By Jim Kakalios U of M News Wire  As a comic book fan and physics professor, I have been looking forward to the big screen debut of “Iron Man.” This is due, in part, to the fact that ...

This Mark I armor even features rudimentary versions of later Iron Man benchmark weapons, as the suit's flamethrowers and missile launchers telegraph Tony's future armors' repulsor beams and ...

The form-fitting Iron Man designs of old were gone, replaced by something that truly looked like mechanical armor. Not only did it have the usual repulsor blasts and uni-beam attacks, but it could ...