Friday, April 20, 2012

The Avengers character data 8: Loki Laufeyson


After his bid to overthrow the throne of Asgard was thwarted by his brother Thor, the evil Loki retreated to lands unknown to plot his revenge. Not just against his brother, but against Earth, whose inhabitants Thor now protects. Loki, now returns with a nefarious plot to conquer Earth and will stop at nothing to see his vision realized. When his misuse of power threatens the entire planet, it may take more than The Avengers to stop him.


Powers

Superhuman Strength: Loki
possesses a formidable strength as a result of his jotun lineage, that is comparable to his Asgardian contemporaries.

Superhuman Durability: As a Jotun, Loki has a resilient body with a tolerance for trauma well above what a human body can endure. Of particular note is his pronounced tolerance for cold.

Superhuman Longevity: Loki has the capacity to live for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years. Loki was a baby at the end of the last great war between the Asgardians and the Jotuns over a thousand years ago.

Dimensional Teleportation: Loki can travel to and from other dimensions without the Bifrost. Loki teleported three Jotuns into Asgard to disrupt Thor's crowning ceremony without anyone knowing it was him. The full limits of his ability aren't known.

Cryokinesis: Loki can generate extreme cold fur to his heritage as a Frost Giant. He was able to freeze the Bi-frost to stay open.

Sorcery: As a master of magic Loki has an extensive knowledge of Asgardian magic. He can create illusions, such as when he made a servant see a snake coming out of a goblet of wine that was for Thor. He was able to use his magic to mask his presence from Heimdall while he was in Jotunheim. He created multiple copies of himself when battling Thor on the Bifrost Brigde. He can influence the minds of others, such as when he manipulated Eric Selvig into researching the cosmic cube.

Summoning: Loki can use his magic to summon objects out of thin air, as he did with the Casket of Ancient Winters right before he froze Heimdall in ice and the made it dissappear afterward.

Abilities

Loki possesses great skill in wielding mystical artifacts, especially Odin's staff and the Casket of Ancient Winters. He also has a great deal of skill in his use of arcane lore. He uses his knowledge primarily to conjure illusions and manipulate others to do his will. He has demonstrated the ability to cause the Casket of Ancient Winters to seemingly disappear into thin air, although it is not immediately clear if this was entirely Loki's doing or or in some way bound to an inherent property of the item. He also claims to know of secret pathways between worlds that allow him to travel without using more common transportation methods. As ruler of Asgard he also gained control of The Destroyer for a time.

The Avengers character data 7: Nick Fury


As the legendary Director of the international peacekeeping organization, S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury is humanity's first line of defense against the world’s biggest threats. When S.H.I.E.L.D. becomes aware of an evil that threatens global safety, Fury assembles the planet's most powerful beings and forms The Avengers.


Abilities
Nick Fury is a master strategist and an astute judge of character. He uses these talents to great effect in his leadership of S.H.I.E.L.D. In his earliest appearances, he operated with technology years ahead of traditional forces, including the latest experimental weaponry, and some form of projected invisibility and the ability to walk through solid matter. These powers have very limited windows due to massive expense for any moment of "uptime"; costs for these run to the millions for less than a minute of use.

Weaknesses
Fury has impaired depth perception due to the loss of his left eye. Unlike mainstream Colonel Fury who retains his injured eye despite being legally blind in it with a 95% vision loss, General Fury has actually lost his left eye. The skin around the left eye-socket is shown to be badly scarred, extending beyond the eye patch.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

The Avengers character data 6: Hawkeye


One of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s most elite agents, Clint Barton, code-named Hawkeye, is the greatest living marksman on Earth. Armed with his weapon of choice, the recurve bow, Hawkeye fires his arsenal of custom augmented arrows, specialized for any number of specific situations, with perfect precision. With the potential for global catastrophe on the horizon, he employs his amazing combat skills to fight alongside The Avengers.


