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Obadiah Stane Convinces Stark to Once Again Focus His Efforts on Weapons Technology

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Comic book character

Fe Monger
IronMonger.jpg

Obadiah Stane wearing the Iron Monger armor in Fe Homo #200
Art by Mark Brilliant.
Publication data
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Obadiah Stane:
Iron Human being #163
(Oct. 1982)
Iron Monger:
Iron Homo #200
(November. 1985)
Created by Dennis O'Neil (writer)
Luke McDonnell (artist)
In-story data
Alter ego Obadiah Stane
Species Human being
Place of origin World-616
Team affiliations The Chessmen
Stane International
Stark Industries
Partnerships Madame Masque
Notable aliases Atomic number 26 Man, King
Abilities Genius-level intellect
Experienced man of affairs
Principal strategist
Armored adjust grants:
Superhuman strength
Superhuman durability
Flying
Repulsors
Chest laser
Reckoner control

Iron Monger is an alias used by multiple fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first graphic symbol to use the allonym is Obadiah Stane, who first appeared in Atomic number 26 Man #163 (Oct. 1982).[1] The Iron Monger armor kickoff appeared in Atomic number 26 Man #200 (Nov. 1985).

Obadiah Stane has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Jeff Bridges in the 2008 film Iron Man and the 2019 picture Spider-Man: Far from Domicile (via archive footage), and voiced by Kiff VandenHeuvel in the animated series What If...?.

Publication history [edit]

Created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Luke McDonnell, the kickoff character to use the allonym is Obadiah Stane, who debuted in Atomic number 26 Man #163 (Oct. 1982). The original Iron Monger armor that Stane wears makes its starting time appearance in Iron Human being #200 (Nov. 1985), created past writer Dennis O'Neil and creative person Marker Bright.

Fictional character biography [edit]

Obadiah Stane [edit]

When Obadiah Stane was a kid, his male parent was a degenerate gambler and Obadiah'southward female parent had already died. 1 day, his father considered himself on a "lucky streak" and played a game of Russian roulette and shot himself in the head while young Obadiah watched. This trauma caused Obadiah to go bald, and shaped his outlook on life. From then on, Stane was a ruthless manipulator who studied his adversaries to find weaknesses to exploit. Stane enjoys chess, and lives his life with the aforementioned kind of methodical logic that he uses in the game. In addition, he is a strong believer in using psychological manipulation to his reward. For example, in a babyhood chess lucifer against another male child whose skill at least equaled his own, he killed the male child's dog so that the other boy would be distracted from the game.

In adulthood, Obadiah Stane becomes the President and CEO of his own company Stane International as a munitions dealer. He also goes into business with Howard Stark. Later on the elder Stark's death in a auto accident, Stane turns his sights on acquiring control of Stark International now endemic by Tony Stark (Howard's son). Stane has his agents – known as the Chessmen – attack Stark Industries and attack James Rhodes (Tony's confidant).[two] He likewise confronts the younger Stark in person.[3] Stane too sets up Indries Moomji as Stark's lover without Stark knowing that Moomji is actually the Chessmen's Queen. Meanwhile, Stane and his associates conspire to lock Stark International out of diverse business deals. Stark eventually learns that Stane is the mastermind behind these attacks, but is unable to confront him. Stane's assaults on Stark's business and friends push Stark to the edge, relapsing into alcoholism.[4] With Due south.H.I.Eastward.50.D.'s aid, Stane buys out Stark International which he renames Stane International. Stark (having fallen off the railroad vehicle) relinquishes Iron Man's armor to Rhodes and disappears to be a homeless vagrant while Rhodes every bit Fe Man ignores Stane's demands to relinquish Iron Human being's armor. Rhodes eventually thwarts Stane in his endeavor to take over Atomic number 26 Man's battle-suits.[5]

Looking through Stark Enterprises' records, Stane discovers Stark'due south notes on Iron Man's armor. The notes are incomplete and highly advanced, only Stane assigns a squad of scientists to decipher; they eventually create the Iron Monger armor which is "far superior to Stark's Atomic number 26 Man armor" according to Stane. He even considers selling the suit to the highest bidder or creating an army of Iron Mongers, using them to "take over any country he wanted".

