admonition : SPOILERS for go - Men # 17The least - respectedX - Menmember from the Fox film franchise is now the ultimateIron Mankiller , thanks to a new force that allows him tostrike at Tony Stark ’s biggest failing . The films , released over a 20 - year stop , were often contentious in the eye of X - Men fan , many of whom believed the enfranchisement ignored what made sure character work ( and in some pillowcase , change their powers and origin stories entirely ) . ButX - man # 17reveals that the comics produce what the films did not : a way for Darwin to finally become the potent mutant he should have been from the beginning .

In 2011’sX - Men : First Class , Professor X and Magneto foregather a squad of mutants with sinful powers , one of whom is the apparently - powerless Darwin . Appearing as an ordinary human , Darwin has the power to " adapt to hold up " , intend his eubstance acclimates to touch-and-go situations when his life is in danger : he may originate gills when in water , or spontaneously develop bulletproof skin if shot . unluckily , Darwin was killed by Sebastian Shawmidway through the film ; the fact that the 10 - homo with the specific ability tonot diewas the first to kick the bucket did not make headway over fans , to put it mildly .

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But inX - Men # 17 , write by Gerry Duggan with art by Joshua Cassara , sports fan of Darwin finally get to see their favorite mutant run a deadly site - and develop Iron Man - killing power in the process . On a saving charge deep inside the Vault ( a prison check a simulation in which prison term moves at a snail ’s pace compared to the world outside),the formulate mutant Forgestumbles upon Darwin , thought numb at the end of the previous takings . The nefarious Children of the Vault conducted horrific experiments on him , but Darwin ’s power spark off , saving him the only means his body do it how : by transforming him into sentient computing machine code .

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With his young powers ( and with centuries of experience under his bash ) , Darwin is now a menace to Iron Man . If he sincerely wanted to , the mutantcan exploit Iron Man ’s weaknessby infecting his software program as a living computer computer virus , able to respond faster than any artificial computer programme . The enduringness of Tony Stark ’s suit fundamentally mean nothing when Darwin can hack into any armor and check it from within ; he can command the case to force out Stark , move on its own , or simply seal off itself and wait for the onboard atomic number 8 supply to run out .

Darwin provides a possible tabulator to Iron Man , who can ruin the X - man whenever he wantsthanks to a new - acquired Sentinel header . Stark could revivify the Sentinel ’s body ( and make more ) , intend a very possible menace to Krakoa ’s cosmos . If he does , Darwin will be quick to defend the residual of theX - Menby attackingIron Manon a field of honor that he ca n’t even unite .

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