This week, we get back into the ring and send two metal men into battle – representing DC Comics is John Henry Irons – STEEL! And representing Marvel, Tony Stark a.k.a. IRON MAN!
Two enter, one leave, it’s a battle of the iron (and steel) clad titans!
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I vote for John Henry Irons.
While Iron Man’s armor has a definite edge in power and utility, it suffers from the Operator’s ego and hubris.
I believe that Steel’s down-to-earth brand of genius would prove the edge in this battle.
It depends on where the battle takes place, I believe Steel would win if the fight takes place in his armory, on any other turf thou I have to give it to post-Extremis Iron Man.
Now if were are talking about pre-Extremis Iron Man it would depend on back-up, namely if Tony has access to his plot-device size armor gallery, you know the one with the Hulk buster and such… If he doesn’t I give the win to Steel.
I voted for Iron Man… mainly for the badass factor!
Gotta give it to Tony. He’s just a better character, even if he can be a drunk a-hole.
John Henry Irons is another example of DC having a really good basis for a character and then doing nothing much with it.
Robert Downey Jr. beats Shaq any day of the week. YEah, I know what the names on the poll are, but let’s be real. This is the way the “normal” people will see this anyways. ;p
Iron Man’s a little more hardcore. Steel’s a bit whiny. But this would be the best fight to watch!
This would be a great fight, but I’d have to give it to Iron Man. He just has many more tricks up his sleeve than Steel does. Plus Shaq as steel leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
I don’t know Steel, but I’m assuming he’s not as big a douchebag as Tony. Therefore, he probably will lose to the douche.
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This isn’t even fair. Iron Man’s gear is light years more advanced than Steel’s. Unless Superman comes in to help him out, I don’t see how Steel could beat him. He just isn’t prepared.
I’m more of an Iron Man fan, but in this case, I would have to go with the guy who has a huge friggin hammer. Also, that’s a pretty bad picture of Iron Man.
I think the real question here is which song is better?
“I Am Iron Man” as performed by Black Sabbath
or “Ballad of John Henry” as performed by many though I prefer Johnny Cash’s rendition.
The Ballad of John Henry moves me every time!
Downey Jnr + Black Sabbath = Win!
I very reluctantly picked Steel. Don’t get me wrong – as for as characters goes, I’d take Tony Stark over John Henry any day.
But the Steel armor was built to protect Metropolis and go toe-to-toe with Superman’s enemies after “The Death of Superman”. Iron Man has gone up against some heavy-hitters in his day too, but I don’t think any of them are necessarily Superman-level.