MCU’s Unused Hulkbuster Design Would Have Made The Original Iron Man Movie Even More Important

Among the highlights of Avengers: Age of Ultron was the bombastic arrival of Iron Man‘s Mark XLIV armor, AKA “Hulkbuster,” but the unused original design for Tony Stark’s ace-in-the-hole against Hulk would have made his first outing in Iron Man even more important. Iron Man was an important movie for many reasons, not least because it kicked off the MCU with Tony Stark’s iconic origin story. Given that Hulk was yet to make his MCU debut, the Hulkbuster armor was notably absent from Iron Man, yet its arrival may have been heralded in the movie’s final moments nonetheless.