Poll: Green Lantern VS Iron Man

[Kilroy17]

So a very simple question, who do you think would win in a fight between Hal Jordan and Tony Stark?

I think it would be an interesting fight as while Green Lantern could throw a train at Iron Man, Tony would probably be able to dodge it as he is very maneuverable. Also theoractically Hal could make his own Iron Man suit but would he be as good at using it as Tony is?

Also when refering to GL I mean the non Ryan Reynolds version, all he did was make guns and jets basically (lacks imagination).

Anyway I think this would a very interesting and close match.

 

[Froggy Slayer]

Iron Man's armour incorporates yellow elements, therefore Iron Man wins.

 

[Heronblade]

Depends on whether or not Jordan learns to use his abilities imaginatively or not. If the best he can think of to do with near unlimited telekinetic ability is to throw giant green fists around, he's doomed, not to mention more than a little stupid.

 

[Jodah]

Iron Man's armour incorporates yellow elements, therefore Iron Man wins.

Yellow is no longer a weakness for GLs. After the Paralax saga they figured out how to beat yellow and have been trained appropriately.

 

[krazykidd]

Depends on whether or not Jordan learns to use his abilities imaginatively or not. If the best he can think of to do with near unlimited telekinetic ability is to throw giant green fists around, he's doomed, not to mention more than a little stupid.

This .

Although , i'm a little rusty on the GreenLantern lore , but can't the GL technically run out of power?

 

[ludusprime]

The cooler one always wins. No exceptions.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Stark wins by virtue of being interesting.

Goddamn, DC heroes are boring as hell

 

[Zhukov]

Iron Man win by dint of his superior visual design.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

This is similar to the Batman vs. Spiderman debate, as there are two possible outcomes.

If Tony Stark had previously encountered/faced Green Lantern or was aware of the powers and limitations that were granted by the Power Ring, then Tony Stark would obviously create a "Green Lantern Buster" suit that would allow him to win effortlessly (It would obviously incorporate yellow armor and yellow repulsor beams and weaponry).

However, if the two were to fight on their first encounter, Green Lantern would be able to overpower Iron Man, despite his suit incorporating some segments of yellow. It's not like Kryptonite, people, where all it takes is a tiny sliver to depower a Kryptonian.

In conclusion, it could go either way.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Depends which is stronger, Hal will power or Tony tech and metal.

The initial thought of defeating each other is Hal would have to break Tony armour and while Tony would simply have to break his finger ring, Hall will make barrier around his hand.

Yet again the both of them can think outside of the box (maybe Hal can keep Tony inside a sphere long enough to run out of air inside it or Tony self absorbent personality somehow talked Hal into making him feel smaller thus losing his will).

Either way I think one of them will only win by outlasting his foe (pass out from exhaution or starvation).

 

[SpectacularWebHead]

Stark wins by virtue of being interesting.

Goddamn, DC heroes are boring as hell

Someone hold me back. I don't care that it's christmas, I will start the goddamn Marvel DC war right now.

Fucking Aquaman could beat the comic book Iron man, In the comics Iron Man is such a tool, and a boring tool. Like a spanner. The movie Iron Man is nothing like the comics one, because he doesn't suck. Going up against gl, he's toast. Iron Man is no harder for Green Lantern to beat than a toaster with repulsors.

 

[Saladfork]

A problem I have with matching up characters like that is the implication that someone beating out someone else by a huge margin somehow makes them better.

This comes up whenever you see Batman and Superman debates; Obviously in-universe Superman could chuck Batman in the time it took Batman to blink, but that's part of the reason why Batman's a more interesting character; he's not ridiculously overpowered. It gets kind of silly when they try to make him some kind of superman-level god among men because that's not what he's supposed to be. DC (and marvel too) would probably have better comics if they didn't feel the need to put everything in the same universe.