Powers and abilities
While Hawkeye has no superhuman powers, he is at the very peak of human conditioning; he is an exceptional fencer, acrobat and a grandmaster marksman, having been trained from childhood in the circus and by the criminals Trick Shot and Swordsman.

Grandmaster Archer: Hawkeye excels in the use of ranged weapons, especially the bow and arrow, and carries a quiver containing a number of customized "trick-arrows". Barton possesses extraordinarily fast reflexes, exceptional dexterity, and near-perfect aim. He specializes in the use of regular bows, longbows, compound bows, and crossbows with near-perfect accuracy. Hawkeye is able to fire six arrows faster than the average human can fire six bullets, and directly hit small targets in the greatest of distances. He has been known to hit an apple in the center of it. He practiced a minimum of two hours per day to keep his skills honed. His aim is such that he is able to send an arrow into a moving target with pin point accuracy, and he has even shot an enemy warrior off a fast-moving vehicle while looking the other way.

Expert Acrobat: Barton possesses exceptional human strength, endurance, and stamina. He is athletic, with very good reflexes and agility. This, combined with training as an aerialist and acrobat, makes him capable of complex acrobatic maneuvers.

Expert Fighter: Barton is an excellent physical combatant, having been trained in various forms quite possibly being in the military.

Other attributes: Hawkeye is a veteran espionage operative, and an experienced fighter pilot.

Weaknesses: Hawkeye's ranged combat superiority is severely restricted by the limited supply of ammunition he can keep with him.

Equipment
Compound Bow
The bow also has a selector and transmitter that allows Hawkeye to control his mechanical quiver.

Trick Arrow Quiver
By dialing up an armament setting from a control on his bow, Hawkeye can cause the quiver to affix these special arrowheads. This effectively increases the capabilities from conventional arrows, to explosive arrows, a grapple line, and more.

Trick Arrows
Acid Arrows, Adamantium Arrows (often combined with Electrical arrowhead), Bola Arrows, Boomerang Arrowhead (allows an arrow to return to shooter), Cable Arrow (allowing him to swing through the air), Electrical Arrow, EMP Arrow, Explosive Arrow, Flare Arrow, Freeze Arrow, Magnetic Arrowhead (adheres to metal surfaces; can be added to other arrows), Magnesium Flare Arrow, Net Arrow, Putty Arrow (adheres to rough surfaces, and can stop exposed machinery), Pym Particles Arrow (increases or decreases the size of an object or opponent), Rocket Arrowhead (boosts range, can be added to other arrows), Smoke Bomb Arrow, Sonic Arrow, Suction Cup Arrowhead (adheres to smooth surfaces; can be added to other arrows), Tear Gas Arrow, Thermal (Incendiary) Arrow, Tranquilizer Arrow, Vibranium Arrow (must have supplement Magnetic, Putty, or Suction Cup arrowhead to stick to target; deadens kinetic and vibratory energies)

The Avengers character data 5: Black Widow


S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Natasha Romanoff is one of the world’s greatest spies and quite possibly the world’s most skilled assassin. Armed with an extensive arsenal of specialized weapons like widow stings and cluster bombs, as well as a vast repertoire of martial arts skills, Romanoff’s unique talents make her one of director Fury’s top agents and an integral part in assembling The Avengers.


Abilities
Natasha Romanoff
is a high level trained combatant and S.H.I.E.L.D. operative. She is fluent in multiple languages including Russian, Italian, and Latin. She also possesses high level computer training and psychologist training. She is also deceptively strong, though not superhuman. The Black Widow is a master martial artist, an expert markswoman, a natural actress, an infamous seductress, and a gifted veteran spy.

Master Martial Artist: Natasha is an expert in the field of multiple martial arts. Combined with her strength, speed and agility, she was able to take down nearly a dozen of Hammer security guards with ease and without being hit at all. She also easily took down Happy Hogan in Tony Stark's personal boxing ring.

