The Nano Gauntlet was a glove made of nano-technology created by Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Rocket in 2023. It was designed to contain and allow the user to channel the powers of the Infinity Stones in a manner similar to the Infinity Gauntlet, although the effects of wielding it were far more damaging to the user than the Infinity Gauntlet was.
History[]
Blip[]
- "Okay, remember, everyone Thanos snapped away five years ago, you’re just bringing them back to now, today. Don't change anything from the last five years."
"Got it." - ―Tony Stark and Bruce Banner[src]
The Infinity Stones are placed in the Gauntlet
The Nano Gauntlet was created by Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Rocket to allow the Avengers to utilize the six Infinity Stones they had gathered during their Time Heist to resurrect the victims of the Snap. Once Stark inserted each of the Stones into the Nano Gauntlet, the Avengers debated over who should use the gauntlet. With Thor deemed unfit to perform the action, it was decided that Hulk would wield it since the stones' energy emitted gamma radiation.
Hulk valiantly struggling to snap his fingers
Initially appearing too small, the gauntlet resized and reshaped itself to fit Banner's hand. The Avengers deployed defenses to withstand any potential unprecedented consequences caused by the Stones' power. As one final defense, F.R.I.D.A.Y. locked down the entire Avengers Compound with the Barn Door Protocol. Banner then equipped the gauntlet and the six Stones' power surged through his arm as he struggled to put his finger and thumb together. Eventually, he succeeded in snapping his fingers and resurrecting the victims of the Snap, at the cost of his right arm being severely charred from the Stones' power and the glove being scorched and damaged.[1]
Battle of Earth[]
The Nano Gauntlet falls below the facility
- "Cap, what do you want me to do with this damn thing?!"
- ―Hawkeye to Captain America[src]
When an alternate Thanos came to 2023 from an alternate 2014 and attacked the Avengers Compound, the Nano Gauntlet was lost in the explosion.
Hawkeye recovers the Nano Gauntlet
After recovering from the attack, Hawkeye saw the Nano Gauntlet buried underneath rubble and managed to recover it. After Hawkeye saw that Outriders were after the gauntlet, he ran down the tunnels with it and was able to get out of the tunnels, safely securing the gauntlet.
2014 Nebula with the Nano Gauntlet
Exhausted, Hawkeye laid down and saw Nebula arrive. He gave her the gauntlet, unaware that it was actually an alternate Nebula. The alternate Nebula contacted Thanos to inform him that she had the gauntlet, but she was eventually killed by the original timeline Nebula, enabling Hawkeye to reclaim the gauntlet.
Captain Marvel with the Nano Gauntlet
As Hawkeye carried the Nano Gauntlet with him as a battle waged, he asked Captain America what he should do with the gauntlet and was instructed to bring it to Luis' Van. Hawkeye was assisted by Black Panther who took it from him and then gave it to Spider-Man. Spider-Man secured the gauntlet, until he gave it to Captain Marvel.
Thanos attempts to use the Nano Gauntlet
Nevertheless, Thanos fought his way through Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and Captain Marvel and eventually retrieved the gauntlet, donning it, and attempting to keep it equipped in order to perform his new plan; to erase the entire universe and start a new one. Briefly subdued by Captain Marvel, Thanos temporarily removed the Power Stone from the gauntlet to knock her out.
Thanos discovers that the Infinity Stones are gone
Thanos then put the Power Stone back onto the gauntlet and prepared to snap his fingers, only to be stopped by Iron Man. Thanos repelled him and, claiming he was inevitable, snapped his fingers expecting the universe to perish. Much to his dismay, however, he suddenly realized that the Infinity Stones had been stripped from the gauntlet and onto Stark's armor, who proceeded to use the Stones to disintegrate Thanos and his forces, causing the Nano Gauntlet to disintegrate along with Thanos.[1]
Capabilities[]
- "That glove is channeling enough energy to light up a continent."
- ―Tony Stark[src]
Like the Infinity Gauntlet it was designed to replicate, the Nano Gauntlet is a weapon capable of harboring and channeling the power of all six Infinity Stones at once, granting its wielder the ability to achieve nigh-omnipotent feats on a universal scale with just a single gesture. As such, the Nano Gauntlet is able to replicate most of the original Infinity Gauntlet's functionality, as well as its drawbacks, requiring the use of a distinct finger snap gesture to activate and use all six Stones in unison - an action that can be interrupted and physically prevented.
However, unlike the Uru-made Infinity Gauntlet, the Nano Gauntlet is instead made from extremely resilient nanotechnology developed by Tony Stark, much like that used in his Mark LXXXV armor. This nanotech design allowed the Nano Gauntlet additional functionality not present in the original Gauntlet, most prominently that of shifting its nanites to change its form and size, allowing it to adapt to and accommodate both the Stones and users of different arm sizes. Originally designed in a form fitting a regular human-sized hand, the Nano Gauntlet is able to automatically create slots to fit the Infinity Stones, as well as expand to a size big enough to fit the hands of larger humanoid beings like Hulk and, unintentionally, Thanos.
As with the original Infinity Gauntlet, the Stones are immediately compatible with and are attracted to the Nano Gauntlet's slots. Integrating an Infinity Stone while the Gauntlet is in use or donning the Gauntlet itself is enough to induce an immediate and painful surge of the equipped Stones' energies into its wielder's body - with the surge being at its worst when all six Stones are integrated, violently coursing through the wielder's body in streaks of colored energy. Thus, a wielder with a substantially high enough level of mental fortitude and physical strength is necessitated to successfully control the complete Gauntlet - one capable of withstanding the immense energy and gamma radiation emitted by the Stones.
The power surge experienced appears to be inversely proportionate to the physical strength of the wielder. A sufficiently strong enough wielder, like Thanos, only experiences a painful but brief surge of power that lasts mere seconds. However, a weaker wielder, even one able to withstand the Stones' gamma radiation like the Hulk, experiences a protracted and unending stream of energy from the Stones, leaking from the Gauntlet into the wielder's arm and body, causing severe, painful and seemingly irreparable burns. Further, when channelling the power of all six Infinity Stones in unison for full-scale universal feats, the immense surge of energy is enough to heavily damage the Nano Gauntlet and its wielder. After the Blip, the Hulk's left arm is burned into near-permanent uselessness, though the Nano Gauntlet still remained in a useable state, with its nanites still retaining their full functionality.
Notably, the Nano Gauntlet's nanites are also compatible with any Iron Man armors that utilized the same nanotechnology. As this functionality persists even through a single full-scale use of the Nano Gauntlet, Iron Man was able to use this to his benefit during the Battle of Earth, connecting his Mark LXXXV armor with the Nano Gauntlet via physical contact, allowing him to discreetly use its nanites to transfer the Infinity Stones to his own armor's right hand without Thanos noticing. This action essentially turns the Mark LXXXV into an improvised, second Nano Gauntlet, and as an ordinary human, Iron Man is left fatally burned after both integrating the Stones into his armor, and using their combined power to kill Thanos and his army, passing away shortly after.
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