This comes up whenever someone brings up "(Someone) versus (Someone from WH40K)" debates too. The things in WH40K are so huge in scale as to be self-parody; obviously they'd always win, even if just by throwing trillions of people at the problem until it goes away, but that doesn't make the party any less interesting within its' own universe.

Anyway, to answer your question, probably Green Lantern. If I could create anything I could imagine, I rather doubt anything could stop me.

 

[Soxafloppin]

I'd vote Green Lantern.

Ever since MKvsDC I always wonder why he doesn't just start any fight doing this

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I would love to see a deleted scene in either of the Iron Man or, Green Lantern movies in which Tony Stark defeats Alan Scott and Hal Jordan simultaneously by tossing a number-2 pencil at them.

Honestly though I think Stark would beat out Jordan by virtue of Stark annoying Jordan to the point that he won't be able to properly concentrate on his constructs. It'll be a good fight but once Stark realizes Jordan's weakness it'll only be a matter of time before Stark uses Iron Man's sound system to broadcast a rick-roll at Jordan, thus annoying him to submission.

 

[Kilroy17]

A problem I have with matching up characters like that is the implication that someone beating out someone else by a huge margin somehow makes them better.

This comes up whenever you see Batman and Superman debates; Obviously in-universe Superman could chuck Batman in the time it took Batman to blink, but that's part of the reason why Batman's a more interesting character; he's not ridiculously overpowered. It gets kind of silly when they try to make him some kind of superman-level god among men because that's not what he's supposed to be. DC (and marvel too) would probably have better comics if they didn't feel the need to put everything in the same universe.

This comes up whenever someone brings up "(Someone) versus (Someone from WH40K)" debates too. The things in WH40K are so huge in scale as to be self-parody; obviously they'd always win, even if just by throwing trillions of people at the problem until it goes away, but that doesn't make the party any less interesting within its' own universe.

Anyway, to answer your question, probably Green Lantern. If I could create anything I could imagine, I rather doubt anything could stop me.

I understand where you're coming from but I meant this question just as who would win in a fight and not who the better or more interesting character is.

I do agree with you too, one of the main reasons I think Batman is popular is because it's interesting to see how he makes up for his lack of powers with problems some of the super powered heroes deal with.

Also your point about the share universe thing makes a point Batman is awesome in Gotham but he is constantly playing "catch up" when with the Justice League. I don't know WH40K but an example I can think of would Dragon Ball Z. You could almost any DBZ character, especially the SSJs, and they would probably beat any other fictional characters but just because they are OP doesn't mean in their own universe they aren't interesting.

 

[Alaster Angelo]

Green Lantern...


The whole "yellow" weakness has been retconned. Lantern flies from Earth to the Sun like a normal guy walks to his mailbox, that's faster than lightspeed. Plus, any Lantern worth their salt can casually blow up a planet and fly through black holes, Hal himself is far faaaarrr above that.

Even if you give Iron Man time to prepare I doubt he'll even stand a chance. Tony's no Dr. Doom.

You could almost any DBZ character, especially the SSJs, and they would probably beat any other fictional characters but just because they are OP doesn't mean in their own universe they aren't interesting.

This is untrue. DBZ characters are laughably weak compared to several fictional characters. Though I do agree with you in the other point. Just because somebody can eat a galaxy or shake the universe doesn't mean they can't be interesting characters. Marvel's Journey Into Mystery has several powerful characters featured and it's easily one of the best pieces of fiction I've read in a long time.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I suppose it depends if we're talking about the comic version, the animated version or the movie version. Recent movies are catering Iron Man as the ultimate super hero... whereas the Ryan Reynolds movie clearly shows what a sadsack modern-day Green Lantern is. He gets the power to materialize anything and all he can think of are mundane things like ramps, swords and fists. Clearly Downey's Iron Man will win against Reynold's Green Lantern. But from a purely conceptual POV, the absolute power to summon anything would win over a glorified body armor with built-in weaponry.