Iron Man Armor: Mark XLII

"I'll be damned... the prodigal son returns."

- Tony Stark

The Mark XLII suit is one of the most advanced versions of the Iron Man Armor made by Tony Stark.

History
Tony Stark built the Mark XLII a few months after the Battle of New York. It was first used in action when the Mandarin attacked his house. Stark used the suit to mentally suit Pepper Potts up in it to protect her fall in the explosions. Pepper then made her way out of the mansion with Maya Hensen. When Pepper was clear of the explosions, Stark suited himself up in the Mark XLII. Since it was at 22% power, Stark had a difficult time defending himself. Nonetheless, he still managed to take down two of the three assault helicopters that were attacking. However, when he destroyed the second chopper, it came flying at him, sending Stark into the water. Stark fell unconscious, but his AI system - J.A.R.V.I.S. - helped him escape and flew them to Tennessee, following a flight plan from his investigation on the Mandarin. His armor has lacked enough power to fly back to California and the world believes him to be dead. It is later repaired and recharged and used to save Stark from the Mandarin's compund and to save Air Force One from the rogue Iron Patriot's attack, before falling out of commission again. Later,in the battle against the Mandarin, it responds to Stark's anxiety and flies to him shortly after the Mark XL's destruction. It is used by Stark to trap Killian against a wall. In an attempt to kill Killian, Stark had J.AR.V.I.S. activate the Mark XLII's self destruct. The resulting explosion was so powerful that it destroyed most of the oil platform and ripped through the Mark XLI.

Abilities
The Mark XLII Armor is without a doubt one of the most unique and most powerful suits Stark has delevoped. It has the most unique way of "suiting up" for Stark since becoming Iron Man. Due to a series of computer chips he has implanted in his arms, he can summon the armor, as well as place the armor on others, with a gesture. He can mentally command the suit remotely with the aid of a Telepresence Headset. Unfortunatly, it is very unstable and crashes several times due to still being a prototype armor. This suit also has qualities based on the Mark V and Mark VII that helped with the armor's portability.

Trivia

 * In Iron Man 3, the suit had some malfunction in the weaponry, except the repulsor capability when he fought Mandarin's helicopters. When, the repulsors came online they proved to be the most powerful, rendering a fully armed helicopter useless, with a single blast.