Iron Man (1968) Issue #275 25

Iron Man had the power to unlock the full potential of the Mandarin rings & overload them. He used his power to help create and tank an explosion that destroyed several mountain ranges, and was felt all the way on the opposite side of the world. This blast vaporized Fin Fang Foom and alerted danger to the Fantastic Four, it also triggered Peter's spider-sense despite being so far away. The explosion lasted for 16 hours and was tearing through "space and time" itself. -Iron Man (1963) issue #275

In a more modern Iron Man comic, it's implied Iron Man is very capable of destroying the rings while they're being used: https://zippyimage.com/image/ipSWpc

For reference Black Bolt (pre-nerf from the T-Bomb feat which weakened his powers drastically, unlike how he was here) could only make a very small tear in reality with his powers amped by a machine built by Reed Richards, yet was still considered very powerful because of this: https://bg-so-1.zippyimage.com/2025/08/30/6e131362ac0cbd411b3c48e0024ed1b9.png

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https://zippyimage.com/album/iron-man-liftingover-100-tonner-strength.ivj4x

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