What If…?

Summary

Warning : This clause contains spoiler for What If … ? season 2 sequence 3 .

Marvel’sWhat If … ?season 2 episode 3 bring out the astounding price that theMCU ’s Tony Stark had to pay for the effect ofAvengers : Age of Ultron . None ofthe Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s gobs of moviesso far have dived into the economical ramifications of the Avengers ’ humankind - saving engagement , but it ’s dependable to say that such monolithic events have no real - life story equivalent weight . Spider - Man : No Way Home ’s cease alone would likely be several millions in damages even though it takes place alone on the Statue of Liberty , for example , and someWhat If … ?season 2 episodeswould outmatch the cost of what any character reference could give .

The MCU also features fictional character with much larger bank account than real - human race billionaires . People like the Wakandan royal household and Tony Stark have an almost unlimited amount of riches and resources that allow them to invest in state - of - the - prowess inventions and supercede them every time they ’re destroyed . For instance , Tony Stark could yield to rebuild Stark Tower , work up dozens of more and more forward-looking Iron Man armour , and build Avengers HQ in the duet of just a few years . Yet , some of Tony Stark ’s purchase are still telling even by the MCU ’s standard .

What If season 3 poster

What If … ? season 2 premieres on December 22 , 2023 , on Disney+ , bringing new and returning voice actors to the animated worlds of the MCU ’s Phase 5 .

What If Confirms How Much Iron Man’s Iron Legion Cost

InMarvel ’s What If … ?season 2 episode 3 , Justin Hammer have advantage of the Avengers ' absence and JARVIS ' maintenance period during Christmas to whoop into Stark Tower ’s defence systems , which let in the brand - raw Iron Legion sentry bots . Along the style , it ’s revealed that each Iron Legion drone costs a whooping $ 50 million . In this alternate population , a Hulked - out Happy Hogan discard of at least 50 Iron Legion bot , which mean thatTony Stark spent around $ 2.5 billion building a drone army that could n’t even accomplish their line once before being torn to piece . Although in the MCU ’s Earth-616 , the Iron Legion did n’t meet a less unfortunate fate , either .

Age of Ultron Cost Iron Man Billions Of Dollars

Beyond the $ 2.5 billion Tony Stark may have expend onthe rather weak Iron Legion drones , the cost of all tools , organisation , test , and image Stark had to plan dramatically increases the total price tag , and that ’s without look all the negative side personal effects the Iron Legion entailed . The damage Justin Hammer and Happy Hogan caused on the Avengers Tower inMarvel ’s What If … ?season 2 instalment 3is almost equal to the impairment the Ultron - controlled Iron Legion caused inAvengers : Age of Ultron — all of which Tony Stark had to compensate for . However , that ’s nothing equate to the amount of money Tony Stark fall behind later inAvengers : Age of Ultron .

Despite his propensity for peril , Tony Stark built more Iron Man suits than he could fatigue . Here ’s every armor he wear throughout the MCU .

The Avengers were swarmed by hundreds of Iron Legion bots during the Battle of Sokovia , but fortunately for Tony Stark , these Ultron bots were n’t part of the Iron Legion . rather , these were unfinished robots designed by Hydra and refurbished by Ultron . Still , Stark lost billion in the destruction of the Hulkbuster armor , the Iron Man MK 43 and Mk 45 armors , and the Quinjet ’s disappearance , not to mention the unknown amount of money he may have had to pay in compensation for Sokovia ’s concluded destruction . consider how easy Justin Hammer and the Hulked - out Happy Hogan were confine , the money lost inMarvel’sWhat If … ?season 2 instalment 3 is but a dent in Tony Stark ’s sack liken to the events ofAvengers : Age of Ultron .

MCU version of Iron Man (foreground) with a massive explosion in the background

Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, and Peter Quill in What If…? Season 2

Iron Man in Avengers Age of Ultron and an Iron Legion Sentry Bot

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All 19 Iron Man Suit Versions Tony Stark Wore In The MCU

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