'Iron Man 3' Poster - Meet The Mandarin (Photo)
by Zack Wells
"Iron Man 3" Poster - Meet The Mandarin
Marvel released their latest teaser poster featuring Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin, Iron Man’s archenemy, and big baddie of the upcoming “Iron Man 3”.
As previously revealed, the brilliant and cunning Tony Stark/Iron Man (played by Robert Downey, Jr.) will face off against powerful enemy known as the Mandarin. The Mandarin (played by Ben Kingsley) is the leader of an international terrorist organization who is out to get Tony Stark. Tony vows revenge against him after his men destroy all that Tony holds dear. Along his journey of revenge and redemption, he is forced to ask himself, “does the man make the suit, or does the suit make the man?”
The Mandarin in the comics is Tony Stark’s most persistent enemies, and arguably one of the most powerful. He does not poses any superpowers naturally (ignoring his genius-level intellect and skilled martial arts), much like Tony Stark, but relies on his ten rings.
Through his ten rings, he gains ten superhuman abilities: an ice blast, light absorption, psionic intensifier, disintegration beam, electro-blast, vortex beam, flame blast, impact beam, energy creator, and a matter rearranger. These rings were originally used in alien Makluan warp-drive engines, and converted for human use by The Mandarin himself.
As you can see in the poster, he is wearing his ten rings, and if they keep their comic book powers, we’re in for a treat!
“Iron Man 3” is set to premiere May 3rd, 2013. Plenty of time to brush up on your "Iron Man" knowledge!