Expert Acrobat: She is an Olympic class athlete, gymnast, acrobat and aerialist capable of many difficult feats.

Expert Marksman: Natasha is a very accurate marksman skilled in sharpshooting and knife throwing.

Multilingual: She is fluent in Latin, Russian, English, French, German, Italian, and various other languages.

Expert Tactician: She is a very effective strategist, tactician, and field commander.

Talented Hacker: Natasha can hack into most computer systems without tripping any firewalls or security. She use this talent to help Rhodey regain control of the War Machine armor and enabled him to help Stark fought the rest of the attacking Hammer drones.

Master Seductress: She is an expert in the field of seduction. Natasha has been infamously known to bend many different men to her will and sometimes even get them to do her bidding for her. Iron Man is an example and living proof of this.

Expert Spy: Natasha is a dangerous secret agent trained in espionage, stealth, disguise, infiltration, and demolitions. Her talents and years of experience have enabled her to reach a high ranking as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Avengers character data 4: The Hulk

Robert Bruce Banner was a scientist, working at Culver University, when he was recruited by the U.S. Army to be part of their attempt to re-create the super-soldier serum, that created Captain America. Banner became sure, that his serum would make humans immune to radiation. So sure, in fact, that he had himself injected with the serum and exposed to a high amount of Gamma Radiation. The combination of the two, caused Banner to transform into the Hulk for the first time, and hospitalized his former Harvard co-ed/girlfriend, Dr. Elizabeth "Betty" Ross. While Betty was at the hospital, Banner learned the truth about what he had been working on. He had believed that the serum was intended to radiation resistance, but found out that the Army wanted to duplicate his DNA and make it into a weapon. Banner decided to escape and tried to keep himself hidden, searching for a cure.


Powers
Metamorphosis: When Bruce gets angry or excited enough to increase his heart rate to high levels, he transforms into a powerfully muscled and green version of himself, generally referred to as the Hulk. In his earliest transformations, Banner appeared as a savage with a regressed child-like state, and with no real ability to distinguish friend from foe. Initially, he was unable to control the transformations, but through meditation and breathing techniques, has managed to attain some level of control. Banner's consciousness is buried within the Hulk's, and can influence the Hulk's behavior only to a very limited extent such as when he changed into the Hulk to fight the Abomination, where he managed to possess some human traits when asked by Betty Ross not to kill his enemy.  

After over a year of training to control his transformations, Banner learnt that if he always remains angry in a controlled state, then he can easily change into the Hulk at will, into a smarter and less enraged state where he is able to show affection and demonstrates a capacity to work collaboratively with others. However, if Bruce is sent into a state of stress, then he can still lose control and transform against his will despite trying to control it. This Hulk seems to revert back to a savage enraged state, where he would attack anything or anyone ,be it friend or foe.

Superhuman Strength: In the form of the Hulk, Bruce possesses immense physical strength, which increases in proportion with his anger. As the Hulk he was able to rip steel as it was made of paper, and was able to throw heavy objects with tremendous force "like a softball". While maybe not as powerful as he is in the comics he is more powerful than anything within the world of the movie. He is also capable of leaping great distances. By clapping his hands he was able to make a shockwave that snuffed out a fire. His strength is only rivalled by the Abomination or Thor. In times of stress the Hulk's adrenaline level escalates, causing a corresponding escalation in strength. This is not accompanied by an additional gain in mass, but does appear to promote increased levels of energy efficiency. To date the Hulk has never apparently been provoked into demonstrating a maximum output of strength, hence his upper limit remains a mystery. However, whatever the limit, it is well in excess of 100 tons. This is also displayed when seeing Betty in danger in the damaged helicopter, he outmuscled the Abomination to free himself. By raising his fists and arms and striking the ground, he can create tremors of incredible force that stun the Abominaiton.