Stane assigns the Termite to sabotage another business rival.[six] He likewise forms an alliance with Madame Masque.[7]

While living on the streets, Stark befriends meaning homeless woman Gertl Anders who dies in childbirth, promising to protect the child which helps Stark overcome alcoholism to eventually face Stane.[8] Stark recovers, joining Rhodes and the Erwin twins (Morley and Clytemnestra) in starting a new visitor in Silicon Valley,[nine] which is then dubbed Circuits Maximus.[10] Stark builds a new epitome armor, resembling his original gray accommodate, to test new designs; Stark ends upwardly using the armor to stop the out-of-control Rhodes,[eleven] and so to assist the West Coast Avengers confronting Doctor Demonicus, while using the Avengers' facilities to construct the advanced Silver Centurion armor.[ volume & upshot needed ]

Realizing that Stark is once once again a potential threat, Stane orders Bethany Cabe's abduction, and plans an attack to take out Iron Man whom Stane believes is currently either Rhodes or i of the Erwins. He sends an set on drone known as the Circuits Billow to destroy Iron Man which both Rhodes and Stark are able to defeat. Stane further plots confronting Stark by switching the minds of Madame Masque and Cabe, and past abducting Stark's old friends (Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts and Bambi Arbogast). Stane eventually detonates a flop planted inside the Circuits Maximus dome, killing Morley while wounding Rhodes and Clytemnestra.[12]

When Cly confronts Stark at the hospital, Tony faces Stane directly; Iron Man collects the newly completed Silver Centurion and flies to Long Island. Iron Man confronts Stane on Stane International'due south belongings and defeats Stane's agents, including the Chessmen who had proven a match for Atomic number 26 Man's previous armor. Stane dons the Iron Monger armor and confronts Iron Homo personally. The Atomic number 26 Monger is more powerful than Fe Human's previous armor, just not the Silver Centurion model, which includes such features equally the ability to absorb the estrus from the Iron Monger'south thermal rays and channel into the armor's own energy supplies. Stane tries to defeat Iron Man past tricking him into entering a room where Stark'southward friends (Happy, Pepper and Mrs. Arbogast) are being held in suspended blitheness tanks. The room's walls are covered with photo-electric cells that will send 200,000 volts into their bodies if Iron Human being moves. Refusing to give in, Iron Man calmly uses his armor's sensors to detect the power source of Stane's trap, and destroys information technology with his chest-plate's uni-beam weapon, which requires no movement to fire.[13]

With Stark's friends freed, Iron Man confronts Stane and the villain learns that even in the Atomic number 26 Monger armor, he is no friction match for Stark. Finally, Stane uses his concluding card: Gertl Anders'southward babe son whom Stane had abducted from an orphanage. Stane tells Iron Homo to remove the helmet or he will shell the baby. Having detected interfering frequencies in the armor systems throughout the battle, Iron Human being deduces that Stane is not experienced plenty to airplane pilot the Iron Monger armor without some aid via an external reckoner. Stark uses his armor'due south pulse bolts to destroy the building containing that computer, causing Stane'due south Iron Monger armor to seize up. Stane (refusing to be arrested and humiliated) fires his repulsor ray beam into his caput, disintegrating his skull.[xiii]

When Stark would make a fresh outset with the new company Stark Enterprises,[xiv] Justin Hammer would take control of Stane International and continue Stane's unethical business organization practices. It's simply when Stark himself is confronted over those practices that learning of Hammer's ownership stake and forces to sell the visitor dorsum to Stark.[fifteen]

Stane was also an acquaintance of Sonny Burch at one point.[16]

During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Stane in his Iron Monger armor was called as a member of Pluto'due south jury of the damned to decide the fate of Zeus.[17] When the lord of Hades'due south power was undone, it was Iron Monger who laid the first accident, accompanied by the sound effect 'SHTAAANNE'.[xviii]

During the "Chaos War" storyline, Stane is amid the dead characters in the Underworld that Pluto released to defend the Underworld from Amatsu-Mikaboshi.[19]

Other wearers of the Iron Monger armor [edit]

