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The Magical Bulletproof Material That Made Iron Man Give Up Iron

• http://www.wired.com, By Jim Kakalios

However, last month brought two vastly different publications that made an identical, dramatic point about the mechanical properties of graphene. Science featured an article by scientists and engineers at Rice University and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst that described the results of targeting micro-bullets at graphene. And in Marvel Comics' Superior Ironman #2, someone shot Tony Stark in the face.

In the latest adventures of the armored Avenger, Tony Stark has undergone a serious personality change thanks to a magic spell cast by the Scarlet Witch and Dr. Doom (seriously, don't ask): he's reverted to the self-centered arrogance that he exhibited before he escaped terrorists by creating an iron suit of armor out of scraps (waaay back in 1963's Tales of Suspense #39, an origin story reprised in the 2008 movie Iron Man). Instead of the familiar red and gold suit of armor, he has taken to wearing gleaming all white armor that looks like something available at the Marvel Universe Apple store (iRon Man?). Significantly, this new Ironman suit has no faceplate, in order to make it easy for the public to see Tony Stark's handsome features. But vanity comes with risks—and sure enough, an assailant that Stark has driven to despair pulls a pistol and shoots the engineer-playboy in the face, point blank.


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