Iron Man built a suit powered by magic to battle Thor, but the lessons he learned would teach him how to combine the powers of magic and science.
At one point in his life, Tony Stark built Thorbuster armor. During an tense international incident between Asgard and the United States, Iron Man was caught in the middle as he tried to convince Thor, then king of Asgard, to take his people out of the country of Slokovia before Doctor Doom launched a strike against the world for fear of an Asgardian army living next door. But Tony knew there was a chance negotiations could come to blows, so he built a specially designed suit powered by magic to battle Thor. But this action would set a precedent for Tony, giving him the knowledge to blend magic and science together for a far more powerful weapon.
Thor was prompted to take Asgard to Slokovia when many of its citizens were the victims of violence. They prayed to Thor for help before they were all killed. Angered over the loss of life, Thor led the Valkyrior to Slokovia for revenge. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, Slokovia was a neighbor of Latveria, Doctor Doom’s home country. Uncomfortable with the presence of a superpowered army so close to his borders, Doom grew closer and closer to starting a war to protect his people. The United States, fearful of such an event, sent the Avengers to negotiate with their friend.
Iron Man took the lead in these talks, but learned that Thor had recently come into possession of the Odin-Force, in addition to his already vast powers. Realizing that Thor was more powerful than ever, Tony began devising countermeasures. This meant he would have to betray Thor’s trust. The god of thunder had given Tony a special Asgardian crystal, hoping the magical energy it produced could be the basis for clean energy the rest of the world could use. He had entrusted it to Tony, believing he was the only one smart enough to use it.
Doctor Doom counted on that intelligence, planting the idea in Tony’s head to use the crystal as a power source for the suit to give him an edge against Thor should it come to blows. Taking the idea and running with it, Tony used the crystal as the basis for his Thorbuster armor. Designing it in the image of the Destroyer, Tony equipped the armor with “Type X” repulsors, to increase the power of his punches, and made it nearly impregnable.
But that wasn’t the end of the armor’s capabilities. With the crystal as its power source, the armor could absorb Asgardian energies, meaning Tony had a built-in defense against both Thor and Odin’s powers, one capable of deflecting Mjolnir when his friend swung at him. Even Thor had to admit he was surprised that Tony managed to turn a gift from the gods into the weapons, he was mostly angered by his friend’s perversion of the gift he had been given.
Tony lost that fight, but the experience taught him it was possible to mix his scientific knowledge with Asgardian magic. It gave him new ways to create suits of armor that would be vital in future conflicts, such as the “Fear Itself” storyline. When the Serpent, an Asgardian fear deity, began causing havoc on Earth, Iron Man traveled to Asgard to arm himself for the fight ahead.
He coated his armor in uru, the metal that comprises Mjolnir and returned not only with magical upgrades for himself, but also weapons for all of his fellow Avengers. It was a major development in Tony’s abilities as a craftsmen to take something that seemed so far removed from his area of expertise and craft it into something he can turn against its intended users.
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