Industrialist Simon Steele constructs another suit of Fe Monger armor and has an employee clothing it in boxing confronting Dominic Fortune.[xx]

Afterward Stane's decease, the original Fe Monger armor was obtained by the United States regime. General Lewis Haywerth has one of the Guardsmen utilize it to exam the U.S. Agent's combat skills.[21]

Joey Cosmatos was Tony Stark's former college classmate that builds a 3rd version of Atomic number 26 Monger suit from Obadiah'southward plans. This suit is worn by the criminal Slagmire, an operative of underworld boss Mr. Desmond.[22]

The Red Skull later on has one of his ain agents use an Iron Monger suit in an bump-off attempt against the Viper, just the suit's wearer is obviously killed by the Viper'due south men.[23]

A group of renegade New York City Law Department officers calling themselves "the Cabal" commissions Stane International to blueprint a suit of combat armor then they tin can chase downwardly and kill criminals like the Punisher. Diverse members of the Cabal wear the resulting Savage Steel armor at different times, coming into conflict with Iron Man and Darkhawk.

Zeke Stane [edit]

Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane is Obadiah Stane's son who would have a vendetta against Tony Stark in his father'due south proper name.[24] Obadiah's son gradually adapts his body to be a cyborg to the extent he regenerates injuries very speedily, no longer needs to exhale, and generates at to the lowest degree as much energy as the Fe Man armor. He constructs a special exoskeleton to assist him bargain with excess estrus (and plow into even more than usable energy).

Powers and abilities [edit]

Obadiah Stane was a genius with an Grand.B.A.. He was a master of psychological warfare, a cunning business concern strategist, and a champion chess player. However, he had a classic narcissistic complex; his ego was his greatest vulnerability.

As Iron Monger, Stane likewise used the Circuits Breaker, a flying robotic weapon that fires air-to-surface missiles.[ volume & upshot needed ] He besides used a device created past Dr. Theron Atlanta for exchanging the consciousness of two human subjects.

Armor [edit]

The Iron Monger armor, manufactured past Stane International and code-named I-Thou Mark One, is an armored battle-suit of "omnium steel" (a fictional alloy), containing diverse offensive weaponry including a powered exoskeleton that amplifies the user's strength, repulsor rays fired from the gauntlets, and an intense laser axle housed in the battle-suit's chest unit of measurement. The conform provides the user with the power of subsonic flight, thanks to magnetically powered turbine boot jets. Since the Iron Monger armor was based on a modified version of Tony Stark's Iron Human being blueprint, the armor's abilities are very similar to the original red and gold armor, but with increased power. The repulsors are more powerful and the armor is also larger than the armor of Iron Human. It is presumably proportionally stronger too. The Iron Monger (unlike the Iron Man armor) is also externally computer-controlled. Stane attempted to use the remote control to compensate for his lack of feel in using the armor – a vulnerability Stark exploited to disable the suit.[ volume & consequence needed ]

Other versions [edit]

The original Ultimate Marvel version of Obadiah Stane is shown as the young son of Loni Stane and Zebediah Stane. During a visit in jail, his mother divorces his father while he gets the other half. The story then fast forward to Obadiah being enrolled in a special schoolhouse at his female parent's personal asking. Before long after their arrival, Obadiah murders a pair of students (Link and Dodge) and made information technology look like an accident which hardens Tony Stark's resolve to amend his Atomic number 26 Man armor and punish Obadiah. Later, Obadiah visits Howard Stark in jail and has the guards endeavour to murder him but they failed. Obadiah reveals that he's working with Dolores and Dolores convinced Obadiah to try and murder Howard. Obadiah drugs a prison guard with a "hypnotizing" bio-drug, and the guard tries to kill Howard. He fails, but Howard gets shot in the procedure and is in the ICU and Tony sends one of his "robots" to protect his father in the hospital. Tony (in his Fe Man armor) goes to Obadiah'southward house and confronts him on setting up Howard and sending him to prison for Zebediah's murder. Obadiah says it was all Dolores' idea, and sets upward a coming together with Dolores and Tony. Obadiah also figures out that the armor is not a robot, a fact he shares with Dolores before he meets with Tony.[25]

