How Iron Man Would Defeat Every Justice League Member

7. Martian Manhunter

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On the surface, the Martian Manhunter has a frankly outrageous amount of powers at his fingertips.

For those not overly familiar with J'onn J'onzz, he's a shapeshifting, telepathic, telekinetic, super-strong, heat vision-firing being who can fly and turn himself invisible. By anyone's standards, that's quite the impressive laundry list of abilities.

While J'onn is an opponent who can topple most beings in the galaxy if allowed to tap into his unique skills, the one major weakness of the Martian Manhunter is a simple one: fire!

To throw out a comparison, fire to the Manhunter is similar to what kryptonite is to Superman. So, for Iron Man to get one over on the Bronze Wraith, he just needs to conjure up a sh*tstorm of fire. Given the weapons at his own disposal, it wouldn't take much for Tony Stark to put on the sort of explosive firework show that would have the Martian quacking in his cape.

Once fire had been thrown J'onzz's way, this fight would be over in a matter of seconds and the Armoured Avenger would be standing victorious.

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