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Iron Fist, Power Man Vol 1 #48

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IRON FIST (DANIEL RAND)
EARTH-616

In Power Man (1977) #48, titled “Fist of Iron — Heart of Stone!”, Iron Fist performs a super strength feat. At his apartment, the Young Dragon fights Power Man for the first time. During the battle, Iron Fist punches Luke Cage 100 meters away, through two buildings.

How much super strength does it take for Iron Fist to punch Luke Cage 100 meters away through two buildings?

  • In Power Man (1977) #48, titled “Fist of Iron — Heart of Stone!”, Iron Fist performs a super strength feat. During the battle, Iron Fist punches Luke Cage 100 meters away, through two buildings. Marvel Comics.

IN THE ISSUE, DANNY PUNCHED LUKE CAGE’S TITANIUM STEEL SKIN 100 METERS AWAY. TO THIS END, DANNY STRUCK POWER MAN THROUGH TWO BUILDINGS WITH THE IRON FIST.

IMPORTANTLY, IRON FIST GENERATED 51015202530.4 NEWTONS OF FORCE. OR, 5.1435203*1012 WATTS OF POWER. SIMILARLY, THE EQUIVALENT OF 8.16431793651 PERCENT OF THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCE OF LITTLE BOY ON HIROSHIMA. ENOUGH TO SHATTER A TOWN.

SUPER STRENGTH FEAT:

CITY

Super Strength: City 25%

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Danny Rand hit Luke Cage with the Iron Fist sending him through two buildings.

We will use Luke Cage’s durability to calculate the power of the Iron Fist.

LUKE CAGE’S DURABILITY

In Hero For Hire (1972) #1, we find out that Luke Cage has titanium steel skin from an accidental research experiment. We will use this statement to calculate the power of the Iron Fist.


NUMBER CRUNCHING


Since Luke Cage has titanium steel skin, we can compare the Young’s Modulus of both metals. To note, the Young’s Modulus is a measure of a material’s elasticity. In this case, titanium has a value of 106 GPa while steel has a value of 20*1010 Pa. Hence, steel has the higher Young’s Modulus. Since we do not know their composite densities, we will use the value of steel to estimate Luke Cage’s durability in N/m2.

Luke Cage’s durability = (20*1010 Pa) = 20*1010 Pa N/m2.

Then, we calculate the force necessary to move Luke Cage.

Iron Fist’s force = (20*1010 N/m2)/(1.98 m)2 = 51015202530.4 N.

Let’s calculate the power of the Iron Fist. We can estimate that Luke Cage went through two buildings 100 meters apart. According to Destructive Capacity and Durability, it takes 10 tons of TNT to destroy a building. Since Luke Cage toppled the second building, we are adding 4.2*1010 J.

Power of the Iron Fist = ((51015202530.4 N)(100 m) + (4.2*1010 J)/(1 s) = 5.1435203*1012 W.

SUPER STRENGTH

Hitting Luke Cage with the full force of the Iron Fist, Danny had to generate the power of a nuke. Indeed, he punched Power Man with 5.1435203*1012 W of power.

Iron Fist generated 51015202530.4 N. In order to send Luke Cage flying through two buildings, Iron Fist had to generate a City Level of Super Strength.

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Young’s Modulus of steel = 20*10^10 Pa.

Luke Cage’s durability = (20*10^10 Pa) = 20*10^10 Pa N/m2.
Iron Fist’s force = (20*10^10 N/m2)/(1.98 m)^2 = 51015202530.4 N.
Power of the Iron Fist = ((51015202530.4 N/m2)(100 m) + (4.2*10^10 J)/(1 s) = 5.1435203*10^12 W.

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LINKS

Power Man Vol 1 48 in Marvel Database.
Hero for Hire Vol 1 1  in Marvel Database.
Destructive Capacity and Durability in PowerCrunchArchive Wiki.
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