Dolores and Tony make a deal. Dolores volition requite Tony the information about the terrorists with nukes who plan to bomb the urban center, and Tony will give Dolores one of his "robots". Tony, knowing that Dolores knows he wears the armor personally decides to fox him and really bring an Iron Human adapt that is remote controlled. Dolores and Tony encounter on a plane together, holding each other hostage while their friends ostend each other's terminate of the deal. Dolores is skeptical considering the robot is not walking smoothly and is clumsy, and Tony is skeptical because the feds found a nuke just no terrorists with information technology, and the bargain for terrorists. Dolores' men plan to kill the Federal agents who delivered them the robot, but Rhodes shows up to save them.[26]

Tony then realizes that Dolores is no longer on the plane, and upon breaking into the cockpit he sees some other nuke. He cannot disable information technology, because then a separate bomb volition go off, destroying the nuke and aeroplane. War machine goes to Dolores' mansion, only to discover him dead. Someone booby trapped his piano, and information technology blew upwardly in his face while he was playing. Tony flies the plane depression enough to the water that Obadiah can jump off into the water. He then gets his nanobots to disarm the nuke and set off the smaller bomb while he attempts to jump off the plane. They realize that another arms dealer was out to kill everyone (Dolores, Obadiah and Tony).[27]

Meanwhile, Howard is recovered plenty to become to prison, only the guards sent to escort him were not sent by the Police Department. Howard fights them off and escapes. Tony meets with him, and says that he thinks it was Loni that is the mastermind behind the scenes trying to kill them. Tony, James Rhodes, Nifara, Howard and Obadiah set off to Utah to find Loni. They arrive and their chopper explodes, injuring Rhodes. Obadiah falls off a cliff, just Fe Man catches him as terrorists arrive on the scene. Iron Human flees, but follows them as they take Obadiah to his mother, Loni, and their hideout. Iron Human being breaks into the compound and Loni floods it with poison gas trying to impale him, abandoning Obadiah. After Tony beats Loni and tends to Howard, Obadiah (mad that his female parent abandoned him for dead with the poison gas) enters the room and kills her. Nevertheless, he decides not to attack Tony, stating that he had saved his life several times and that they are at present even. They are all picked upwards by the feds and get home.[28]

In the retconned Ultimate universe, the mastermind of Ultimate Comics: Armor Wars was Howard Stark Sr., Tony Stark'south grandfather that's in a human/machine armor that resembles the Iron Monger armor with some elements of Titanium Human being.[29]

In other media [edit]

Idiot box [edit]

  • Obadiah Stane appears in the Fe Man: Armored Adventures blithe serial, voiced by Mackenzie Greyness.[thirty] This version was Howard Stark's VP at Stark International. Later the latter is presumed expressionless in a airplane crash however, Stane inherited the title of CEO as Tony was not one-time enough to at the fourth dimension. Throughout the series, he is an outspoken critic of Iron Human being and wishes to possess his armor for himself. In addition, he supplies criminals with technology from Howard's vault of abandoned projects. Despite his negative traits, Stane has at times showed compassion, which he directs primarily towards his daughter Whitney. In season 2, Stane creates the Iron Monger mecha, but loses his position at Stark International after Tony discovers evidence that he hired the Ghost to steal Iron Homo's armor specs. Seeking revenge, Stane uses the Iron Monger to go on a rampage until Tony reminds him about his dear for Whitney and convinces him to stand down. However, Justin Hammer hijacks the mech's controls and sends Stane into a blackout. Whitney afterward temporarily used the Iron Monger mech to seek revenge against Iron Man, simply he is able to defeat her.
  • Obadiah Stane appears in flashback sequences in the Marvel Future Avengers anime serial episode "Secret Past of Atomic number 26 Human", voiced past Yohei Azakami in Japanese and Benjamin Diskin in English.[31] He was defeated and imprisoned by Iron Homo years before the events of the serial, leading his son Ezekiel Stane to seek revenge.

Pic [edit]

Obadiah Stane appears in the anime motion picture Fe Homo: Rising of Technovore, voiced by Takaya Hashi in the Japanese version,[ citation needed ] and JB Blanc in the English language dub.[ citation needed ] He is seen in a flashback with his son Zeke Stane.