Superhuman Speed: Regardless of his size, the Hulk's superhumanly strong legs allow him to run at speeds that are far beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete. Nevertheless, this does not grant him any enhanced reflexes or agility as smaller foes exploit his size and use it to their advantage.

Superhuman Durability: The Hulk is able to withstand substantial punishment; even high caliber bullets bounce off of him and the fire causes much less damage compared to a human. His bone, skin and muscles are overly dense, hard and tough and he possesses a high degree of resistance to injury, pain, and disease. Only beings with tremendous force or extremely powerful weapons can harm him. The Hulk also withstood multiple energy blasts from Chitauri weaponry, maximized cold without freezing in the Arctic Circle, and great falls from heights of over six miles.

Superhuman Endurance: Substantially greater endurance than a normal human. The Hulk's body counteracts fatigue poisons that build up in his muscles during physical activity, allowing the Hulk to run and fight for a long time. While fighting others in an enraged state, he can maintain peak output for hours on end and still continue to become even stronger as his anger escalates.

Superhuman Healing Factor: The Hulk displays an incredibly fast rate of regeneration. This grants immunity to any illness and longevity (for Hulk, not Bruce). The Hulk heals rapidly from injuries at a much greater rate than a normal human. Grievous bodily harm has also proven to be a trigger for Banner's transformations, and he has recovered from otherwise fatal injuries sustained in his normal form. Banner said he once tried to put an end to his miserable existence by putting a bullet through his mouth, but the "other guy" spit it out. 


Immunity to Diseases and Viruses: Hulk has a enhanced immune system ensuring his immunity to some unrevealed Earth-based diseases and viruses; Dr. Samuel Sterns described that a synthesized Banner's blood sample would make humans impervious to disease.

Abilities
Bruce Banner is considered one of the greatest minds on Earth, and one of the foremost geniuses of his generation. He has developed expertise in the fields of  biochemistry, engineering, and physiology, and holds a Ph.D. in nuclear physics. He possesses "a mind so brilliant it cannot be measured on any known intelligence test." He is a highly rated expert in gamma radiation and according to Tony Stark, his work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled. He learned Aikido and meditative breathing basic techniques, while in Brazil, with a martial arts expert.

As the Hulk, while having no formal training, he is a formidable hand to hand combatant simply due to his great physical attributes. He typically uses street fighting and brawling techniques that make full use of his strength.


Weaknesses
As the Hulk, Dr Banner is hindered by a vastly reduced intelligence. His scientific mind regresses to a very primitive state, barely capable of deductive reasoning. Coupled with his extreme rage and physical power, this can cause havoc as he vents his rage on the world around him. As the rage subsides however, his emotional attachments to particular people, or Banner's concern for innocents, have allowed him to regain some level of control and turn his prodigious strength towards productive outlets.

The Avengers character data 3: Thor Odinson

Thor Odinson is an Asgardian prince and the god of thunder, courage, physical strength, and fertility in Norse mythology. Thor was banished to Earth after his irresponsible behavior threatened his homeland. While in exile on Earth, Thor learned humility and compassion, and helped to save his new friends from a destructive threat sent by his brother Loki. In the process, Thor redeemed himself in the eyes of his father, Odin, the King of Asgard. After being welcomed back to Asgard as a hero, Thor must now return to Earth once again to prevent a cosmic-level catastrophe. With Mjolnir in his hand, a legendary hammer with immense power, the mighty warrior soon finds himself drawn into an unlikely alliance with The Avengers, lending his power to their cause against his wayward brother, Loki.


Powers and abilities
Like all Asgardians, Thor is not truly immortal but relies upon periodic consumption of the Golden Apples of Idunn to sustain his extended lifespan, which to date has lasted many millennia. Being the son of Odin and the elder goddess Frigga, Thor is physically the strongest of the Asgardians. If pressed in battle, Thor is also capable of entering into a state known as the "Warrior's Madness" ("berserkergang" in Norwegian), which will temporarily increase his strength and stamina tenfold, although in this state he attacks friend and foe alike.

