Iron Man vs Magneto

Why, Marvel? Iron Man vs. Magneto? Did we miss the part where Iron Man's suit is made out of metal? Are we delusional to recall Magneto throwing, crushing, bending and in all ways manipulating metal all day like a boss? What's the freakin' DEAL?

It's happened before, and I dug up a few panels to see what writers of the past have done. Typically, nothing. They fight a bit in the air. Energy blast here, energy blast there. They tumble to earth and live to fight another day.

 In a panel from AvX #2, the caption claims "Man in a metal suit versus the mutant master of magnetism. If you think this is no contest, then you don't know Tony Stark."

Does this mean something creative and interesting? How could a man in a metal suit best the master of magnetism? If it's not just a clever name and the suit really is made with Iron, it's pretty much *the* most magnetic metal too.

So what if it's not iron, perhaps? Some metals are non magnetic ... but a lead suit probably isn't a good call. Tony has certainly built a bunch of suits for different occasions, so could he have something up his sleeve?

Here's a preview of their fight:

Or, you know, they could throw blue stuff around at each other.

But it gets you thinking; what would it take for Iron Man to beat Magneto?

Catch up on some AvX: 0, 1, 2.

UPDATE: (SPOILER ALERT!)

So it happened something like this:

WHAT?

First of all, I have it on good authority that siphoning magnetic fields from Jupiter is a little hard to believe. (More on that in another soon to come post!)

But fine, fine, it's Tony Stark, he's rich, money can buy unbelievable. But Magneto just kind of ... gets depressed and floats around in space, so Iron Man wins? THAT SUCKS. Fingers crossed for Scarlet Witch Pink Phoenix Powers somewhere along the line.