armor..

[Iron Arthyl]

It has the ability to create weapons from Tony's imagination, such as a boxing glove.