Whiplash Armor: Mark I

The Mark I Whiplash Armor was created by Ivan Vanko in an attempt to kill Tony Stark as revenge for his father, Howard, deporting Vanko's father, Anton and leaving their family to live in poverty.
==History==
===Duel of Monaco===
Ivan Vanko created the Whiplash harness using his father's blueprints for the Arc Reactor and his own proficiency in engineering. He used this armor to try and kill Tony Stark at the Circuit de Monaco; however, he was defeated by Stark in his Mark V armor. After defeating Vanko, Stark removed the Whiplash harness's arc reactor and crushed it, rendering the harness useless.
Vanko later used his earlier schematics along with resources available to him through Hammer Industries to create the new Mark II while working on the Hammer Drones.Iron Man 2 S.H.I.E.L.D. later claimed what was left of the armor and it was studied by a group of scientists.The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week
===Alternate Universe Versions===
====Chase of the Maggi Weapons Transport====
In an alternate universe, the Whiplash armor was created by Marc Scarlotti, who was angry with Tony Stark over Stark firing him. The suit augmented his strength, allowed him to have a force field, and created power whips. Stark tracked the Maggia, Scarlotti's employers, to a weapons cache where Scarlotti was. Scarlotti donned the armor and used it to attack Stark. Scarlotti used his force field to prevent Stark from hurting him then disappeared using the whips in his armor to go to the ceiling. He consistently used this technique to attack Stark, but Stark defeated Scarlotti using hand-to-hand combat.Iron Man
==Capabilities==
The Whiplash Mark I armor was designed as little more than a rudimentary harness with the sole purpose of being used as a weapon to kill Tony Stark, even if suited up as Iron Man. The central piece of the harness is an Arc Reactor, developed by Ivan Vanko, based on blueprints left to him by his father. The harness substitutes Tony Stark's palm repulsor technology used in his Iron Man suits with Vanko's custom designed electrified whips made from specially designed cables which channel the energy produced by the arc reactor. The whips can cut through almost any metal, ignite flammable substances like fuel, and even be used defensively by repelling Iron Man's repulsor blasts.
While the harness covers part of the user's chest, arms, and back, it can easily be concealed under various forms of clothing while deactivated, with the whip cables concealed in the arm sections. This allows the user to appear inconspicuous to others and get close to an enemy before revealing the weapon's presence. However, due to exposed wiring on the harness, it is impossible to do so while the harness is in use because the wearer's shirt is burned by the heat produced by the harness.
The harness' main weakness is the exposed arc reactor which can easily be removed if the opponent gets close enough, rendering the device useless. Tony described the electric whips as an effective "knock-off" of his repulsor technology, albeit less efficient in the long run.
==Alternate Versions==
Origin 	Status 	Creators 	Owners 	Users
Hammer Industries Monopolization Scheme 	Active 	Ivan Vanko †	Ivan Vanko †	Ivan Vanko †
Whiplash Badlands Battle 	Active 	Ivan Vanko †	Ivan Vanko †	Ivan Vanko †
Ultimo Badlands Battle 	Active 	Ivan Vanko †	Ivan Vanko †	Ivan Vanko †
Whiplash: Slash and Burn 	Active 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko
Iron Man 2 	Active 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko
Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel 	Destroyed	Ivan Vanko †	Ivan Vanko †	Ivan Vanko †
Iron Man 2: Meet the Black Widow 	Active 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko
Iron Man 2: Iron Man vs. Whiplash 	Active 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko
The Avengers: The S.H.I.E.L.D. Files 	Active 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko
The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII 	Active 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One Book Boxed Set	Active 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko 	Ivan Vanko
==Appearances==
Appearances for the Whiplash Armor: Mark I
==References==
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