Thor possesses a very high resistance to physical injury that approaches invulnerability. Thor also possesses keen senses that allows him to track objects traveling faster than light and hear cries from the other side of the planet. Thor has the ability to travel through time. His stamina allowed him to battle the entire Frost Giant army for nine months without any sustenance or rest; Thor has also shown the ability to regenerate wounded portions of his body, including entire limbs or organs, with the aid of magical forces like Mjolnir, Thor has superhuman speed, agility, and reflexes, enabling him to deflect bullets with his hammer. Like all Asgardians he has immunity to all Earthly diseases and some resistance to magic. However, exceptionally powerful magic can overwhelm Odin's enchantment that transforms him between Asgardian and mortal forms.

As the Norse god of Thunder, Thor can summon the elements of the storm (lightning; rain; wind; snow) and uses Mjolnir as a tool to focus this ability, although the hammer cannot command artificial weather, only natural. He can cause these weather effects all over the world and destroy entire buildings; by whirling his hammer he can also lift entire buildings with the wind.

Thor is a superb hand-to-hand combatant, and also skilled in armed combat, excelling in the use of the war hammer, sword and mace. Thor possesses two items which assist him in combat: the enchanted Belt of Strength, and his mystical hammer Mjolnir. The first item doubles Thor's strength and endurance while the second is used to control his weather abilities; flight; energy projection and absorption; dimensional travel; matter manipulation and the most powerful of his offensives, the God Blast (which taps into Thor's life force), the Thermo-blast, and the Anti-Force (which counteracts another force). Thor has been entrusted with Mjolnir, a mystical hammer forged from the heart of a dying star. Odin himself stated that Mjolnir's power has no equal. Mjolnir, which resembles a mallet rather than a war hammer, has a number of elemental powers. Constructed of uru and combined with the various enchantments placed upon it by Odin, it is for all intents and purposes, indestructible. It has deflected blasts from the Destroyer and reflect a blast back into the Detroyer.
Thor often uses the hammer as a physical weapon, with almost nothing being capable of withstanding a hammer blow or throw.Using Mjolnir by throwing in the desired direction and then holding on to the handle's leather loop, Thor can also fly at supersonic speeds in Earth's atmosphere and travel faster than light in space. He can throw an object out of Earth's atmosphere using his strength, and throw his hammer to Asgard from where it will return.

The hammer is capable of weather control, flight and energy projection. It also has a mystical link with Thor, as well as a worthiness enchantment.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The Avengers character data 2: Captain America


Captain America is a World War II veteran who was enhanced to the peak of human physicality by an experimental serum. Steve Rogers is rejected many time from World War II military duty due to various health and physical issues that he had. Rogers is finally allowed to enlist into the army, and is recruited into Project: Rebirth as part of a "super-soldier" experiment under Dr Abraham Erskine, General Chester Phillips and Agent Peggy Carter. General Phillips is unconvinced of Erskine's claims that Rogers is the right person for the procedure but relents after seeing Rogers commit an act of self-sacrificing bravery. Soon after, Erskine subjects Rogers to the super-soldier treatment, injecting him with a special serum and dosing him with "vita-rays" using a chamber-like device created by Howard Stark. Rogers emerges from the experiment taller and muscular. His subsequent amazing WWII exploits made him a living legend. Steve saved New York City and turned the tide of the war, but crashed into the Arctic during his final mission. Awakening in the modern day, Steve learned that he had spent decades frozen in the icy tundra. Now, Steve Rogers finds himself alone in a modern world that he hardly recognizes. When Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency S.H.I.E.L.D., calls on Rogers to help save the world again, he quickly suits up as Captain America, taking up his iconic shield and bringing his strength, leadership and no-nonsense attitude to The Avengers.



