Batman Ripped Off Iron Man’s MCU Suitcase Armor With An Awesome Batsuit

The Mark V Iron Man suit – as seen in the MCU – is one of the hero’s coolest and most efficient suits – and even Batman is seemingly a fan. In Batman: Li’l Gotham #16, the Dark Knight is on vacation with Selina Kyle when their trip is interrupted by a Joker wannabe. Luckily, Bruce has contingencies in place, just like fellow billionaire Tony Stark.

The suitcase armor is definitely one of the MCU’s most popular. It debuted on-screen in Iron Man 2 in 2010. As the name suggests, it is Tony’s fifth Iron Man suit and compartmentalized in a suitcase for easy access. It is also the first portable Iron Man suit in the MCU. It is red, silver, and absolutely iconic. It’s also incredibly practical as crimefighters with major public profiles need to be able to jump into action quickly and this super costume is perfect for meeting that need. Even Batman thinks so.

Batman Li’l Gotham #16 comes from the creative team of Dustin Nguyen, Derek Fridolfs, and Saida Temofonte. This digital-first chapter, published in 2013, gives Batman an adventure on the high seas along with an incredible Batsuit. The story sees the titular hero captured while out of costume, simply as Bruce Wayne. The Joker wannabe, Captain Greenbeard, forces him to walk the plank, which the hero readily does because he’s prepared. His watch has a button that will grant him access to his own suitcase suit. The suitcase is seen zooming through the ocean to Bruce’s underwater location, where it opens up. Initially, the suit seems fairly standard given the cowl, but once he resurfaces, it is far from ordinary. It incorporates several aspects of Iron Man’s suit and even gives Batman a new color scheme that fans definitely won’t be used to.

Traditionally, the Dark Knight likes to keep his outfits and gadgets black to match the night, but daytime vacations call for something else entirely – a white suit with a few black accents and glowing red eyes. This suit channels the best of Batman Beyond and Iron Man, complete with repulsors, attached wings that allow for flight, and a largely monochrome base. Naturally, it still has his usual insignia on the chest, but nothing else about this suit is standard. This suit is the opposite of Batman’s usual in color and practicality. It is far more high-tech and in line with Iron Man’s equipment. This is very fitting of his current adventure, however, since he’s on a ship out at sea instead of on Gotham’s rooftops. He has no perches to grapple from or shadows to hide in. There are no alleys to limit his movements. The sky is literally the limit – and the best thing to try to blend in with. The suit does pose a problem that is readily addressed, however. Iron Man is able to carry his suits readily and change anywhere thanks to his alter ego being publicly known. Bruce doesn’t have this luxury. When asked about Bruce Wayne, he makes sure to say he saved him and flew him to shore.

Catwoman quickly notes that this is the same as Superman’s method of “saving” Clark – highlighting just how much Batman has learned from his ally. It may not be his usual way of operating, but Batman’s suitcase suit definitely mirrors one of Iron Man’s best MCU suits and he definitely makes it work.

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Samantha King is a Comic News Writer for Screen Rant. She has a B.A. in English & American Literature with a concentration in Shakespeare and a minor in Creative Writing from UTEP. She also has a M.S. in Library Science from the University of North Texas.

Samantha used to get in trouble for reading comics in class back in high school, but she gets the last laugh. She took a graphic novel course in college and now gets paid to write about comics. She runs her own blog at: www.therealworldaccordingtosam.blogspot.com

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