Marvel Just Proved Iron Man's Worst Nightmare are Doc Ock Variants
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Devil's Reign: Superior Four #1
The technological advancements present in Iron Man’s many suits of armor are usually enough to stop any major threat the Avenger faces, but he just can’t seem to get the better of Doctor Octopuswho constantly humiliates Tony Stark in every conceivable reality. Iron Man and Doc Ock have faced off on many occasions in Marvel Comics, and on more than one occasion Iron Man finds himself humiliatingly defeated. That humiliation, which previously only existed on Earth-616, has become something of a multiversal constant.
In Devil’s Reign: Superior Four#1 by Zac Thompson and Davide Tinto, Doc Ock has taken to the multiverse after obtaining Reed Richards’ technology. Doctor Octopus plans to find a variant of himself from every reality to further his villainous agenda and prove he is superior across all universes. After finding variants of himself mixed with Ghost Rider, Wolverine, and the Hulk, Doc Ock and his variants travel to a new reality where they encounter a version of Iron Man only to absolutely demolish him.
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The Iron Man variant, Iron Scab, challenges the team of Doc Ocks only to be taken down immediately by the original and then burned to death by the Ghost Rider variant. This trend of Iron Man being defeated by Doc Ock is not a new one, as he has lost to the Spider-Man rogue many times both in physical combat and psychological battle. In Marvel Fanfare#22-23, Iron Man is overpowered by Doc Ock’s tentacles as Otto proved Iron Man isn’t as invincible as he claims. In Invincible Iron Man#503, Doctor Octopus outsmarts Iron Man even and makes Tony admit that he isn’t as smart as
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