Powers and abilities
Captain America has no superhuman powers, although as a result of the Super-Soldier Serum and "Vita-Ray" treatment, he is transformed from a frail young man into a "perfect" specimen of human development and conditioning. Captain America's strength, endurance, agility, speed, reflexes, durability, and healing are at the zenith of natural human potential. Rogers' body regularly replenishes the super-soldier serum; it does not wear off.

The formula enhances all of his metabolic functions and prevents the build-up of fatigue poisons in his muscles, giving him endurance far in excess of an ordinary human being. This accounts for many of his extraordinary feats, including bench pressing 1200 pounds (545 kg) and running a mile (1.6 km) in 73 seconds (49 mph/78 kph). Furthermore, his enhancements are the reason why he was able to survive being frozen in suspended animation for decades. Rogers cannot become intoxicated by alcohol, drugs, or impurities in the air and is immune to terrestrial diseases. He is also highly resistant to hypnosis or gases that could limit his focus. The secrets of creating a super-soldier were lost with the death of its creator, Dr. Abraham Erskine. However, in the ensuing decades there have been numerous secret attempts to recreate Erskine's treatment, only to have them end in failure.

Rogers' battle experience and training make him an expert tactician and an excellent field commander, with his teammates frequently deferring to his orders in battle. Rogers' reflexes and senses are also extraordinarily keen. He has blended judo, western boxing, kickboxing, and gymnastics into his own unique fighting style and is a master of multiple martial arts. Years of practice with his indestructible shield make him able to aim and throw it with almost unerring accuracy. His skill with his shield is such that he can attack multiple targets in succession with a single throw or even cause a boomerang-like return from a throw to attack an enemy from behind. In canon, he is regarded by other skilled fighters as one of the best hand-to-hand combatants in the Marvel Universe. Although the super-soldier serum is an important part of his strength, Rogers has shown himself still sufficiently capable against stronger opponents, even when the serum has been deactivated reverting him to his pre-Captain America physique.

Rogers has vast U.S. military knowledge and is often shown to be familiar with ongoing, classified Defense Department operations. He is an expert in combat strategy, survival, acrobatics, military strategy, piloting, and demolitions. Despite his high profile as one of the world's most popular and recognizable superheroes, Rogers also has a broad understanding of the espionage community, largely through his ongoing relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D. He occasionally makes forays into relatively mundane career fields, including commercial arts, comic book artistry, education (high school history), and law enforcement.

Steve Rogers was frozen in ice for nearly 70 years before waking up in the 21st century. It is believed that the SSS serum is responsible for keeping him alive all that time because any other normal human would be dead. It is also theorized that the SSS dramatically slows Rogers' aging due to extensively healthy cells. Even though he did survive and was found, it is quite possible he may age slowly than that of normal humans and might have been the same even up to now. It is unclear at this time if the serum also helps extend his lifespan but it may be possible.


Captain America's Shield: A circular disk about 2.5 feet in diameter, weighing 12 pounds, it was made of a Vibranium, the rarest metal on Earth at the time. The amount of Virbranium used for Cap's shield is the all the Vibranium that the United States had access to. The Shield was made by Howard Stark. The shield is three times lighter than steel and negates large amounts of damage by absorbing vibrations. The shield had great aerodynamic properties: it was able to slice through the air with minimal wind resistance and deflection of path. Its great overall resilience, combined with its natural concentric stiffness, enabled it to rebound from objects with minimal loss of angular momentum. It was virtually indestructible: it was resistant to penetration, and extreme temperature extremes.


Uniform: Rogers and Howard Stark both design the suit. It is made of carbon polymer and it offers a medium level of resistance to gunfire. The helmet also served as a mask. And allows for a sidearm. The shield can be attached to the back.

