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THE IRON MAN

Why Iron Man is the Greatest Avenger

Having been tasked with making the case for Iron Man as the greatest Avenger among the Big Three (Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor), I knew I faced a daunting task. It will be as difficult as proving Michael Jordan was the best player on the 1990s Chicago Bulls or that Dave Grohl is the most important Foo Fighter. As a point of clarification, I will use Iron Man and Tony Stark interchangeably here; it’s the same person after all. Let’s get started.

In Avengers: Infinity War, had Tony not pursued Ebony Maw into space to save Doctor Strange, Strange would have certainly died pre-snap. Strange would then not have been on Titan to tell Tony that out of 14,000,605 possible outcomes the Avengers only prevail in one of them. And in case you forgot, that one winning outcome has Iron Man making the final snap, which is why Doctor Strange gave up the Time Stone to Thanos to keep him from killing Tony.

And let’s not forget the little things Tony did totally apart from the Iron Man suit. He created much of the tech and gadgets the Avengers use, including the Hulkbuster and Iron Spider suits. He also figured out a little thing called time travel; great as they are, neither Thor nor Captain America were ever going to pull that off. It is the one and only thing that even makes Endgame possible in the first place.