Marvel Cinematic Universe [edit]

Jeff Bridges portrays Obadiah Stane in media fix in the Marvel Cinematic Universe:

  • Stane kickoff appears in the alive-action film Iron Homo (2008).[ citation needed ] This version is a business partner to Howard Stark and mentor to Howard'south son Tony Stark. However, Stane likewise plans to gain full control of Stark Industries from Tony, and hires the X Rings terrorist group, whom he secretly and illegally sells Stark Industries weapons to, in an unsuccessful endeavor to impale him. After subsequent events result in Stark ceasing the manufacturing of weapons, Stane gets an injunction on behalf of the shareholders to substantially throw Stark out of the company and take it over, and increases his weapon sales to the X Rings. Upon finding out most Stark's Fe Man suit from the 10 Rings, Stane takes the MK I suit the terrorists had salvaged and focuses on using information technology to reverse engineer his own powered adapt of armor before stealing Stark's personal arc reactor to power it. While the government are alerted to this, they are powerless to terminate Stane'due south escape. Subsequently Stark implants a replacement arc reactor in his chest, he confronts Stane as Atomic number 26 Man in a battle that results in Stane'southward decease.
  • Stane appears in a flashback in the alive-action film Spider-Human being: Far From Home (2019), via archival footage from Iron Man.[32]
  • An alternating timeline version of Stane makes a minor advent in the Disney+ animated series What If...? episode "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?", voiced by Kiff VandenHeuvel.[33] [34] [35] After Erik "Killmonger" Stevens rescues Stark from the X Rings, they render to Stark Industries and publicly betrayal Stane's involvement with the terrorists. Stane attempts to escape, only to exist knocked out by Happy Hogan.

Video games [edit]

  • The Obadiah Stane incarnation of Fe Monger appears as the last dominate of the 2008 Iron Human film tie-in game, voiced by Fred Tatasciore.[ citation needed ] This version joined forces with A.I.Grand. to complete the Iron Monger armor.
  • The Obadiah Stane incarnation of Iron Monger, based on Jeff Bridges' portrayal, appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel'southward Avengers.[ citation needed ]

Toys [edit]

  • Iii Fe Monger figures are featured in the initial Iron Man film toy line by Hasbro, one of which features an "opening cockpit" that reveals Stane inside and another repainted to appear more similar the comic version's blue armor.[36] [37]
  • A figure of Iron Monger, based on his appearance in the Iron Man moving-picture show, was released in wave 21 of the Marvel Minimates line, with a battle damaged version besides released equally a retailer sectional.
  • A effigy of Iron Monger based on his live-activity film appearance was released in the "Atomic number 26 Monger Attacks" 4-pack from the Curiosity Super Hero Squad line, packaged with 2 figures of Iron Human being and ane of War machine. The same figure was released in the Crimson Dynamo Attacks 4-pack, also packaged with 2 figures of Iron Homo and one of State of war Automobile. A 2nd figure, based on his comic book advent, was released in the "Armor Wars: Role I" three-pack, packaged with Fe Man and Military machine.
  • Two figures of Iron Monger were released in Hasbro'southward three.75" Iron Human 2 flick tie-in line. A figure based on his appearance in the motion picture Fe Man was released in wave 1 and a figure based on the comic book armor was released in wave 4.
  • Hot Toys released a 1:vi calibration Iron Monger effigy based on his alive-action picture advent in their "Picture show Masterpiece" line.

Novels and books [edit]

In the novel Spider-Homo: Venom's Wrath, an early scene features the former confronting a teenager named Daniel in a "cheesy exoskeleton" calling himself the Iron Monger while he is attempting to rob a cinema. Daniel'south adapt includes a laser weapon he calls a "hydrogel blast" despite Spider-Man realizing that term makes no sense.

References [edit]

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  14. ^ Iron Human #217 (April 1987)
  15. ^ Iron Man #281–283 (June–Aug. 1992)
  16. ^ Fe Human vol. three #73 (December. 2003)
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External links [edit]

  • Iron Monger at Marvel.com

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Monger

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