The Avengers character data 1: Iron Man

Tony Stark is a self-described genius, billionaire, playboy and philanthropist with a mechanical suit of armor of his own invention. Stark suffers a severe chest injury during a kidnapping in which his captors attempt to force him to build a weapon of mass destruction. He instead creates a powered suit of armor to save his life and escape captivity. He later uses the suit to protect the world as Iron Man. Through his multinational corporation ― Stark IndustriesTony has created many military weapons, some of which, along with other technological devices of his making, have been integrated into his suit, helping him fight crime.


Powers and abilities
Iron Man's primary powers come from his armored suit.

Support Powers
- Superhuman Strength: He is capable of lifting up to 100 tons when wearing his armor and can achieve higher levels of strength when powered by a sufficient source.
- Superhuman Speed: Even when not traveling for extended distances, the armor enables the wearer to move and react at high speeds.
- Flight: The armor can typically reach speeds in excess of Mach 8, in recent comics however Iron Man has been depicted as able to reach orbital velocities (5 miles per second) and up to speeds that can outrun black holes. Use of the jet boots provide enough power to lift a load of about 500 tons.
- Power Cells: The armor is powered by a combination of solar converters, electrical batteries and an on-board generator that uses beta particle absorption as a fuel source. Not to mention the arc reactor that also powers the suit.
- Energy Conversion Power Recharge: The armor is also able to absorb and convert nearby or fare away energy sources, such as heat or kinetic energy or energy from the planet itself into electricity, or even drain energy directly into the batteries for recharge.
- Self-Contained Life-Support System & Environmental Protection: The armor can be completely sealed for operations in vacuum or underwater, providing its own life support, and is shielded against radiation.
- Magnetism: The armor can generate magnetic fields to pull or push metal objects at will.
Onboard Computer: The armor has an internal onboard computer operating system that aids Stark in providing strategies, background information on opponents, surroundings, the status of the suit, and prevents a lock on from targeting systems.
- Sensor Array: Known sensors include radar/lidar, night vision, and physiological/medical scans that allow Stark to take and monitor the vitals of other people, including heart and brain scans. These scans also provided Stark with real-time personal physiological data. They are also capable of an all-environmental scan for atmospheric content or life forms--including astral energy projections.
- Override: When required, armor systems including strength amplification, durability amplification, repulsor intensity can be greatly increased, by bypassing safety circuits and limiters. However, there is a chance that this can result in a complete system failure of the armor. An example of this mode is when Iron Man easily lifted a 16,000 ton Nuclear Reactor, and flew into the sky and threw it into the sea. It seems that he utilized this resource on the Hulk once, as the armor ends up completely inert. The range of the Override can be controlled as only reaching his very limit and staying at it for a long time will cause a system failure. This range goes from a safe 800% to 3200%, up to a very dangerous 5000%.

Weaponry
Includes repulsor rays, unibeam, pulse bolts, pulse barrage, omnibeam, hyper-velocity impact and plasma discharge.

Strength level
Without his armor Tony Stark possesses the normal strength of a normal human man his age, height, and build who engages in moderate regular exercise. The armor magnifies Stark's strength to superhuman levels, enabling him to lift (press) roughly 90 tons. If sufficiently powered by an outside source, the armor can achieve Class 100 strength.

Weaknesses
Without his Iron Man armor, Stark is vulnerable to attacks. Also, the arc reactor is his biggest weakness, for if it were removed:
1) It brings the shrapnel closer to his heart and
2) The reactor also requires material upgrades to keep himself alive (when the Palladium core failed to do so in Iron Man 2).

The Mark II armor froze up in high altitudes with a short cut-off power timing, putting Stark at a disadvantage in cold conditions.

Monday, April 16, 2012

The Avengers film introduction


The Avengers (titled Avengers Assemble in some countries) is an upcoming American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures1, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is the sixth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast, which includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, and Samuel L. Jackson. In The Avengers, Nick Fury, director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., recruits Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, and Captain America to save the world from destruction.
Cast
Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk
Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson
Scarlett Johannson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Samuel L Jackson as Colonel Nick Fury
Tom Hiddleston as Loki Laufeyson
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill