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* [[Characters/IronManAllies Allies]]

* [[Characters/IronManTitleCharacter Iron Man]][[note]]Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Victor von Doom and Arno Stark[[/note]]
** [[Characters/IronManTonyStark Tony Stark]]
* [[Characters/IronManAllies Iron Man Allies]]
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsPepperPotts Pepper Potts]]
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsWarMachine War Machine]]
* [[Characters/IronManEnemies Iron Man Enemies]]

* [[Characters/IronManTitleCharacter Iron Man]]

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* [[Characters/IronMan Iron Man]]

!Iron Man

'''Remember''', this page is for characters and examples from the Prime Marvel Universe Iron Man series only. Please do not list characters, or examples from other shows, movies or alternate universes here. If you have thought of a trope that fits a Iron Man from another universe please take that example to its respective page.

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!!Prime Marvel Universe [[note]]Earth-616[[/note]]

* [[Characters/IronManIronMan Iron Man]]
* [[Characters/IronManAllies Iron Man Allies]]
* [[Characters/IronManEnemies Iron Man Enemies]]

!!Ultimate Marvel Universe [[note]]Earth-1610[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheUltimates Ultimate Iron Man]]

!!Marvel Cinematic Universe [[note]]Earth-199999[[/note]]
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* [[Characters/IronMan Iron Man]]
* [[Characters/IronMan2 Iron Man 2]]
* [[Characters/IronMan3 Iron Man 3]]
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This page lists characters who appear in the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics.

For characters appearing in the live-action [[Film/IronMan film franchise]], see [[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]].

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!Heroes and Allies

[[folder:Tony Stark / Iron Man]]
!!Anthony "Tony" Stark/Iron Man
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->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #39

The son of billionaire industrialist Howard Stark, Tony is a brilliant inventor in his own right. Following an incident that left him with a piece of shrapnel in his chest, Tony designed an electromagnetic harness to keep himself alive, and eventually, a suit of armour that could be powered by it. He is a major name in the Marvelverse, and a founding member of the Avengers.

* TenMinuteRetirement: A couple times, most notably, Tony secretly retired and passed the mantle to Rhodey without actually telling most of his fellow Avengers that they weren't the same person under the armor.
* AGodAmI: After his personality was changed due to the magic inversion of Axis. He's since dropped this after [[AssPull convenient changes to reality]]
--> '''Superior Iron Man''': I'm the most intelligent, capable person on the planet. I'm not '''playing''' God. All this time...I've been playing human.
** It's started to leak back ever since "The Secret Origin of Tony Stark", and the revelation of the Godkiller Armor. Ever since, Tony's been building his own suits patterned after the Celestial-slaying superweapon, either conciously or not.
* TheAlcoholic: Has struggled with drinking ever since the infamous "Demon in a Bottle" storyline. He fell back off the wagon during ''ComicBook/FearItself'', sacrificing his sobriety as a way to convince Odin to help. He's since worked to get back on. His ''Superior'' period had him fall off again.
* ArmCannon: Several suits have allowed Stark to access varying arm cannons. Most notable, the Bleeding Edge Armor had specialized ports for attachments, including several types of massive blasters and cannons for the arms.
* TheAtoner: For Tony, Iron Man is a chance to redeem himself from his former life as a weapons manufacturer.
* BadassBeard: Sometimes drawn with this, not always.
* BadassBookworm: One of the most dangerous bookworms in the whole Marvel Universe.
* BadassMustache: His beard may come and go with the artist, but his mustache is eternal.
* BashBrothers: With Captain America and War Machine.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Has this towards [[spoiler:Arno]].
* BiggerStick: The Iron Man armor is the most sophisticated PoweredArmour in existence, and Stark works very hard to keep it at the cutting edge, maintaining a vital technological lead over any and all of his business rivals and supervillainous competitors.
* BodyguardBetrayal: Before they learned they were one in the same, Pepper and Happy believed that Iron Man was coercing Stark into acting as his corporate pawn while publicly touting himself as the man's bodyguard.
* BoldlyComing: He's tried, at any rate. Unfortunately, the alien species in question found facial hair hideously disgusting, so he got kicked out.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Any time he loses the armour, he typically manages to still acquit himself well.
* TheCasanova: The guy loves women. Lots of them.
* ChestBlaster: The iconic Unibeam, his chest-mounted super Repulsor. He traditionally only uses it as a finishing move or as a desperate attempt to damage something out of his league, because it drains so much of his power to utilize compared to the weaker, but faster gauntlet Repulsors.
* ChivalrousPervert: Famously the biggest womanizer in the Marvel Universe, yet he's incredibly polite to the women he's chatting up, cares deeply about most of his exes (the Marvel Now relaunch's opening story arc essentially boils down to him wanting to protect the legacy of one of his exes after her life's work is stolen and abused), is VERY protective of his on-again/off-again love interest Pepper, honestly loved (and still loves) Madame Masque, and is always completely supportive of his female teammates, no matter how they dress and pose.
** At least one fan has argued that Tony is best described as a "serial monogamist"; when he's seriously involved with someone, he's completely faithful to them, but he rebounds from the invariable breakup quickly and goes looking for love again.
* ComicBookDeath: He died during ''The Crossing'' and was [[DyingToBeReplaced replaced]] by a younger version of himself. Then that version died in the Onslaught deal. After ''Heroes Reborn'', he got better (sort of. See Fusion Dance).
* CrazyPrepared: Tony has a suit for any and every situation. Sometimes several suits for each situation, just in case he loses one. This has caused friction between team members before, who have been less than thrilled to discover that Tony's built a suit designed to take them down in case he ever needs to.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: A recurring theme for Tony. Crimson Dynamo, Titanium Man, Iron Monger, Firepower, The Hammer Twins and Detroit Steel are all his fault to some extent.
* CunningLinguist: He's fluent in a grand total of seven languages: English, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, French, Russian, and Urdu. According to Tony himself, he also possesses proficiency in several other Middle Eastern languages.
* DatingCatwoman: Unsurprisingly, Tony's lecherous habits don't stop at civilians and allies. He still has a history with villain Madame Masque.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has had a sarcastic streak since early in his career. It has become more pronounced following the films.
* DependingOnTheWriter: How strong his sense of morality is, and how close he is to falling off the wagon. Also, his level of smugness and / or snarkery.
* TheDeterminator: First became Iron Man by surviving shrapnel to his chest and building a powered suit of armor under his captors' noses to escape. Been fighting the good fight ever since.
* DisabilitySuperpower: For the longest time, Stark's early Iron Man suits were basically glorified pacemakers to keep the shrapnel in his chest from reaching his heart.
* FatalAttractor: Tony has dated supervillains (Madame Masque), plants hired by his enemies to conduct psychological warfare against him (Indres Moomji), other businessmen/women who were only trying to take advantage of him (Sunset Bain, arguably Tiberius Stone), one night stands who may arguably have date-raped him (Heather), and creepy possessive stalkers who tried to kill him (Kathy Dare, the Living Armor), along with a string of single dates and/or one night stands with vapid supermodels and society women. Even with his most stable girlfriend, Rumiko Fujikawa, she repeatedly jerked him around for her own amusement and outright cheated on him with Tiberius Stone before ultimately being killed by a supervillain.
* {{Fiction500}}: One of the richest men on the planet. Even when he's not an active member of the Avengers, they're usually bankrolled by Stark Industries.
* FlyingBrick: Thanks to his armor, he can tank a ''lot'' of damage and punch back just as hard.
* FlyingFirepower: His armour enables both flight and the ability to level buildings.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Initially, his selfishness, arrogance and poor communication skills rubbed a lot of his teammates the wrong way, but they worked together long enough to earn each other's genuine trust and respect. After Civil War, depending on the author and title, he's pretty consistently tolerated at best, even by most other pro-registration heroes. Every time he almost salvages his reputation, he does something else to ruin it with the team again.
* FunctionalAddict: Under some writers more than others. Just how close Stark is to diving head first into a bottle is a pretty major part of his modern characterisation in the comics. The MCU movies stay away from the alcoholism storyline completely, by design (it's Disney and they're aimed at kids and young people...), although they do show Tony drinking casually once in a while.
* FusionDance: Part of Tony's resurrection after ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'' was [[Franchise/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]] recreating the heroes closer to what he remembered and [[http://www.cbr.com/abandoned-love-the-titanic-tale-of-teen-tony-stark-aka-iron-teen/ in Tony's case]], resurrecting him and fusing him with Teen Tony.
* TheGadfly: Most modern depictions of Stark depict him as trolling for reactions a lot of the time.
* GadgeteerGenius: Stark is one of the premiere tech constructors in the Marvel Universe.
* GuileHero: Even with his modern Iron Man suits putting his power level among his more powerful peers, Tony still relies on his guile as his first and most useful weapon.
* HandicappedBadass: For a time, he was paralyzed after being shot by a crazy lover, using the armor as a means of getting about. Things proceeded to get worse, resulting in Tony nearly suffering total failure of his entire nervous system, and having to go into suspended animation before dying.
* HeartLight: The power source of the suit is the same as the magnet keeping the shrapnel out of his heart. In the film version, and most animated versions that came after the first film, the "arc reactor" in Tony Stark's chest always generates a light that can be seen through his shirt.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: After ''Civil War'' and ''Secret Invasion'', in some comics versions he became known as the man whose leadership led to the death of Captain America and allowed the Skrull Empire to nearly conquer the Earth. And during ''World War Hulk'' a lot of Hulk supporters hate him because of the whole "shot Hulk into space" thing.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Pepper Potts, Black Widow and Bethany Cable.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rhodey, until ''Time Runs Out,'' and Captain America, until ''Civil War''.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: He may not always be willing to admit it, but he does care about his teammates and making the world a better place.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: After becoming Iron Man, he turned his company around and became very concerned with morality and making the world a better place, even in his civilian life. He's turned away numerous projects and dangerous employees on moral grounds, at great expense to both his wallet and his well being.
* InspectorJavert: Becomes this after ''Civil War'', relentlessly pursuing the New Avengers when he's got the opportunity and trying to arrest them. The opening issue of ''Mighty Avengers'' has him tell Carol Danvers his reasoning: If they don't, SHIELD will, and they'll be much less restrained about it.
* InsufferableGenius: He just loves to rub his intellect in people's faces.
* IWarnedYou: Just before ''Civil War'', he and Namor have one of these exchanges. Namor angrily asks if Stark's going to say that if they'd just listened to him years ago, the whole situation the superheroes are facing wouldn't be happening. Tony's response? "Yes."
* TheLancer: In a "traditional" Avengers team line-up, he plays this role to Captain America's leadership.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: He's generally happy not to bring up the "Teen Tony" days.
* LikeASonToMe: This was his relationship with Peter Parker, when he brought him under his tutelage right before the Superhuman Civil War, and using this relationship was how he convinced Peter to unmask as Spider-Man. When he betrayed Stark to join Captain America, it hurt Tony arguably just as deeply as fighting Steve did.
* LonelyRichKid: His background in a nutshell, merged with IntelligenceEqualsIsolation.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Played with. During his early career, people on the outside regarded his Iron Man persona warmly as a selfless hero, but thought of him as little more than a bodyguard vigilante with above average intelligence. Learning that they were one and the same caused Hank Pym to experience a HeroicBSOD as he was no longer the sole genius among the original Avengers. In contrast, Tony was respected for his intellect, but was mistrusted and often vilified by the media and his enemies as they still believed him to be the CorruptCorporateExecutive he was before his superhero origin.
* MergerOfSouls: While nothing was done with it, the aforementioned FusionDance did give Tony his teen counterpart's memories.
* MrViceGuy: Alcoholism, arrogance, and womanizing tend to be his favorite vices.
* NeverMyFault: He's never actually apologised for his deeds in ''Civil War'' and ''Civil War II''. In the case of the former, he even said after wiping his memory he'd have done everything he did over again.
* NotGoodWithPeople: He just doesn't relate to other people very easily, and it leads to huge communication problems that only widens the gap between himself and his teammates.
* NotSoDifferent: Stark is often just one step removed from the people he's fighting. The Extremis storyline prominently mentions that as a weapons manufacturer, he's no better than the people who built the atom bomb.
--> '''Tony''': But I'm trying to be. And because of that, I'll be able to look in the mirror every morning.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: He has several doctorates, but almost ''never'' is actually referred to as Doctor Stark. It's almost exclusively Mister Stark, unless he points it out.
* OffTheWagon:
** He's fallen off a few times, most infamously during the ''Iron Monger'' saga, when Obadiah Stane drove him into a mental breakdown.
** He fell off due to the stress of dealing with Incursions in secret from his Avenger teammates, and proudly embraced it when his personality was inverted and he became the Superior Iron Man after Axis.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Tony means well (''usually'') but he's really bad at explaining things to folk until it's far too late.
** For example: During ''Avengers'' Vol 3, Tony noticed from the outset that Carol Danvers is turning into an alcoholic. But, despite the problems of a FlyingBrick developing a HairTriggerTemper when she's drunk on duty, Tony refuses to speak up because it's "not his place", until Carol really screws up.
** And another: Before ''Civil War'', Tony learns about the Superhuman Registration Act, which he does tell everyone he can about. What he also learns is that the government's alternate plan is to just try and hunt down every superhuman everywhere... which Tony doesn't bother to tell anyone about (except Steve Roger's corpse).
* ThePornomancer: He provides the page image and quote for a reason.
* PoweredArmor: The Iron Man suits are among the most famous, if not the prime example, in comic books.
* PowerPalms: The repulsor rays in his hands are perhaps his most iconic weapons.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Wears yellow and red.
* ReallyGetsAround: Has slept with or tried to sleep with most major female characters in the Marvelverse (excepting those that are taken by his friends).
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tries to be one as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., even though his method of management rubs a few of the old-school (like Dum-Dum Duggan) the wrong way. Exactly where he fell depended on who was writing him. In ''Avengers: The Initiative'', he immediately steps in once it's become clear Gyrich has ''massively'' crossed the line, and cans his ass.
* {{Retcon}}: Tony was originally one of the founding members of S.H.I.E.L.D., even being among those who inducted Nick Fury. Due in part to the march of ComicBookTime, this has been excised, and now it's ''Howard'' Stark who helped found the modern S.H.I.E.L.D.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Tony used to play up his image as an extravagant playboy to deflect suspicions about being the man in the Iron Man suit. As with most super heroes, his secret identity got leaked to the public eventually.
* RocketBoots: Part of his armour.
* RunningGag: Tony complaining about or reacting negatively to magic. He hates magic.
* ScienceHero: Less so than most other Science Hero Avengers; he's less of a scientist and more of builder, and is generally referred to, not as a scientist, but as an engineer specifically.
* SecretIdentity: In the early days, Tony claimed that Iron Man was his bodyguard. These days, the secret is out in the open, as Tony Stark revealed it in the July 2002 edition; in this case, it actually got him in trouble as the Iron Man armour was legally now the US Government's to replicate. He eventually managed to make his identity secret again, then publicly revealed it during ''Civil War''.
* SelfMadeSuperPowers: During the "Extremis" six-issue arc, Tony Stark modified the titular virus to store his armor inside his body, directly interface with technology, use some of its powers without manifesting it, enhanced reflexes and regeneration of both his body and armor. He later develops Extremis 3.0, which grants him the ability to alter his appearance, Healing Factor, Enhanced Strength, Agility and Reflexes. He also claimed it can make people immortal.
* SingleEpisodeHandicap: Subverted with his alcoholism. Played straight in the Bronze Age; after being shot by PsychoExGirlfriend Kathleen Dare in vol 1 #242, he was left paralyzed until he bought out a company with an experimental new "biochip" project and underwent risky experimental surgery to repair his damaged spinal cord in vol 1 #248.
* SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: Invoked in ''The Secret Origin of Tony Stark'' when ComicBook/DeathsHead accuses him of being prejudiced against robots.
-->'''Death's Head''': You’re not one of those guys who has a code against killing '[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman except for robots]]'? I hate those krypto-fascists.
-->'''Iron Man:''' No! Absolutely not! Some of my best friends are robots an-- That sounds kind of robot racist, right?
-->'''Death's Head''': [[BluntYes Yes]].
* SurvivorsGuilt: ''Fatal Frontier'' reveals that one of Tony's most tragic fantasies is Yinsen surviving their imprisonment instead of him, believing the more noble scientist could have made the world a better place.
* TeenGenius: A former one. He was accepted into MIT when he was fourteen and graduated with double-majors in physics and engineering when he was seventeen. Shortly thereafter, his father had him submitted into Cambridge University, where he earned three doctorates, presumably also in engineering and physics, by the time he was around nineteen.
* TheTeamBenefactor: Even when he's not an active member, he's usually funding the Avengers. True in the movies and the comics.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Early on, he used military grade weapons to battle street level crime. This philosophy still plays a large role in how Tony goes into battle.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: During ''Civil War'', he insists he's on Lawful (obeying the Registration Act). Given his acts involve creating a clone of a friend which then murders another person, and imprisoning people, minors included, for life without chance of hearing or parole (in a dimension known to cause suicidal despondency in some people), this rings more than a little hollow.
* TokenEvilTeammate: He's nicer than the typical Marvel MadScientist and cares deeply for everyone, but he's very far removed from being TheCape as he's willing to do some morally questionable things to save the day that his more heroic allies could never bring themselves to do.
* TookALevelInJerkass: ''Civil War'' through ''Secret Invasion'' Tony takes several, becoming increasingly cold, controlling and authoritarian towards his teammates and long-time friends. His brain-wipe removes it.
* {{Transhuman}}: Is described as being transhuman following his Extremis and Bleeding Edge upgrades, which turn him into a cyborg. [[spoiler:He [[BroughtDownToBadass lost the ability to use the former thanks to a Skrull computer virus and purged the latter from his body]] during one of his {{Ten Minute Retirement}}s.]]
* WideEyedIdealist: An oddly specific version from a usually cynical person. In flashbacks in the ''Illuminati'' one-shot, Tony expresses the thought that if all the heroes on Earth got together under one banner, they'd face less FantasticRacism. Namor and Professor X reply that in all likelihood, the ''opposite'' would happen.
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[[folder:Virginia "Pepper" Potts / Rescue]]
!!Virginia [[ComicBook/PepperPotts "Pepper" Potts]] / Rescue
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->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #45

Tony's secretary, assistant, and longtime friend. She eventually gains a suit of armour (and a heart implant) of her own as the heroine Rescue.
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* ActionGirl: Despite her lack of training in hand-to-hand combat, she can definitely hold her own in battle as Rescue.
* AffectionateNickname: She is called "Pepper" because of her freckles and red hair, and as a pun on her last name.
* AlliterativeName: Alliterative nickname, Pepper Potts.
* BattleButler: After her Rescue upgrades.
* BeleagueredAssistant: For Tony Stark at times. It's apparently bad enough that Pepper's fiance hated Tony for "ruining" Pepper's life,
* BeautifulAllAlong: When Pepper Potts first appeared, she had freckles and looked like a teenager. Several issues later, she "got a makeover" and became the more better-known version of the character (in terms of looks).
* BreastPlate: On the Rescue armour, though how bad an example it was depended on the issue and artist.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Her Rescue armor has been destroyed, but she still has the power from her Repulsor Tech implant in her chest anyway.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's as bad as Iron Man in this regard.
-->''"I asked the man whose car you wrecked if I could throw it at you. He said okay."''
* DistaffCounterpart: For a while she was this to Iron Man under the name Rescue. While her armor was destroyed, she still has implanted repulsor-tech, giving her a few Iron Man-like powers.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: In the "World's Most Wanted" storyline in Fraction's series, [[spoiler:she fought Madame Masque, defeated her, and dressed as her, while putting Masque inside a defunct Crimson Dynamo armor and claiming in that guise to have killed Pepper. She uses that to infiltrate Osborn's HAMMER HQ, liberate Maria Hill and Black Widow, and walk out like a boss]].
* FieryRedhead: Played with, she's certainly strong and outspoken, but too level-headed and calm to fully fit the trope.
* {{Flight}}: When Tony installed an electromagnet in her chest she gained the ability to fly, independently of the Rescue suit.
* GirlFriday: "I do anything and everything Mr. Stark requires." This includes sneaking into her boss' company and downloading files for him without alerting anyone else. She's not the page image for nothing.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Has acted as the CEO of Stark's various corporations, and always tries to keep things aboveboard and transparent.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Tony Stark may be able to build a miniature arc reactor [[MemeticMutation in a cave, with a box of scraps]], but it is no secret that for all his genius, he can't function without his ever faithful assistant, the beleaguered Pepper Potts. Also her real name, Virginia "Pepper" Potts = Silk hiding fire.
* LoveInterest: Tony's primary love interest.
* LoveTriangle: With Tony and Happy Hogan. [[spoiler:Until Hogan died.]]
* MeaningfulName: Her codename of "Rescue" signifies her unwillingness to be used as a weapon--she'll save people, but she won't hurt anyone.
* MomentOfWeakness: During the Manhunt comic arc in Iron Man where Tony Stark is framed for the attacks on the Chinese. FBI agent Neil Streich threatens to draw in Pepper Potts and the hospitalized Happy Hogan unless Pepper agrees to cooperate with him. Pepper agrees, and provides Stretch with the code he needs to activate a failsafe which deactivates the Iron Man armor. Pepper is heart broken and horrified when she gives Neil the code and shamefully admits to a comatose Happy that that was the worst thing she could have done to him. When Tony is able to evade capture and clear his name, he forgives Pepper for her betrayal. Pepper breaks down and cries as Tony hugs her, saying "You don't have to say that. You have every right to think I let you down because I did. Stretch got me worried about Happy and I should have been stronger, or cleverer" as Tony says everything is OK.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When FBI agent Neil Stretch threatens to arrest Pepper Potts and the hospitalized Happy Hogan unless Pepper agrees to cooperate with him, Pepper agrees to work with him. Pepper provides Stretch with the code he needs to activate a failsafe which deactivates the Iron Man armor. She regrets giving Stretch the code the minute she gives it to him, as she tells a comatose Happy.
* PoweredArmour: She had her Rescue armor until it's destroyed when its J.A.R.V.I.S. A.I. went rogue.
* ReallyGetsAround: Not as much as Iron Man, but she goes through a lot of disposable boyfriends, in addition to Tony and Happy.
* SelectiveMagnetism: The Rescue armour uses this. Pepper can also manipulate magnetism outside of the Rescue armour, so long as she has the implant in her chest. This allowed her to beat down Sandman and Electro during one arc in ''Invincible Iron Man''.
* ServileSnarker: She's quite an expert in StealthInsult.
* SexySecretary: There's a reason that Tony likes her. Granted, the man ReallyGetsAround
* SilkHidingSteel: She is a polite, benevolent, elegantly dressed business woman cum art curator. She's also the only person who can wrangle the self-proclaimed [[MemeticMutation genius billionaire playboy philantropist]] superhero.
* StoneWall: The Rescue armour is tough, but lacks any offensive capabilities. If Pepper wants to hurt somebody, she'll have to use her magnetism. Or throw something at them.
* SubordinateExcuse: Regularly comes up vis-a-vis her and Tony.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Takes this far more seriously than Tony or Rhodey do, objecting strongly to the notion of being used as a weapon and/or taking life.
* TookALevelInBadass: Took a massive level in badass since the sixties, which culminated in her gaining a suit of power armour during Matt Fraction's run.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Tony since the sixties. Half the time they're together, the other half they're pretending they weren't.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on Happy with an ex-boyfriend from college, blowing up their marriage.
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[[folder:Harold "Happy" Hogan]]
!!Harold "Happy" Hogan
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->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #45

A retired boxer, hired by Tony to serve as his chauffeur and personal assistant.
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* AlliterativeName: His full name is Harold "Happy" Hogan.
* BadassNormal: Happy could take care of himself, and saved Stark's hind end on a number of occasions.
* BattleButler: Tony's, though he doesn't necessarily need to be this, given how Tony is Iron Man.
* TheBerserker: When he was mutated into the Freak. He got better.
* FaceOfAThug: Especially in the sixties. He got better looking as the comics went on.
* HeroicSacrifice: Died taking a bullet for Stark.
* KilledOffForReal: After he and Spymaster had a clash during the ''Civil War'' period, Tony chose to grant him a MercyKill as he was comatose and unlikely to ever recover.
* LoveTriangle: With Pepper and Tony.
* TakingTheBullet: Did this several times. It eventually killed him.
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[[folder:James "Rhodey" Rhodes / Iron Man II / War Machine]]
!!James "Rhodey" Rhodes / Iron Man II / ComicBook/WarMachine
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #118

Tony's closest friend in some continuities, and pilot of the War Machine armor. For more info, he has [[ComicBook/WarMachine his own page]] on which tropes about him can go.
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[[folder:Bethany Cabe]]
!!Bethany Cabe
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #117

One of Tony Stark's more prominent girlfriends, Bethany Cabe is a security consultant, specializing in corporate espionage and bodyguard work. She has, at various points, been retained by Stark to guard him and/or ferret out moles within the company. She and Stark share an on-again/off-again romance, to the annoyance of Pepper Potts, who distrusts Cabe.
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* ActionGirl: From her first appearance, when she was trying to draw out and capture the original Spymaster. Bethany's a capable fighter and a crack shot.
* {{Archenemy}}: Madame Masque views her this way, and the two have a longstanding enmity.
* TheAtoner: Her first husband suffered from a drug addiction and died in a car crash after she left him. She feels that if she had tried to stage an intervention, she might have saved his life. This is what prompts her to try and save Stark from his alcoholism.
* BadassNormal-->EmpoweredBadassNormal: No powers, but can fight the likes of Spymaster and Whiplash. Briefly graduated to EmpoweredBadassNormal when she wore an Iron Man armour.
* BodyguardCrush: On Stark, eventually petered out as she took an interest in someone else.
* FieryRedhead: Her red hair goes hand in hand with her temper.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Obadiah Stane put her and Madame Masque through one.
* HeroesWantRedheads: One of Stark's most prominent girlfriends, she, like Pepper, is red haired.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Initially liked Stark, but disliked Iron Man, who she thought was endangering Stark by not guarding him twenty-four/seven.
* PoweredArmour: Alongside Rhodey, and a number of others friends and allies of Iron Man's, she donned a spare Iron Man suit to battle Ultimo.
* {{UST}}: With Stark whenever they aren't together.
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[[folder:Scott Lang / Ant-Man II]]
!!Scott Lang/Ant-Man II
->'''Debut:''' ''The Avengers'' (Vol 1) #181

Electronics technician and former crook who became the second Ant-Man with Hank Pym's blessing. Scott would be recruited into Stark Industries and would be a prominent supporting character for him throughout the comics, especially in the '80s, as well as the Avengers by extension. For trope regarding Ant-Man, see [[ComicBook/AntMan the relevant page]].
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[[folder:Suzi Endo / Cybermancer]]
!!Suzi Endo/Cybermancer
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->'''Debut:''' ''Force Works'' (Vol 1) #6

A former cybernetics researcher from Stark Industries Far East division who later joined his Force Works team during UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks. She later became the leader of a new Force Works team of her own during The Initiative. After parting ways with Stark, Suzi was eventually imbued with the [[Comicbook/SilverSurfer Power Cosmic]] as the Seeker.
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* TheBusCameBack: During ''Civil War''.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Her armor was the source of most of her abilities. She did eventually gain genuine superpowers during her time as the Seeker.
* DistaffCounterpart: Becomes one to the Silver Surfer after she parts ways with Stark.
* FutureMeScaresMe: Had some unpleasant run-ins with her future self.
* HotScientist: A very attractive scientist.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her attempt to prevent a bank heist resulted in the deaths of three civilians.
* NinetiesAntiHero: She acted like this in in the Initiative.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Averted. She betrayed Tony during Civil War.
* YouCantFightFate: A firm believer of this.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maria Hill]]
!![[ComicBook/MariaHill Maria Hill]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''New Avengers'' (Vol 1) #4

A high-ranking SHIELD agent with a temperamental relationship with Tony Stark and the rest of the superhero community, Maria Hill served as Stark's NumberTwo during his term as director of the intelligence agency SHIELD. She stayed with Stark during Norman Osborn's tenure, and has since returned to active duty.
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* ActionGirl: One of SHIELD's top field agents before getting assigned to command and control.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has dark hair and is usually serious.
* BadassNormal: Par for the course with SHIELD agents.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Stark. It finally culminated in them sleeping together during the "World's Most Wanted" story arc.
* BodyDouble: Shortly after Maria was made director, Nick Fury broke into her quarters, and once he'd determined she wasn't a Skrull, gave her some advice. Namely, if she ever felt the situation wasn't right, she should make use of an Life Model Decoy. During ''Secret Invasion'', this saves her life.
* BoyishShortHair: Maria's a definite tomboy, and has the haircut to match.
* ByTheBookCop: Lampshaded by Dum Dum Dugan.
* CommanderContrarian: Automatically plays this role towards whoever is in charge of her.
* DependingOnTheWriter: There is no denying that even on her better days, Maria can be a {{Jerkass}} among jerks, but just how much of a jerk she can be shifts depending on who's writing her. Brian Bendis tends to write her as being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold - for example, knocking out Spider-Man so the psychic division can pick his brain for info the Avengers weren't giving (because for ''some reason'', they didn't trust her), then having her people use that information to ''help'' the Avengers, or refusing to nuke Genosha while the Avengers were on it, even after being given an order by the U.S. president. And then there are folks like Nick Spencer, who writers Maria as needlessly kicking the dog or committing pointlessly petty acts as a seeming hobby.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her first appearance has her telling Captain freaking America that she won't let him form a new team of Avengers.
* JetPack: Used one to escape a helicarrier explosion.
* JustFollowingOrders: Earned a lot of hatred from the superhero community for enforcing the Registration Act. She justifies herself by saying she's just following the instructions of Congress and the President.
* NumberTwo: Has played the role to Nick Fury, Tony Stark, and [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]].
* ReplacementScrappy: In-universe, pretty much everyone hates her as head of SHIELD for not being Nick Fury.
* SpyCatsuit: The basic uniform for agents of SHIELD.
* UndyingLoyalty: She and Stark might not be able to stand each other most of the time, but there is no doubting Maria's loyalty to him, and to SHIELD as a whole.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Tony frequently accused her of this during his tenure as SHIELD Director.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:FRIDAY]]
!!Friday
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---> "I have it on pretty good authority that I'm more real than the two of you put together and I'm damn well going to ''outlast'' you both."

->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 3) #53

A female-presenting artificial intelligence introduced in 2015's ''Invincible Iron Man'', devoted to keeping Tony on track.
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* BenevolentAI: She's actually been programmed to not take any crap off of Tony, but helps him in a variety of ways, both small and large; she runs scans, sorts through information, and pays Stark Industries' electric bill.
* DeadpanSnarker: Just to Tony. She's very professional when talking to Rhodey.
* MeaningfulName: She is Tony's GirlFriday.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Arno Stark / Iron Man III]]

!!Arno Stark
->'''AKA:''' Iron Metropolitan
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 5) #12

Tony's adoptive brother (Tony was the adopted one), his existence, backstory and the reason for the secrecy about him was revealed in ''The Secret Origin of Tony Stark''. What can be said is that he's been confined to an iron lung for most of his life and is as smart as Tony, if not considerably smarter. He and Tony get on very well and work together on the Troy project.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Through ''Tony Stark: Iron Man'' and ''Iron Man 2020'', before it's ultimately revealed that he's on the far end of WellIntentionedExtremist - he really is genuinely trying to save the world... he's just willing to [[spoiler: strip humanity and robots alike of free will]] to ensure it.
* AntiHeroSubstitute: Arno became one of these went he {{took a level in jerkass}} and became ComicBook/{{Iron Man|2020}}, becoming more violent than Tony ever was.
* BadassBookworm: Intended to be the ultimate example of this trope by [[spoiler:451]].
* CanonImmigrant: Sort of. He appeared in several Marvel UK storylines in the '80s. The ''Iron Metropolitan'' storyline officially brings him into Earth 616 (mainstream Marvel) continuity.
* ControlFreak: Devolves into this under stress in ''Tony Stark: Iron Man'' and ''ComicBook/IronMan2020'', with every part of his arc being about his obsession with gaining and maintaining control [[WellIntentionedExtremist to save the world]].
* CrazyPrepared: Hardened his iron lung against EMP's decades ago. When he goes up against a revived Tony in ''Iron Man 2020'', however, he finds himself far outclassed - he's prepared, but as Tony points out, he's not even in the same class when it comes to [[CrazyAwesome crazy]].
* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Averts this, oddly enough. Despite spending his life in an iron lung and doubtless being very lonely, he's a total NiceGuy. If anything, he TookALevelInJerkass ''after'' he figured out how to fix his disability.
* DisabledSnarker: Occasionally. He ''is'' a Stark, after all.
* DisabledMeansHelpless: [[AvertedTrope This is very much not the case.]]
* GeniusCripple: Engineered to have an intelligence capable of advancing all human technology, but an attempt to curtail an also programmed killswitch left him incapable of breathing on his own.
* GoodIsNotNice: [[AmbiguouslyEvil Possibly]], where his focus issue in ''Tony Stark: Iron Man #5'' involves him engaging in morally dubious acts such as transplanting a hand onto a violinist so he can play again. Problem is it's a hand from the woman killed in the same car accident where the violinist lost use of his. Some of her consciousness is still preserved in there, and she's horrified at her situation. Arno coldly explains this to the violinist as a kind of karmic punishment and simply tells him to make her a part of his music. In the follow-up, ''Iron Man 2020'', he starts becoming more and more AmbiguouslyEvil.
* LivingWeapon: Was intended to be this [[spoiler:by 451]] and consequently spent decades afraid of being found by the character in question and used as such.
* MythologyGag: Aside from being a canon immigrant, he serves as a CallForward to the ''other'' Arno Stark, the Iron Man of 2020. His armor has the same gear shoulders, and in one issue Arno makes a quip about hindsight (It's "20-20".) He officially becomes Iron Man in ''ComicBook/IronMan2020''.
* NiceGuy: Originally. Despite the capacity of his disability to make him bitter, he's honestly a very nice, friendly guy, being charming to Pepper and [[spoiler:showing that he's been consistently trying to find Tony's biological parents]]. Considering that he's spent decades trapped in an iron lung and is only now free to pursue his ideas, the fact that he's devoting time to the latter is really quite sweet. Unfortunately, he TookALevelInJerkass in his obsession to protect Earth.
* PoweredArmour: Is quite firm that he doesn't want Tony building one for him. [[spoiler:Instead, he builds several of his own - one quite close fitting one that gives him day to day mobility, one large combat suit and kaiju sized one made out of a ''city'']]. Come 2020 proper, he's got his own, normal sized one... which is a modernized version of that ''other'' Arno Stark's armor. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler: it's not a patch on Tony's new eScape holographic armour, as Tony underlines in a [[BreakingSpeech cutting speech]] as he beats the crap out of him]].
* PutOnABus: He just disappeared after Gillen's run ended, only to reappear in the new ''Tony Stark: Iron Man'' series seemingly working on his own.
* SuperIntelligence: was genetically engineered with this in mind (making him quite possibly smarter than Tony), building on what he had already as [[spoiler:a son of Howard Stark]] - though it seems that [[spoiler:451's]] tweaks were mostly focused on ensuring that he focused his intelligence in the right areas.
* SwitchedAtBirth: [[spoiler:Is Howard and Maria Stark's biological son, switched with Tony to outmanoeuvre 451]].
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: He's the Technician to Tony's performer; while he's utterly brilliant at redesigning and improving technology, he's not so much of an innovator, as Tony ends up demonstrating in ''ComicBook/IronMan2020'' in a fight so brutally one-sided (complete with lecture about how Arno's suit was obsolete before he even put it on) that even the robots with good reason to hate Arno were wincing.
* TookALevelInJerkass: As written by Dan Slott, he becomes a lot more snide and condescending, as well as willing to commit dodgy actions. And that's just to start with - ControlFreak doesn't even ''begin'' to describe it. It's eventually explained as being at least in part due to fears of a world-killer level enemy coming to Earth and needing to prepare for it.
* TykeBomb: Engineered by 451 to uplift human society, while also being a deterrent to any alien empires seeking to wipe out humans, given the capability to pilot the Godkiller Celestial artifact.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's quite hard to say much about him without spoiling considerable amounts of story.
* YoungConqueror: Again, he was engineered with this in mind, judging by [[spoiler:451's]] references to UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat. While he tries to evade [[spoiler: 451's]] legacy and intentions, he ends up travelling down that path anyway.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom / Iron Man]]

!!Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom/Iron Man
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->'''Debut:''' ''Fantastic Four'' #5

The ruler of Latveria and a technological genius on par with Tony, Doom was reformed and an ally of Tony's... right before Tony died. In the wake of Tony's death, Victor decides to honour Tony's memory (against his wishes) by donning the mantle of Iron Man, modifying his own armour's design to fit Tony's aesthetic and augmenting his already considerable technology with magic.

-> see ComicBook/DoctorDoom for more.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Riri Williams / Ironheart]]

!!Riri Williams/Ironheart
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->'''Debut:''' ''Invincible Iron Man'' (Vol 2) #7

A teenaged genius with a scholarship at [=MIT=], Riri reversed engineered one of Tony's old suits into her own suit of armor. After taking it out for a spin, she ended up using it to stop some inmates from escaping a New Mexico prison. This eventually leads to Tony visiting her and offering her a chance to work as his replacement as Iron Man.

-> see ComicBook/{{Ironheart}} for more
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Amanda Armstrong]]
!!Amanda Armstrong
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->'''Debut:''' ''International Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #5

A musician and the biological mother of Tony Stark. After discovering that Howard and Maria Stark were not his biological parents, Tony would later go on a "international" trip around the globe to figure out his origins. Eventually he found Amanda and expressed a desire to get to know her. Unfortunately for both of them, Tony was rendered into a coma due to events of Civil War II shortly after meeting.
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* DatingCatwoman: Unknown to her during their relationship but Jude was a Hydra agent. Once she found out, it didn't last for very long. Nor did Jude's life for that matter.
* RetiredBadass: An ex-shield agent no less.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After ''Civil War II'', she officially became the new CEO of Stark Industries as arranged by Tony beforehand. Although Amanda runs the company on paper, the actual day-to-day operations handled the A.I. Friday (so essentially nothing changed).

[[/folder]]

!Enemies

[[folder:Arsenal Alpha]]
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Atom-Smasher]]
!!Atom-Smasher I
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->'''AKA:''' Ronald English
Ronald English used a Nucleonic Radiator to become the super-villain Atom-Smasher, and was capable of transforming his body into pure energy. He fought Black Goliath while trying to steal a radium shipment from Stark Industries' west coast lab, but was killed by Warhawk when it appeared that he would be captured.
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* ILoveNuclearPower: When you have a name like Atom Smasher, it's obvious.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only showed up in a few issues before being killed.

!!Atom-Smasher II
->'''AKA:''' Michael English
->'''Debut:''' ''Marvel Two-In-One'' (Vol 1) #85
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appeared in one issue and was killed.

!!Atom-Smasher III
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->'''AKA:''' Kevin Leonardo
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #287
Kevin Leonardo is the third person to be called the Atom Smasher. He was a whistle-blower against Stane International, causing them to retaliate. He was shot and put in a radioactive canister. He gained powers and searched for revenge. He attacked, fought, and defeated James Rhodes who at that time, was using the Iron Man armor. Later they both fought Firepower. Eventually Rhodes let Atom-Smasher leave in peace.
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Atom Smasher debuted as an enemy of Black Goliath, but Kevin Leonardo debuted as an enemy of Iron Man.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Blizzard]]
!!Blizzard I
->'''AKA:''' Gregor Shapanka, "Jack Frost"
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->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #45

A Hungarian scientist obsessed with obtaining immortality, Gregor Shapanka tried to steal from Stark Industries in order to finance his research into cryonics. He developed a suit with cold-generating powers, and became a member of Iron Man's rogues gallery under the name "Blizzard".
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* AnIcePerson: One of the first man ice villains.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Became a criminal in order to fund his research into immortality.
* KilledOffForReal: In a battle with a future version of Iron Man.
* PoweredArmour: His suit is filled with cryogenic technology.

!! Blizzard II
->'''AKA:''' Donald "Donnie" Gill
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #223

A life long criminal, Donnie Gill was contracted by Justin Hammer, who gave him a version of Gregor Shapanka's Blizzard armour, and had him join his team of costumed mercenaries. Gill has been a recurring pain in Iron Man's backside since, working for Hammer, The Mandarin, and whoever else will pay the bill.
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* AffablyEvil: He's actually a pretty nice guy once you get to know him.
* AnIcePerson: Via PoweredArmor [[spoiler:before Terrigenesis]].
* BoxedCrook: Whenever he's a good guy.
* TheBrute: Played this role in Justin Hammer's organisation.
* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Spent time with the Thunderbolts before turning back to villainy.
* FriendlyEnemy: He has this kind of relationship with ComicBook/SheHulk; the two bonded with each other over a glass of beer after Jen was briefly disbarred.
* HiredGuns: Is in it for the paycheck.
* NobleDemon: He'll sell his services to whatever crook hires him, but he's pretty amicable when not working and is very loyal to his friends.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's a refresher amongst Iron Man villains, of not being either a communist, industrialist, fanatic, former employee, thug, or an extremist. He's just in it for the money.
* PoweredArmor: How he uses his ice-based abilities.
* ShockAndAwe: [[spoiler:His Inhuman ability is the ability to control electrical currents, which he mainly uses to overcharge electronics.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Hammer, right up until he discovered that Hammer was willing to sell him out.
* VillainousValor: He's extremely loyal to his friends and allies, once even allowing himself to be captured by Shield so that the rest of the supervillain crew he was working with could escape.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brass]]
!!Brass
->'''AKA:''' Morgan Stark
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #68
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Tony's cousin, who grew up jealous and resentful of Tony, feeling that he was cheated out of being the heir to the family business. Morgan subsequently developed [[TheGamblingAddict a gambling problem]], and [[DealWithTheDevil entered the employ of Count Nefaria]] in an to attempt to pay off his debts. After assisting Nefaria and his daughter, Madam Masque in several plots against Tony Stark, he was eventually assassinated after [[YouHaveFailedMe one failure too many]]. Presumed dead for some time, Morgan eventually resurfaced as a cyborg, equipped with a neural interface that gave him technopathic abilities. He used this newfound ability to steal a prototype armor set, and began a new campaign of revenge against Iron Man.
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* BackFromTheDead: Been killed twice, but shares his cousin's refusal to stay dead.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Wears a suit like his cousin.
* BadassMustache: Then again, he is a Stark.
* BigBadWannabe: Frequently.
* CainAndAbel: With Tony.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: More or less dropped from the supporting cast circa 1970, and was also absent during the 80s where Justin Hammer and Obadiah Stane served as Tony's [[EvilCounterpart primary corporate rivals]]. [[TheBusCameBack Brought back]] in 1992, and has sporadically caused trouble since then.
* ColorCharacter: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Take a wild guess]]. Iron Man is the Golden Avenger, brass is noteworthy for it's visual similarity to gold.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A corrupt Stark no less.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Tony took a stab at this by appointing Morgan manager of special projects for Stark-Fujikawa. And it worked for a long time, [[ForWantOfANail until parallel campaigns by Norman Osborn and the Mandarin dragged the Stark name through the mud]]. Cue ''War Machine: Dark Reign''.
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* EvilCripple: Reduced to a cybernetic monstrosity with limited mobility during the ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' era. He eventually gets better, regaining his human form and walking with a brass cane.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Attempted to turn Ultimo into a new body for himself. Ended up getting [[AssimilationPlot assimilated instead]].
* InadequateInheritor: Not in any way equal to Tony's business acumen, natural intelligence, or physical power. He quickly proved to not be a threat without help.
* LightIsNotGood: Frequently wore lighter colors than Tony, and generally working in colors that evoke brass, such as brown shirts with yellow ties.
* MiniMecha: The Brass armor.
* MissionControl: He pilots his armor via remote instead of actually wearing it.
* MrViceGuy: Gambling, as opposed to Tony's alcoholism.
* NeverMyFault: Morgan actually grew up with the same advantages that Tony had. It is his lack of restraint and BrilliantButLazy tendencies that result in his [[CrapsackOnlyByComparison comparitively miserable]] existence.
* OneWingedAngel: Merging with Ultimo.
* TheResenter: To Tony.
* TheStarscream: To Norman Osborn during ''War Machine: Dark Reign''.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He's older than Tony and not in as good physical shape, but there was enough resemblance for him to impersonate Tony during ''War Machine: Dark Reign'' (Rhodey wasn't fooled though). This becomes particularly ironic when [[spoiler:''The Secret Origin of Tony Stark'' reveals that Tony isn't actually related to him]].
* TouchedByVorlons: His time as a cyborg, and again as Ultimo's MouthOfSauron.
* VillainBall[=/=]WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Overpowers Iron Man and is about to kill him, but feels he must unmask and humiliate him before dealing the killing blow. This gives Tony a chance to recover and defeat him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Controller]]

!! Controller
->'''AKA:''' Basil Sandhurst
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #12

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A scientist whose unethical experiments with thought control cost him his job, Basil Sandhurst was left crippled by an explosion in his lab. Outfitted by his brother with a mechanical exoskeleton that enabled him to walk again, Sandhurst used his mind control devices to become The Controller, a supervillain who has fought Iron Man, War Machine, and SHIELD.
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* AndIMustScream: After one betrayal too many, the Hood attached one of Controller's own slave collars to him, leaving him self aware but unable to do anything without the Hood's orders.
* EvilCripple: Cannot walk without with his exoskeleton.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: As mentioned above, the Hood ended up using one of his own slave collars on him.
* GeniusBruiser: Extremely intelligent and very physically fit. Almost looks like a human non-nihilistic Thanos.
* MadScientist: Fired for unethical experiments, which he continues to perform as the Controller. Maria Hill once found him kidnapping most of a town's population for use in his laboratories.
* ManipulativeBastard: His controlling discs are one thing, but he can play TheChessmaster with the right application.
* MindControlDevice: Invented one, and regularly outfits his exoskeleton with them.
* PowerArmor: A mechanical exoskeleton that enables him to walk.
* PowerParasite: His slave discs steal energy; on normal humans this just gives him their collective strength but with superhumans he gains their superpowers.
* PsychicPowers: His exoskeleton grants him limited {{telepathy}} and [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]].
* PsychoForHire: At times he has worked for other villains like ComicBook/RedSkull or ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, but he cares more at inflicting pain on others then money.
* TheSociopath: Believes he is the only one entitled to free will and sees other people as pawns.
* TheStarscream: He was constantly trying to betray his boss, ComicBook/TheHood. This ended up backfiring on him when he pushed Parker too far, which resulted in Controller getting one of his slave colors slapped onto him.
* SuperStrength: Thanks to his exoskeleton. Also as per PowerParasite above, he absorbs strength from those wearing his slave discs. This can make him a formidable opponent when he's had plenty of recruiting time before a hero gets to him. When Captain Marvel faced him during the Thanos War (1973), he estimated the Controller was as strong as Thor.
* RocketBoots: In the feet of his exoskeleton.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Crimson Dynamo]]

!!Crimson Dynamo I-XIII

One of the few Iron Man villains to possess any staying power, the ''Krasnyiy Dinamit'' (Crimson Dynamo) was Soviet Russia's answer to the Iron Man armour. Originally built and worn by scientist Anton Vanko, twelve men and one woman have donned the Crimson Dynamo armour over the course of Iron Man's publication history.
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* {{Archenemy}}: After The Mandarin, the Crimson Dynamos as a whole have the best claim at this title, opposing Iron Man since the 1960s and refusing to go away.
* CaptainPatriotic: The Crimson Dynamo is meant to be loyal to the USSR, and subsequently Russia, above all else. Various Dynamos have lived up to or besmirched this reputation.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: All the Dynamos have piloted red armours.
* DemotedToExtra: Following the defeat of Valentin Shalatov (Dynamo VI), the more recent Dynamos have made only a few appearances each, and have received little characterization.
* DirtyCommies: The first six Dynamos were Soviet agents, including Dmitri Bukharin, the most famous Dynamo.
* EvilCounterpart: The first and most famous of them. As power-armoured foes with communist leanings and ties to the USSR, the Dynamos have always served as strong counterpoints to the capitalistic Stark.
* EvilKnockoff: A one-shot during ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' shows that Crimson Dynamo armors are being semi-mass-produced and sold on the black market on the cheap. One of these knockoffs was bought by a bank robber who was dumb enough to think it made him powerful enough to singlehandedly take on Daredevil ''and'' Punisher.
* FlyingFirepower: Like the Iron Man armour, the Crimson Dynamo armours are capable of both flight and offense.
* LegacyCharacter: Twelve men and one woman have worn the Crimson Dynamo armour. This becomes a running gag in the first Red Hulk storyline, where Iron Man and She-Hulk encounter the Winter Guard and have no idea whether the Crimson Dynamo they are encountering is a new one or an old one.
* MilitarySuperhero: The first six Dyanmos, and Dynamo XIII are all members of the Soviet or Russian military.
* PoweredArmour: Good enough to keep up with the Iron Man armour.
* PowerPalms: Like Iron Man they use these a lot.
* RedScare: Created when fear of the Soviet Union was at its height, and most of Iron Man's enemies were Communists.
* TheRival: The Crimson Dynamo armour is the rival to the Iron Man armour.
** RivalTurnedEvil: Depending entirely on who is wearing the suit, but frequently yes.
* RocketBoots: What they use to fly.
* SovietSuperscience: The reason their armour is as good as it is.
* SuperSoldier: What they are seen as.
* VillainTeamUp: Often teams with other Russian villains.

!!Crimson Dynamo I
->'''AKA:''' Anton Vanko
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #46
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A Soviet scientist specializing in electricity, Anton Vanko built a red suit of armour that could produce and discharge vast quantities of electricity. Forced into battling Iron Man on behalf of the KGB, Vanko eventually turned on his masters, becoming an ally of Stark's.
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* {{Antivillain}}: Vanko had no desire to hurt anybody, and only did what he did because the KGB forced him to.
* BadassBookworm: He's the one who designed and built the Dynamo armour in the first place.
* ChronicVillainy: A noteworthy aversion, considering how frequent this trope is in comic books. Vanko's HeelFaceTurn sticked to his death (with no resurrection), with the writers chosing to instead bring back a villainous Crimson Dynamo through the use of LegacyCharacter.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Was only too glad to leave the USSR after Stark convinced him that his bosses wanted to have him killed.
* EvilCounterpart: Of all the Dynamos, he is the one who is the most obvious counterpart to Stark, as a genius inventor working for the Soviet Union.
* EvilGenius: Though with more emphasis on the "genius" than the "evil".
* HeelFaceTurn: He defected from the USSR and began working for Stark Industries.
* HeroicSacrifice: Sacrificed his life to save Iron Man from the Black Widow and the second Crimson Dynamo, Boris Turgenev.
* MightyGlacier: His suit was not built for speed. The Unicorn suit (designed by Vanko himself) and later Crimson Dynamo armors were built to be sleeker and faster.
* PsychoElectro: His suit stored and discharged electricity.
* ScienceHero: For the USSR.

!!Crimson Dynamo II
->'''AKA:''' Boris Turgenev
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->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #52

A KGB agent who donned the Crimson Dynamo armour to attack Iron Man and Anton Vanko in partnership with the Black Widow. He was killed by Vanko.
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* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Widow's Brain.
* DumbMuscle: He was impressively strong even ''without'' the armor, enough to effortlessly lift an entire desk with his bare hands. Unlike Vanko, however, he ''wasn't'' a genius, and essentially served just as a muscle for Black Widow.
* KlingonPromotion: Aimed to truly earn the Dynamo title by killing Vanko.
* ShoutOut: His name is Boris and he's partnered with Natasha Romanov. The joke would be repeated by Boris Bullski and her.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Appeared in only one storyline, where he was killed off at the end.

!!Crimson Dynamo III
->'''AKA:''' Alexander Nevsky, "Alex Niven"
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #15

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[[caption-width-right:191:Nevsky as Crimson Dynamo III]]

A protege of Anton Vanko, Alex Nevsky was run out of the Soviet Union following his mentor's defection. Bitter at both Vanko and Stark, Nevsky became Alex Niven, and joined Cord Industries, planning to help the other company beat out Stark. He also tried to steal Stark's then-girlfriend, Janice Cord.
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* BastardUnderstudy: To Anton Vanko.
* BecomingTheMask: He originally romanced Janice in an effort to hurt Stark, but ended up developing real feelings for her.
* DangerousDeserter: From the USSR.
* EnemyMine: Was forced to partner with the Titanium Man and the Radioactive Man when the three of them were trapped in Vietnam together.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Came to care about Janice Cord.
* EvilerThanThou: With Boris Bullski, the original Titanium Man.
* EvilRedhead: Depending on the lighting.
* TheExile: Exiled from the USSR due to his connections to Vanko.
* FreudianExcuse: Was thrown out of his country because of the crimes of his mentor.
* KilledOffForReal: Assassinated by the KGB.
* LoveTriangle: Was in one with Janice Cord and Tony Stark.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The RealLife Alexander Nevsky was one of Russia's greatest heroes.
* NeverMyFault: When the Titanium Man killed Janice, Nevsky blamed Stark for it, rather than accepting that it was his own actions (donning the Crimson Dynamo armour) that had made her a target in the first place.
* RenegadeRussian: A Russian exile who hates the USA and USSR alike.
* TerribleTrio: While in exile in Vietnam, Nevsky was forced into an alliance with Radioactive Man and Titanium Man.
* VillainousCrush: On Janice Cord. Originally he was just trying to mess with Tony Stark, but eventually it became real for him.

!!Crimson Dynamo IV
->'''AKA:''' Yuri Petrovich
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->'''Debut:''' ''Champions'' (Vol 1) #7

The son of Ivan Petrovich, a friend of the Black Widow's, Yuri Petrovich was selected to be the new Crimson Dynamo by the KGB, who brainwashed him into believing his family had been slain by Western agents. Sent to kill the Black Widow, Yuri discovered the truth of what had been done to him, and turned on his masters. He was subdued and sent to a prison camp in Siberia.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: To his father, Ivan.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Brainwashed into hating the West and was very violent during this time.
* RenegadeRussian: Why he was sent to the Siberian camps.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He's clashed with the Winter Soldier in modern continuity.

!!Crimson Dynamo V/Airstrike
->'''AKA:''' Dmitri Bukharin
->'''Debut''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #109

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[[caption-width-right:350:Bukharin as Crimson Dynamo V]]

The most famous (and competent) Crimson Dynamo, and certainly the longest running, Dmitri Bukharin was a Soviet superhero, rather than a supervillain. He frequently clashed with Tony Stark, as a member of first the Supreme Soviets, then the People's Protectorate, and in the process built up a strong respect for his enemy. Following the collapse of the USSR, Dmitri joined a new Russian team of superheroes (the Winter Guard) as Airstrike, though he continues to use the Crimson Dynamo armour as well.
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* {{Antivillain}}: Dimitri was not a supervillain--rather he was superhero who just happened to work for a dictatorial regime.
* {{Archenemy}}: The Crimson Dynamo has always been in the running for the title of Iron Man's archnemesis, but it was Dmitri's time in the suit during the eighties that truly cemented this.
* BadassBeard: Usually pictured with one.
* BadassMoustache: Always pictured with this.
* BaldOfAwesome: Very awesome and bald too.
* CaptainPatriotic: The only Dynamo who truly lived up to the ideal, acting as defender of his nation no matter what.
* ColonelBadass: Held this rank in first the Soviet, and then the Russian army.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Since the fall of the USSR, Dmitri has become a friend of Stark's, so much as to give him a BearHug during Stark's escape from ComicBook/NormanOsborn in ComicBook/DarkReign.
* ElectiveBrokenLanguage: Trolls Norman Osborn by pretending his English is very bad.
* EnemyMine: Was forced to ally with Stark on several occasions.
* EvilerThanThou: With Boris Bullski, the Titanium Man, who he was sent to capture on behalf of the KGB. They still don't like each other.
* GoodCounterpart: Recruited into the Winter Guard to fill the place left by defector Galina Nemirovsky (Dynamo XIII). Of course since he wore the Dynamo armour long before she did, you could also see her as his EvilCounterpart.
* GoodVersusGood: Even during the Cold War, Bukharin was never an evil man. He just happened to work for a government that ensured his goals were frequently at cross purposes with Iron Man.
* HeelFaceTurn: Toyed with. Bukharin was never a bad man, but he worked for a pretty awful government. When the Soviet Union fell apart, Bukharin signed on with Russia's new democratic government, making his relations with Iron Man and other western heroes far better.
* TheLeader: He and Red Guardian alternate command of the Winter Guard--Red Guardian is officially in command, but since Bukharin has more experience than the rest of the team combined, he can and does take the lead.
* MilitarySuperhero: As both Dynamo V and Airstrike.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Stayed loyal to the USSR and Russia to the end, no matter how often they disappointed him.
* PoweredArmour: As Crimson Dyanmo V and as Airstrike. The suits' abilities included:
** ArmCannon: Mounted on his wrists.
** PowerPalms: His main weapons.
** MacrossMissileMassacre: What he blasts with.
** RocketBoots: What he uses to fly.
** SuperStrength: Very strong enough to wrestle with Stark on occasion.
* SuperSoldier: Was one as Dynamo V and continues to serve as one as Airstrike.
* RetIrony: Bukharin was close to retiring from serving as the Dynamo during the ''Armor Wars'' storyline, but he was resigned to give his life, if need be, to stop the renegade Iron Man. Subverted when Stark disabled the Dynamo, declaring that "No one dies today!" He'd be proven wrong, but Bukharin did survive.
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Russian state.

!!Crimson Dynamo VI
->'''AKA:''' Valentin Shatalov
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #255

A colonel-general in the KGB, Valentin Shatalov forced Dmitri Bukharin to cede the title of Crimson Dynamo to him. He then redesigned the armour, becoming Crimson Dynamo VI. Following the collapse of the USSR, Shatalov was part of a conspiracy that aimed to return Russia to Stalinism. His superiors took the armour from him after a failed mission to retrieve the Titanium Man.
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* ChestBlaster: The only Dynamo whose armour featured a chest mounted weapon.
* DirtyCommies: A far more fervent example than previous Dynamos. While Vanko, Petrovich, and Bukharin loyally served the Soviet state, Shatalov was a dedicated Communist, who sought not only the revival of the Soviet Union, but a return to Stalinist policies.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: When Stalinism is your end goal, and you are willing to cross most lines to do it, you are definitely operating on this trope.
* EvilerThanThou: Like Nevsky and Bukharin before him, Shatalov had a bad run-in with Boris Bullski, the Titanium Man, who broke his arm and knocked him out of commission.
* FormerRegimePersonnel: Left without a country by the fall of the Soviet Union, Shatalov wants to restore his home.
* FourStarBadass: A colonel-general in the KGB.
* FreakyFridayFlip: With Stark, courtesy of "Freak Quincy" and Devastator's control satellite. This led to an injured Shalatov asking Stark to don the Dynamo armor to defeat Bullski.
* MakeTheBearAngryAgain: His goal was to revive the USSR under Stalinist control.
* NoTrueScotsman: Used this argument when describing why he deserved the Crimson Dynamo armour more than any of his predecessors had.
* RenegadeRussian: One with dreams of bringing back the USSR.
* SecretPolice: A colon-general in the KGB he acted as this.
* TheSpymaster: During his time in the KGB.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Vanished from the scene after losing the Crimson Dynamo armour.

!!Crimson Dynamo XIII
->'''AKA:''' Galina Nemirovsky
->'''Debut:''' ''Hulk: Winter Guard'' (Vol 1) #1

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The thirteenth Crimson Dynamo, Galina Nemirovksy is the first woman to don the red armour. Trained by the Russian military to be a member of the Winter Guard, Galina has since gone rogue, and has clashed with Iron Man on a few occasions.
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* AcePilot: One of the best pilots in the Federal Dynamo program, which is what initially earned her the right to don the armour.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The first female Dynamo.
* BreastPlate: On her PoweredArmour no less.
* DangerousDeserter: After fleeing Russia and taking the Crimson Dynamo armour.
* DarkActionGirl: One of the only female rogues among Iron Man's enemies, she's acquitted herself well in their clashes thus far, earning this title.
* FormerRegimePersonnel: A former Russian pilot turned criminal mercenary.
* HumongousMecha: The Ultra-Dynamo armour that she was originally tasked to fly verges on this. It was several times her size, with the limbs being operated from the cockpit.
* MilitaryMaverick: We know that Galina was fired for insubordination, though the exact details have not been revealed.
* MilitarySuperhero: A Russian army veteran selected specifically to assume the identity of the Crimson Dynamo.
* MysteriousPast: Very little has been revealed about Galina so far, including why she left the Winter Guard and why, given a lack of prior contact between herself and Stark, she chose to ally herself with Ezekiel Stane and The Mandarin.
* PoweredArmour: Originally flew the Ultra-Dynamo version of the armour, which is upgraded to the most modern standards. Zeke Stane and The Mandarin granted her an even more high-tech, but more traditional looking (and much more form-fitting) version.
* RenegadeRussian: Abandoned the Winter Guard and Russia to become a criminal.
* SuperSoldier: Specifically trained by the Russian government to assume the mantle of the Crimson Dynamo, she was granted the Ultra-Dynamo armour, which was far superior to previous Dynamo armours.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Her armour's hair.
* UnluckyThirteen: The thirteenth Dynamo, she abandoned her nation and took her armour with her, becoming a criminal mercenary in the vein of Titanium Man.
* VillainTeamUp: She joined The Mandarin and Ezekiel Stane's collective to try and help take down Tony Stark, receiving a number of upgrades in the process.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Crusher I]]
-> '''AKA:''' Caldwell Rozza
-> '''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' Vol. 1, #91 (1967)
Crusher was a mutated scientist sent to kill Iron Man by the dictator of his country, he failed twice.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dreadknight]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Bram Velsing
-> '''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' Vol. 1, #101 (1977)

Bram Velsing was a Latverian engineer who dreamed of usurping power from ComicBook/DoctorDoom. Unfortunately, Doctor Doom being, well, [[MagnificentBastard Doctor Doom]], he caught on to Velsing's treacherous ambitions and punished him by grafting a hideous skull mask to his face before banishing him from the country. Found and treated by Victoria Frankenstein, the Dreadknight repaid her kindness by trying to loot her home and use its resources to attack Latveria. Defeated by Comicbook/IronMan, the Dreadknight continued to seek revenge against Doom, conquer Latveria, and get revenge on Iron Man.
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* BladeOnAStick: The Dreadknight's favorite weapon is his lance, which can shoot deadly energy bolts and electrical coils to ensnare his enemies.
* ClingyCostume: To spite Velsing, who was very vain and proud of his good looks, Doom surgically attached a steel skull mask to his face. Attached with specially designed microcircuitry, the mask is impossible to remove.
* MixAndMatchCritter: The Dreadknight uses the Hellhorse, a black stallion with large bat wings, as his main means of transportation.
* SmugSnake: Anybody who thinks he can outsmart ''Doctor freaking Doom'' has got to qualify for this trope.
* TheStarscream: He intended to be this to Doctor Doom. It failed miserably.
* UngratefulBastard: Victoria Frankenstein takes the Dreadknight in after Doom left him for dead, and how does he repay her? By trying to murder her and steal all her scientific resources, of course.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Death Squad]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Endotherm]]
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-> '''AKA:''' Thomas Wilkins
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #136
Former security chief at a Start plant, he became paranoid about losing his job. So he assembled stolen tech to become a super villain. Actually defeated Iron Man in their first encounter, but not in their second one.
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* EnergyAbsorption: Wilkins' suits allows him to fire blasts of energy, the energy is absorbed from the environment by the suit.
* {{Teleportation}}: Additionally, his ring enabled Endotherm to teleport. Its teleportation range is unknown, but it could even allow its bearer to travel even through realms.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Earth Mover]]
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-> '''AKA:''' Maximilian Stone
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #298
Maximilian Stone falls into an ocean of molten rock while drilling into the earth's core and emerges as the Earth-Mover.
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* MagmaMan: A being made of molten rock.
* OneSteveLimit: Shares codename with two mutants associated with Alpha Flight.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fin Fang Foom]]
!! Fin Fang Foom
->'''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' (Vol 1) #89
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An alien dragon who landed on Earth in ancient times but was awakened in the 20th century to conquer Earth.
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* AliensAreBastards: Despite being awakened from eternal slumber he still decides to act humanity.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Extremely large dragon who rivals some sky scrapers.
* HeelFaceTurn: Abandoned villainy to become a pacifist.
* {{Kaiju}}: Evokes this feeling especially around buildings.
* MagicPants: Has these for some reason.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: For starter, this one is an alien, and has an uncannily human-like face.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Originated as a one-off monster from the period just before Marvel focused on superhero titles in the early 60s, and was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] into the mainstream Marvelverse in the 70s, but didn't become an enemy of IM until the early 90s.
* YellowPeril: Like the Mandarin, he's based on negative Chinese stereotypes from the 50s and 60s.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Firebrand]]
!!Firebrand I
->'''AKA:''' Gary Gilbert
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #27
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Gary Gilbert was the son of an unscrupulous businessman who came to hate his father's unethical actions, and American capitalism in general. He became convinced that a violent revolution was necessary to overthrow the American government and capitalism, and used his scientific talents to create a suit of flame-throwing PoweredArmor. Calling himself Firebrand, Gilbert became a costumed terrorist who repeatedly clashed with Iron Man. He was killed by Scourge, resurrected by the Hood, and then killed again by the Punisher.
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* TheAlcoholic: Struggled with this for some time.
* AlliterativeName: Gary Gilbert.
* {{Foil}}: To Iron Man. While Tony Stark is an industrialist who inherited his company from his father and took it to greater heights, Gilbert was a child of privilege who grew disgusted with the upper class and became a violent 60s-style revolutionary.
* LegacyCharacter: The designs for the Firebrand armor would later be stolen by a man named Russell Broxtel, who used the costume as a more conventional supervillain. When he died fighting Spider-Man, the costume ended up in the hands of a nameless criminal who was killed by Deadpool.
* PlayingWithFire: His suit could project and manipulate flames.
* PoweredArmour: His mechanical suit, which was equipped with flamethrowers and jets.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: His original goal and motivation.
* VillainDecay: While Tony upgraded his technology, Gilbert did not. He was eventually defeated by Rhodey in a CurbStompBattle while Rhodey was piloting the upgraded Iron Man armor, and his successor has been defeated by the likes of ComicBook/SpiderMan, among others. Gilbert also abandoned his efforts at revolution, instead becoming a "talent agent" for fellow supervillains.

!!Firebrand III
->'''AKA:''' Richard Dennison
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 3) #4

A radical environmentalist terrorist, Rick Dennison was exposed to an experimental plasma that mutated his body, turning it into living flames. The terrorist group Flaming Sword, eager to have a supervillain on their team, refashioned his containment tank into an armored battlesuit and conditioned him to be their primary operating agent. He battled Iron Man on several occasions.
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* AnimalWrongsGroup: Originally, until he eventually joined RAID, an AIM offshoot.
* AxCrazy : Will kill anyone for his goals.
* {{Mutant}}: More of a mutate but has elements of this.
* PlayingWithFire: Was made out of flames, and could control them at will.
* {{Pyromaniac}}: What experimentation made him.
* WesternTerrorists: A environmentalist who took his experiments too far.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: A terrorist who gained great power and great desire to kill people.

!!Firebrand IV
->'''AKA:''' Amanda
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->'''Debut:''' ''Invincible Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #513

Recruited by The Mandarin and Ezekiel Stane for their supervillain collective, the woman known only as Amanda has become the fourth Firebrand. Since The Mandarin's defeat, she has gone onto act as a costumed mercenary.
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The first female Firebrand.
* {{Cyborg}}: After Ezekiel Stane's modifications.
* DarkActionGirl: She certainly tries, though her record against Iron Man is not that good to date.
* EvilRedhead: Has [[IncrediblyLamePun flaming]] redhair.
* FieryRedhead: Unsurprisingly.
* HiredGuns: Has worked for Mandarin, Columbian drug lords, and Spymaster II over the course of her career.
* LegacyCharacter: The fourth supervillain to go by Firebrand.
* OnlyOneName: Her last name is unknown.
* PlayingWithFire: She emits superheated plasma blasts.
* {{Pyromaniac}}: She hasn't gotten a lot of characterization, but she definitely seems to get a kick out of burning people and property.
* VillainTeamUp: Amanda's a joiner. She first appeared as part of Mandarin and Ezekiel Stane's supervillain collective. She later allied herself with Living Laser and Vibro to do mercenary work in Columbia, before joining up with Spymaster II's plan to assault Stark Tower.
* VillainousFriendship: With Blizzard II, to the point where he stayed behind to fight Iron Man and allow her to escape.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Firepower]]
!!Firepower
->'''AKA:''' Jack Taggert
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #230
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When Tony Stark tried to destroy all of the armor based off his stolen Iron Man designs during the first Armor Wars, he had to destroy the Guardsman and Mandroid suits of armor used by government employees. The U.S. government was not amused, and contracted Cord Industries to develop a suit of armor to lure Iron Man into a fight and destroy him. The resulting Firepower armor was piloted by Jack Taggert, who later used the armor to go after Stark Enterprises installations on behalf of his boss Edwin Cord, who had a grudge against Stark.

He was later recruited by Mandarin who upgraded his already immense armour into a flying juggernaut.
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* BaldOfEvil: His head is shaved.
* TheDragon: To Edwin Cord initially, later to the Mandarin.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Armor Wars I''.
* HeroKiller: He ''thinks'' he is. He destroyed the Silver Centurion armor, giving Stark an opportunity to [[FakingTheDead fake his death]]. When Iron Man confronted him in the Neo-Classic armor, Taggart believed a new hero had assumed the mantle.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Although Taggart was never really concerned about collateral damage, he truly crosses the line when he tries to nuke civilians, hoping Iron Man will die trying to save them.
* KickTheDog: Defeating Iron Man in battle isn't enough for Edwin Cord, he has to get Taggert to destroy "the rest of Stark's life" for good measure.
* MiniMecha: The Firepower armour stands over ten feet tall, and is operated by a pilot seated in the torso.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Tony had considered retiring as Iron Man after faking his death, but Taggart's continued assault on his company prompted him to suit up to take him down.
* PunchClockVillain: Taggert himself has no grudge against Stark, and is simply employed as Firepower's pilot. He only destroys Iron Man and threatens Stark Enterprises because his boss Edwin Cord orders him to.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The red lenses in his helmet were designed with this in mind.
* WalkingArmoury: Even by the standards of the Iron Man comics, the Firepower mecha is ridiculously heavily armed.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: The biggest standout feature of Firepower over other battlesuits, Firepower has an onboard nuclear weapon for dealing with hard targets.
* WouldNotShootACivilian: Subverted. Although the Firepower armor was supposedly created as part of a MugglePower project to give ordinary soldiers a chance against Iron Man, it was actually used as a weapon to use against civilians in case of extreme civil disorder. Cord threatens to reveal this fact to the public as a way of blackmailing the army into letting him use Firepower to harass Stark Enterprises.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Frostbite]]
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->'''AKA:''' Dr. Sloan Alden
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #327
Dr. Sloan Alden ran a cryogenics institute, where the wealthy and dying would be frozen. As a result of the Zodiac draining all the energy out of New York Alden’s own cryo-chamber drained power from the others, as well as a back-up generator, to keep him alive.
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* {{Expy}}: Frostbite's origins are remarkably similar to that of DC Comics villain's Mister Freeze as both received their powers through accidents involving cryogenics.
* AnIcePerson: Frostbite could create ice at will, including projectiles of ice, and could freeze anything he came into contact with. He could also create snow, sleet, and generate cold winds, enabling him to start ice-storms.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ghost]]
!! Ghost
->'''AKA:''' "John Morley"
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #219
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An expert thief, hacker and saboteur who's often hired to break into Stark Industries. He's just as liable to screw over his employers as he is to help them. He has created his own powered suit that gives him the ability to phase and to become invisible, he can extend his powers to other objects as well. Having long since lost his humanity and sanity- he always wears the suit, smells terrible, and rants about bringing down capitalism and all corporations.

He originated as one of Iron Man's foes, and appeared as a member of the Thunderbolts during the "Dark Reign" and "Heroic Age" eras.
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* AntiHero: As of late.
* AxCrazy: To the point that Spymaster cuts him off from his employment, citing Ghost's instability.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: He thinks in binary terms. Stark, as a rich person, is bad. However, during their fight in ''Thunderbolts'', Tony reveals he is, at that point, broke. Since Stark is no longer rich, he's no longer "the enemy", and Ghost stops attacking him.
* BombThrowingAnarchist: Hates corporate America with a passion.
* BoxedCrook: When he joins the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Sees hidden threats everywhere. He even believed that a crossword puzzle in a newspaper was a form of communication for a secret group.
* TheCracker: A hacker on par with Stark, the only system The Ghost deems impregnable is [[Comicbook/FantasticFour the Baxter Building]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was once a brilliant engineer and programmer, working for a paycheck, doted on by his employers, and started up a relationship with a cute girl at the office. Then she suffered an untimely "accident". Then he did as well. Only a special piece of tech he'd been working on saved him, but he went quite mad, and went after his former employers, having realized they'd blackmailed his lover into pretending to like him so as to give him reason to stay.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Usually hires himself out to [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Corrupt Corporate Executives]] like ComicBook/NormanOsborn and Justin Hammer, seeking to ultimately destroy them as well.
* {{Foil}}: Everyone knows Iron Man's true identity, while in the case of the Ghost no one knows his identity.Both were victims of a group that wanted to abuse the genius of each for their own purposes. The similarities and yet deep-rooted differences were mainly demonstrated at the meeting of the Avengers and Tunderbolts: Both have a sense of justice and both run before they go. But Ghost is much more extreme, Iron Man is Tony Stark, but Ghost is only Ghost.
* GeekyTurnOn: Gets way too excited about examining data than should be allowed. Moonstone even wonders if she should be looking at him when he says it.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Even he's not sure what side he's on nowadays. Even when he's helping the heroes he actively goes out of his way to screw over Iron Man, for the sheer fact that the two hate each other.
* IntangibleMan / InvisibilityCloak: His suit enables him to become intangible. He is also able to make other objects invisible and intangible.
* IWasQuiteTheLooker: If his origin in ''Thunderbolts'' is accurate, back before his life went to Hell, he actually looked pretty good. Despair first led to him getting out of shape, and then by the time he's Ghost, he's become thin, emaciated and foul-smelling.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ghost may be a calculating paranoiac, but he did also save his Thunderbolts teammates lives several times over.
* LightIsNotGood: Dressed in all white.
* NoSocialSkills: When not wearing at least his mask, Ghost is a very socially awkward individual, unable to even speak to others. Also, wearing his intangibility suit for extended periods has had a deleterious effect on his interpersonal skills, as it has made him almost completely uncaring of anybody else. This, unfortunately, has reached the point where he seldom ever takes the suit off for any reason, with the associated stink and thus even less motive to stay for long in his presence.
* NobleDemon: He's a mentally unstable crook for hire, but he's got standards and tends to only target people that arguably deserve to get screwed over. He's also willing to help people in need and has worked with the heroes on many occasions.
* NoNameGiven: Aside from [[MrSmith John Morley]]. In his origin, he made sure to delete any and all traces of his past identity from all databases.
* MadBomber: Is an expert bomb maker and loves to laugh when he successfully destroys a corporation using explosions. He likes it to stay there and let the debris flow through him.
* ThePigPen: Ghost doesn't take much interest in personal hygene. Moonstone has a vomiting fit after he gives her CPR.
* ProfessionalKiller: Most notably in ''Stark Disassembled.''
* ProperlyParanoid: Obsessive in the extreme - which tends to pay off with alarming regularity. During his tenure with the Thunderbolts, he discovered a teammate's parachute had been sabotaged. He only discovered the damage in his third check of the equipment before the mission.
* PsychicBlockDefense: His helmet shields him from telepaths, what makes sense for his paranoid character.
* PsychoForHire: His paychecks are more or less secondary to being given an excuse to sabotage corporations.
* SelfDestructiveCharge: The Ghost had been trying in his first appearance to destroy a experimental generator for Stark Enterprises, since Stark Enterpise's entire future depended on it, destroying it would cause the company to go under. However, being close to the generator was screwing with the Ghost's gear, and Iron Man was worried that if the Ghost got much closer, he'd kill himself. Stark chose his employers over Ghost's life and let Ghost do his suicide run - Ghost reappeared after it.
* TheSneakyGuy: Takes this role in a team as he has excellent sensors and it's nearly impossible to detect him because of his invisibility
* TheSmartGuy: His observant character helps his team by finding solution to unknown problems.
* TheSpook: Very, very little is known about him. Not even his real name is known to ''anyone.'' Not even Ghost himself seems entirely certain of what his life was like before he became a supervillain.
* StealthExpert: Being able to be intangible and invisible as well as being a prime hacker makes Ghost one of Marvel's best stealth characters.
* ThatManIsDead: He's very insistent the man he was died in the explosion. After all, he was there.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Being intangible helps making grenades a viable weapons choice for close combat as the explosions can't harm him.
* TeleFrag: Used an intangibility based variation on Spymaster once.
* {{Unperson}}: He erased any trace of his former identity after he became Ghost. Even in his own flashbacks, his name's bleeped out.
* VerbalTic: Ghost is famous for his gargling "Hehhnn"s.
* VigilanteMan: Ghost destroys corporations or secret groups he deems evil without payment because he feels that the law itself is too corrupt to go after them. Ghost is willing to work with [[GovernmentConspiracy those]] [[NebulousCriminalConspiracy organization]], but plans to destroy them from within.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Ghost believes that by destroying the government and corporatist structures, the world will be set free.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hammer Industries]]
!!Justin Hammer
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #120
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A corporate rival of Tony's, Hammer was also the secret financier behind numerous attempts on Tony and Iron Man's lives. He engineered Stark's first alcoholic breakdown, leaked his designs to most of his enemies, and assembled several collectives of costumed mercenaries to battle the hero, outfitting the likes of Blizzard and Whiplash I/Blacklash I with improved equipment.
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* AffablyEvil: He's quite polite and charming in person, to the extent of sending Tony flowers when the latter was shot by [[{{Yandere}} Kathy Dare]].
* {{Archenemy}}: The third major contender for the title, alongside The Mandarin and the Crimson Dynamo. From his involvement in almost every major arc of the eighties and nineties, to his legacy that continues to this day in the form of his daughter and granddaughter, to the simple fact that he and Stark ''hated'' each other, Hammer was an archetypal archfoe, not for Iron Man, but for Tony Stark. Even after his death, Hammer Industries remains one of the few viable rivals to Stark's various enterprises.
* TheBigBad: Of the ''Demon in a Bottle'' and ''Armor Wars I'' story arcs, among others.
* TheChessmaster: Hammer always got the ball rolling in advance, and would try to exploit any situation to his advantage, even buying out Stane International after Iron Monger's death.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: To make a good contrast to Tony. Not only does Hammer use underhanded methods to succeed in business, but he also finances criminal activities in exchange for a cut of the profits.
* DiabolicalMastermind: During his initial appearance in ''Demon in a Bottle'', Hammer stayed in the shadows, operating from a personal ship off the coast of Monaco. He operated entirely through proxies, and even his business concerns were all shell corporations that could not be traced back to him. Though Hammer Industries later became public, this aspect of his character was never entirely dropped.
* DisneyVillainDeath: ''Bad Blood'' ends with Hammer frozen in a block of ice and then dropped into space.
* DrivenByEnvy: At least a part of Hammer's motivation is his envy of Stark's wealth, his renown, and his connections within the military-industrial complex.
* EvilBrit: Born in England; he later moved to Monaco.
* EvilCounterpart: To Tony Stark, rather than Iron Man. Hammer's crooked business practices, criminal dealings, and war-profiteering contrasted with Stark's above board actions and attempts to get out of the military business. Even Hammer's personal habits and appearance -- his choice of suits, his preference for smoking over drinking, his age -- all serve to make him the opposite of Stark.
* EvilGenius: Perhaps moreso than any other Iron Man foe, Hammer was forced to rely on his brains, as his advanced age and lack of combat skills meant he could never confront Iron Man directly.
* EvilOldFolks: To contrast to the younger Tony. Hammer's age is never explicitly stated, but he's old enough to have a granddaughter who's in her twenties.
* FlawExploitation: He was the first villain to try and exploit Stark's alcoholism during ''Demon in a Bottle'', beating Obadiah Stane to it by years.
* {{Frame Up}}: Framed Iron Man for murder during ''Demon in a Bottle''.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Classic evil smoking, complete with cigarette holder.
* {{Greed}}: Hammer was motivated by greed more than anything else. He wanted to get rich, and he was willing to hurt anybody in order to do it. No matter how rich he got, it was never quite enough.
* HarmlessFreezing[=/=]KillItWithIce: Hammer was last seen inside a block of ice, drifting into space. Whether he's really dead has never been confirmed.
* TheHedonist: Introduced living on a mansion-sized yacht, and often wearing a fancy bathrobe - his combination of fabulous wealth and secrecy lets him enjoy whatever luxury he chooses.
* LeanAndMean: An emaciated old man.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To numerous supervillains during the eighties, supplying them with high-tech weaponry.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Typically sported the most fashionable suits.
* MindControlDevice: He and MODOK once used one to turn War Machine against Iron Man.
* NonActionBigBad: Hammer was many things, most of them dangerous, but a fighter he wasn't.
** The notable exception being ''Bad Blood''. Suffering from terminal cancer and [[TakingYouWithMe eager to defeat Iron Man before he dies]], he finally engages Iron Man in battle, albeit as a FlunkyBoss.
* NouveauRiche: Seems to hit all elements of this.
* RivalTurnedEvil: Hammer was already evil, but it was his rivalry with Stark that drove him into associating with costumed supervillains.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Part of the reason he never really faces justice for his crimes.
* SelfMadeMan: Of the crooked variety.
* VillainTeamUp: With MODOK, among others.
* WarForFunAndProfit: A fairly classic war profiteer.

!!Justine Hammer
->'''Debut:''' ''Thunderbolts'' (Vol 1) #3
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[[caption-width-right:273:Justine as the Crimson Cowl]]

Hammer's daughter, Justine was a former costumed supervillainess known as Crimson Cowl II who took over her father's corporation after his death. She was a lover of The Mandarin, bearing his daughter, Sasha.
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: Of two, in fact. In addition to being Hammer's daughter, she once assumed the identity of Crimson Cowl, originally used by the Avengers foe Ultron.
* AvengingTheVillain: Inherited Justin Hammer's vendetta against Tony Stark and Iron Man.
* BigBadDuumvirate: With The Mandarin during Matt Fraction's run, though she's clearly the junior partner.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Justine's cloak could elongate at will, enveloping, cutting, or strangling her opponents. It also allowed her to teleport.
* ColorCharacter: Even after she [[BadassInANiceSuit traded in the costume for business attire]], she continued to primarily wear red.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Justine is every bit as corrupt as her father before her, and just as prone to underhanded tactics.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Hammer's little villain.
* DarkActionGirl: As Crimson Cowl II, Justine demonstrated that she was a capable enough combatant, fighting the Thunderbolts on several occasions.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Loved her father, still loves her daughter, and may love The Mandarin.
* EvilRedhead: When she first appeared.
* EvilMatriarch: Very evil corporate leader.
* InTheHood: As Crimson Cowl II.
* TheLeader: Of several incarnations of the Masters of Evil.
* ManipulativeBastard: Her manipulation of Detroit Steel in particular is quite something.
* MostCommonSuperpower: During her time as the Crimson Cowl. This was toned down when she became head of Hammer Industries during Matt Fraction's run.
* NonActionBigBad: During Matt Fraction's run on ''Invincible Iron Man'', where she and The Mandarin jointly ran the scheme against Stark, but she took no part in the physical fighting herself, despite her previously established DarkActionGirl credentials.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Fought the Thunderbolts in her first several appearances, before returning to Iron Man's rogues gallery following the events of ''Civil War''.
* SmugSnake: Not nearly as smart as she thinks she is. Justine is a capable schemer, but when compared to Tony, The Mandarin, or Ezekial Stane, she's not much.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Her cloak enabled this.
* ThemeNaming: Named for her father.
* TookALevelInBadass: Since becoming the head of Hammer's company.
* UnholyMatrimony: With The Mandarin.
* VillainTeleportation: Uses this to get away.

!!Sasha Hammer
->'''Debut:''' ''Invincible Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #1
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[[caption-width-right:217:Sasha in her armour]]

Justine's daughter by The Mandarin, Sasha has a rocky relationship with her mother, and is the lover of Ezekiel Stane. She appears to be loyal to her parents, but in truth aims to usurp them as the leaders of both The Mandarin's organisation, and Hammer Industries. Rebuilt by Zeke as a cyborg, Sasha has also piloted both the [[HumongousMecha Detroit Steel mecha]], and a personal suit of armour.
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* BerserkButton: Tony saying anything negative about Zeke.
* CoolMask: Her armour features one of these, instead of a full helmet.
* {{Cyborg}}: Let Zeke turn her into one.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Subverted. She appears loyal to her mother and father, but is actually plotting with Zeke to launch a coup against both of them.
* DarkActionGirl: Held her own against Iron Man before she got her HumongousMecha or PoweredArmour.
* HumongousMecha: As the pilot of Detroit Steel, Sasha operates one of these.
* LaserBlade: Laser whip, though the result is the same.
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Given that her mother is only a few years older than Tony, this was a given.
* PoweredArmour: Gains a suit of armour late in Matt Fraction's run, using it in place of the Detroit Steel mecha.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Her suit of armor was very, ''very'' purple.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Kills her mother at the end of Fraction's run, after Ezekial Stane kills The Mandarin.
* TheStarscream: Towards her mother and father, whom she and Zeke aim to depose from the start.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: Does what she does solely out of loyalty to Zeke.
* TronLines: After she turns into a cyborg, though they are only visible when she is nude.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Ezekial.
* WesternTerrorists: With Ezekiel.
* WhipItGood: Deploys laser whips from her fingertips.
* {{Yandere}}: For Zeke.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Imam Khouri]]

!!Imam Mouad Khouri
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man: Season One'' (Vol 1) #1

A former classmate of Tony's from college, Mouad Khouri became a fundamentalist preacher after returning to his home country. Orchestrating Tony's kidnapping, Khouri was crippled during Iron Man's escape, and had himself rebuilt into a cyborg using Stark's own designs.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Lost his arms and legs when Iron Man blew him up.
* AxCrazy: Khouri grows more and more steadily crazed as ''Season One'' progresses.
* BigBad: Of ''Iron Man: Season One''.
* {{Cyborg}}: After Iron Man cripples him, much of Khouri's body is replaced by crude cybernetics.
* DarthVaderClone: In addition to the black armor, he also has a similar level of disfigurement.
* DefectorFromDecadence: How he views himself.
* DisproportionateRetribution: He has sworn vengeance on Tony Stark and will stop at nothing to see him dead! Why? Because Tony once threw up all over the feet of two girls he was hitting on.
* EvilCripple: After Iron Man blows off his arms and legs.
* EvilKnockoff: Had himself rebuilt using Tony's own designs as the model.
* EvilFormerFriend: Of Tony's.
* FlyingFirepower: Could fly fast enough to catch up with jets, and was heavily armed enough to destroy much of a city block.
* {{Foil}}: He's an Islamic fundamentalist cyborg who battles an alcoholic Westerner in a suit of armour.
* TheFundamentalist: A fundamentalist Islamist.
* PoweredArmour: Wears a version of the first Iron Man armour in combination with his prosthetics.
* SinisterMinister: Sinister preacher.
* StarterVillain: The first supervillain that Iron Man faced in the current continuity.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: Iron Man kills him by dropping a SHIELD helicarrier on him.
* WorthyOpponent: Khouri salutes the SHIELD fighter pilots who continue to try and battle him after he has downed most of their comrades.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Khouri's body is a mess. It never stops hurting and it never fully scars over.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Iron Man 2020]]
->'''AKA:''' Arno Stark
->'''Debut:''' ''Machine Man 2020'' #2
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Tony's cousin once removed, the son of Morgan Stark, and the Iron Man of an alternate version of 2020. Unlike Tony, Arno uses the armor for selfish gain, working as a mercenary.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He likes committing acts of industrial espionage.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Falls for a woman called Melodi. In his return in ''Astonishing Tales'', they've actually married.
* InadequateInheritor: He inherited the armor and Stark Industries. He's a lot of Tony's worst fears brought to life, both in and out of the armor. Also notable is that while, at the time of his introduction he has a forty year advantage on Tony, his armor is barely any more sophisticated than it was in the 1980s.
* InvisibilityCloak: His armor can turn invisible.
* PoweredArmor: As Iron Man. His armor differs in that the faceplate has been redesigned with a jagged "mouth". It's also built for war, so the weapons are always set at lethally high.
* VillainProtagonist: On occasion, Arno has had one-shots and digital exclusive stories featuring him as the main character, but "good" isn't something that can be applied to him.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Iron Monger]]

!!Iron Monger I
->'''AKA:''' Obadiah Stane
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #163
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[[caption-width-right:230:Stane as the Iron Monger]]

President and CEO of one of Stark's rivals, Obadiah Stane orchestrated Tony's return to alcoholism, costing him his company and his identity as Iron Man, before buying him out. He subsequently developed his own suit of armour and engaged the returned Iron Man in battle as the Iron Monger.
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* BaldOfEvil: His hair fell out when he saw his father commit suicide.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Refuses to lose to Iron Man, committing suicide rather than accepting death or capture at his hands.
* TheBigBad: Of much of Denny O'Neil's run, culminating in the ''Iron Monger'' arc.
* TheChessmaster: In both the metaphorical and literal sense.
** ChessMotifs: His robotic henchmen were designed to resemble chess pieces.
* ControlFreak: Obsessively so.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: There are no rules Stane will not break to win.
* DrivenToSuicide: Blew his own head off rather than let Iron Man arrest him.
* EvilKnockoff: The Iron Monger armour is specifically based on Stark's designs.
* {{Expy}}: Started out as a younger Justin Hammer. DivergentCharacterEvolution, however, saw Stane eventually become the obsessive SoreLoser that fans remember so well, which helped distinguish the two. By the time Stane's arc was over, and he climbed into the Iron Monger suit, the similarities were gone.
* FlawExploitation: Used Iron Man's alcoholism against him. Iron Man later used Stane's reliance on remote control technology to run the Iron Monger suit against him.
* FlyingFirepower: The Iron Monger could fly at subsonic speeds, and was ''very'' heavily armed.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Very much averted. Stane upgraded his Chessmen to improve on their flaws, and perfected his mind control headphones for multiple uses.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To the Chessmen.
* ManipulativeBastard: Whether it was using Indries Moomji to break Stark's heart or mind controlling Bethany Cabe, Stane's favorite tactic was emotional manipulation.
* MechaMooks: His Chessmen.
* ParentalAbandonment: His mother left him and his father committed suicide while playing Russian Roulette.
* PoweredArmour: As the Iron Monger.
** PowerPalms: What he uses as blasts
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Favoured orange and purple suits in civilian life.
* SmugSnake: Stane was certainly intelligent, but not quite as much as he thought he was. When he bombed Tony's new Circuits Maximus startup and [[spoiler:killed Tony's friend Morley Erwin,]] Stane expected that Tony would suffer a DespairEventHorizon and fall off the wagon. Instead, it prompted Tony to make his new Silver Centurion armor and teach Stane the hard way that HesBack.
* SoreLoser: To a pathological degree. Obadiah was nearly phobic of defeat, and would go to ridiculous lengths to put it off.
* UnbuiltTrope: Obadiah Stane was a fairly early example of the CorruptCorporateExecutive in superhero comics, and as such has some oddities for the trope - such as the purple and orange costume he wears in his first appearances.
* WorthyOpponent: When Tony finally bests him, Stane commends Tony as this.

!!Iron Monger II
->'''AKA:''' Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane.
->'''Debut:''' ''The Order'' (Vol 2) #8
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[[caption-width-right:336:Zeke as Iron Monger II]]

Obadiah's son, Zeke Stane is an international anarchocapitalist libertarian terrorist, with no particular agenda, a burning hatred for Tony Stark, and a penchant for improving on others designs and internalizing machinery. He is responsible for the collapse of Stark Industries early in ''Invincible Iron Man'', and subsequently allies with his father-in-law, The Mandarin, to wreak further havoc.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Blames Tony for Obadiah's suicide.
* BaldOfEvil: His modifications to his body result in the loss of his hair.
* BigBad: Of ''The Order'' and the ''Five Nightmares'' arc.
* {{Cyborg}}: Courtesy of numerous modifications made to himself.
* DaddyIssues: Torn between the desire to avenge his father and show him up.
* DemotedToDragon: When he teams with The Mandarin.
* EnemyMine: Is forced into one with Iron Man after he realizes that The Mandarin has no intentions of letting him live.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He tells a group of Big Tobacco executives that even as the guy that gives weapons to murderers and freaks, he considers them to be evil.
* EvilGenius: Of a lesser variety than Tony. Tony compares him to a guy who invented the sandwich by piecing together existing foods rather than inventing entirely new foods.
* EvilKnockoff: To the point of it being his FatalFlaw. Zeke can modify Iron Man's tech like nobody's business, but he can't make his own. The Iron Monger II costume is a direct knockoff of both Stark and Obadiah's designs because Zeke can't come up with anything better.
* FatalFlaw: Zeke is imitative rather than innovative, and [[PowerCopying relies on other people's technology]]. He also has no hand-to-hand combat experience. When Iron Man disabled all Stark technologies, Zeke was easily defeated by an unarmoured Stark.
-->'''Tony''': Zeke Stane doesn't just want to beat you. [[EvilGloating He wants to gloat and explain]]. The guys don't do that much anymore, but Zeke's a throwback, [[ClassicVillain a classic of the genre]]. He has to be properly cited. He never gets that [[BondVillainStupidity while he's waiting to be celebrated, you're actually calculating eight ways to kick his ass]].
* {{Foil}}: Zeke's creator has described him as a second Tony Stark, younger, sharper, and ever more obsessed with the future, and playing open source anarchist to Stark's closed source capitalist. For all his genius, however, Zeke is unable to come up with original ideas of his own, and relies on the work of others, where Iron Man is an innovator of the first order.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Massive ones along one side of his face, courtesy of his fight against Iron Man.
* HealingFactor: Engineered one into his own genetic code.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Or rather, your mother. Sunset Bain is, see below.]]
* MadScientist: Or more of mad reinventor, because he doesn't make anything new.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To The Order in his first appearance, and to Wakandan rebels in ''ComicBook/{{Black Panther}}''.
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Teen Villain versus middle-aged hero.
* ParentalAbandonment: Mom is nowhere in the picture, and Dad committed suicide.
* PoweredArmour: Dons a suit that protects him and ventilates the heat from his internal weapons.
* TheStarscream: To The Mandarin, whom he and Sasha were always intending to depose.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: Zeke's an open source ideological terrorist, with a credo of "change" and not much else. He sells not only his technology, but his designs themselves to anybody who will buy.
* {{Transhuman}}: Views himself this way.
* WesternTerrorists: Blew up Stark Industries because he hated them.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Sasha Hammer.
* VillainTeamUp: With The Mandarin, who then proceeds to unite almost every Iron Man villain then active into a LegionOfDoom. Forms another one with [[ComicBook/{{Hydra}} the Fenris twins]] when he needs to SummonBiggerFish to fight Black Panther.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Living Laser]]
!! Living Laser
->'''AKA:''' Arthur Parks
->'''Debut:''' ''Avengers'' (Vol 1) #34
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Research scientist Arthur Parks went crazy after his girlfriend dumped him for a wealthy banker's son. Deciding that power was the way to get women, Parks created a pair of wrist-mounted laser blasters and became the costumed supervillain the Living Laser. After an accident converted him into living energy, he became one of the most dangerous of Iron Man's enemies.
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* AndIMustScream: He cannot feel, smell, or taste. He is also constantly fighting to keep his body's photons from dissipating, which has happened before.
* ContainmentField: His armour has one, which prevents him from flying apart.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Took on the form of the second Titanium Man during ''Armor Wars II'' in order to trick Iron Man into revealing that he was the same one who fought the Laser in the past, and not a replacement for the one that, as far as the public knew, died at the hands of Firepower in the first Armor Wars.
* DumbMuscle: Subverted. Parks is a brilliant scientist, but his obsessions and neuroses severely hamper him. At one point, James Rhodes defeated Parks by luring him into a containment device on the pretense that he could resume his scientific work.
* EnemyMine: Sided with Iron Man and Iron Monger II when The Mandarin's collective fell apart.
* EnergyBeings: Converted into living light.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: During ''Armor Wars II'', when Iron Man is getting [[MindRape Mind Raped]] by Overlord, Parks, rather than finish off his weakened opponent, postpones their battle until Stark can regain enough strength to engage him in a fair fight.
* FlyingFirepower: One of the upsides of being made out of laser energy is that you can fly and shoot at the same time.
* HiredGuns: At first. These days he's more prone to just killing anything he can get his hands on.
* HumanoidAbomination: A just barely humanoid mass of laser energy, with homicidal urges.
* IntangibleMan: Can become intangible while in laser form.
* LightEmUp: Controls light and all that entails.
* LightIsNotGood: Has light powers, became literally made of light and even has been drawn to invoke rainbows on occasion, but is evil or at least unpleasant most of the time.
* MasterOfIllusion: Can create false images by manipulating the light spectrum.
* MisappliedPhlebotinum: His fatal flaw; Parks has the potential to be a major-league supervillain who could easily curb-stomp any superhero that comes his way, but his obsessions and lack of imagination or ambition prevents him from being anything more than a small-timer.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Contrary to the perceptions of him as DumbMuscle, Parks is actually a brilliant scientist. His problem is not a lack of intelligence, but rather his extreme neuroses and hang-ups around women and rejection. The whole reason he became a supervillain in the first place was because of the FreakOut he suffered after his girlfriend dumped him.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He was such a joke, everyone (even other villains) called him "the Living Loser". Eventually, however, his abilities were amplified by Count Nafaria, and even though this was temporary, it eventually turned him into a being of photons, making him far more dangerous and a true threat.
** The site ''[[http://www.oocities.org/ironman_villains/laser/laser.html Bring On The Bad Guys: The Villains of Marvel Comics]]'' indicates what he was like from the start. He went on a destructive crime spree, kidnapped the Wasp [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty and tried to charm her into marrying him]], and nearly took over a small Central American country, all while, as the site put it, "he was essentially just a nut with two zap-guns strapped to his wrists!"
* PoweredArmour: Wears a suit of armour to contain his energies. Said armour also holds a number of weapons.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: ''Is'' purple. When he was still human, his costume was green and orange, with a yellow zig-zag across his chest; he mimicked this form for some time after becoming pure energy.
* SuperSpeed: So fast as to be untouchable.
* TookALevelInBadass: First when he was converted into a real living laser, and then when The Mandarin and Ezekiel Stane upgraded him during Matt Fraction's run.
* VillainTeamUp: Has worked with The Mandarin and Justin Hammer among others.
* WasOnceAMan: For a while after becoming pure energy, Laser manifested himself in the appearance of his human form for a while, before discarding the guise altogether in favor of a more vaguely humanoid body of light.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Madame Masque]]

!!Madame Masque
->'''AKA:''' Whitney Frost, Giulietta Nefaria
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #97
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The daughter of Count Nefaria, Giulietta was given to his retainer, Byron Frost to raise as his own daughter, Whitney. Convinced by her father to take over his criminal enterprises later in life, Whitney lost her face during a battle with Iron Man. Later meeting Tony Stark in civilian life, she became attracted to him, but did not take it well when she discovered he was Iron Man. Whitney has since seesawed between wanting to aid Stark and wanting to hurt him as badly as she feels he hurt her.
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* {{Archenemy}}: She sees two different people as this; Bethany Cabe and, more recently [[{{ComicBook/Hawkeye}} Kate Bishop]].
* AxCrazy: When she's at her worst.
* BadassNormal: No powers but still a dangerous threat to Iron Man. She's a superb athlete and martial artist while also being a skilled tactician. She's no match for heroic combat monsters like Black Widow and etc. but against your average EliteMook, she'll kick their asses.
** Recently she became possesed by demonic forces from an amulet she stole. It took both Doctor Strange ''and'' Doctor Doom to exorcise her.
* BrokenBird: To the point where her mind has shattered.
* CloningBlues: During Creator/KurtBusiek's run on ''[[{{Comicbook/Avengers}} The Avengers,]]'' he resolved years of ContinuitySnarl regarding Whitney (that she kept [[ComicBookDeath dying and coming back]] and [[FaceHeelRevolvingDoor behaving differently each time)]] by declaring that the real Whitney suffered from deep paranoia, and for years had interacted with the world mostly through clones of herself, each of which had a slightly different personality. The last of these clones is [[ExpendableClone killed]] at the end of that storyline, leaving only the real Whitney.
* DatingCatwoman: At times she and Iron Man fall into this.
* DestructiveRomance: She demands to know if Iron Man ever truly loved her in "Stark: Disassembled." He tells her that it was a disaster and they were killing each other but that yes, he had cared about her.
* DistaffCounterpart: As a beautiful woman who suffered facial scarring and hides her face with a mask, a number of characters InUniverse compare her to ''Doctor Doom'', her mask even has similar texture to Victor's.
* ExpressiveMask: DependingOnTheArtist.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a face covered with evil scars.
* GunsAkimbo: Always carries a .475 Wildey Magnum Revolver, as well as another handgun (it changes), and is prone to using both at once.
* TheMentallyIll: Diagnosed as clinically insane, and not without good reason.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Whitney is usually portrayed as pretty stacked.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Tried to do this to Pepper during Matt Fraction's run, and to Bethany Cabe on several occasions.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Played for horror.
* ScarsAreForever: Averted. Unlike many other supervillains that got disfigured, Whitney got her face back blemish-free. But she's a villain through and through and just as psychotic as she was when she was badly scarred.
* SoreLoser: Masque tends to take her defeats ''very'' poorly. Her recent obsession with Kate Bishop arose because Kate once knocked out Masque while on a mission; most other supercrooks would've just shrugged it off and moved on, but Masque went hunting for revenge over this fairly minor confrontation.
* UnholyMatrimony: With ComicBook/{{The Hood}}, though she's still pining after Stark.
* VillainousCrush: On Stark.
* {{Yandere}}: Towards Tony Stark.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mallen]]

!!Mallen
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 4) #1

A one time Iron Man enemy, Mallen only appearance as an antagonist was during the critically acclaimed ''Extremis'' Storyline.
When Mallen's [[ParentalAbandonment parents]] were [[JustFollowingOrders killed in a shootout of the FBI over a weapons violation]], he grew up to search for [[YouKilledMyFather revenge against the FBI]] and [[RageAgainstTheLegalSystem the Government itself]] eventually joining a group of [[WesternTerrorists domestic terrorists]].

Then [[spoiler:Dr. Maya Hansen]] give them the [[PsychoSerum Extremis virus]] to enhance Mallen... [[GoneHorriblyRight they succeed]].
After this Mallen started his RoaringRampageOfRevenge by attacking [[RevengeByProxy Houston's FBI branch]], his method: [[KillItWithFire toasting everyone inside the building]] [[BreathWeapon with his new fire-breathing powers]].

This caused Iron Man to confront him... [[CurbStompBattle It didn't go well for Tony.]]

His next step was to eliminate the US leaders at Washington D.C. However [[CameBackStrong Iron Man was waiting for him outside]], [[NextTierPowerUp this time having taken Extremis himself]], the battle ended different this time...
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* AxCrazy: A secondary effect of the Extremis virus is increased aggressiveness, the fact that he was already a pretty ill-minded person didn't help at all.
* CurbStompBattle: Gives one to Iron Man in their first encounter, [[CameBackStrong it changes dramatically at the second round]].
* HateSink: Rooting for Iron Man to defeat him in the story is pretty damn EASY!
* HealingFactor: He regenerates everything but head wounds.
* KilledOffForReal: Was never brought back afterwards, after Extremis was dropped there was no reason for him to be brought back
* OffWithHisHead: How Tony finally puts him down for good, by blowing his head up.
* PlayingWithFire: In BreathWeapon fashion.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Is a White Supremacist and has no problem saying that the Ku Klux Klan is doing a "good" job.
* {{Sadist}}: Very eager to kill people either ''guilty'' or innocent.
* ShockAndAwe: Directly from his hands.
* SuperSpeed: The military clocked his running speed at 300mph, this probably wasn't even his top speed...
* SuperStrength: Enough to break Iron Man's bones [[ArmorIsUseless through the armor]], rip said armor like tin foil, [[YourHeadASplode blow a protester's head with one punch]] and use [[ImprovisedWeapon the "razor" of a bulldozer as a baseball bat]].
* SuperToughness: Iron Man's Repulsors were powerful enough to cut metal. They barely touched him. The mighty Unibeam? It hurt a little more.

[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Mandarin & Associates]]

!!The Mandarin
->'''AKA:''' "Gene Khan", "Tim Borjigin", Mandarin Prime
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #50
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Tony's most perennial foe and one of the rare Iron Man villains to survive in continuity from the sixties until the present day, The Mandarin is a descendant of British and Mongolian nobility who squandered all of his fiefdom's money on training in science, military tactics, and martial arts. Blaming civilization for his resultant poverty and homelessness rather than his own vanity and shortsightedness, he became an enemy of civilization. A martial arts master, the Mandarin's trademark weapons are his ten rings, crafted from alien technologies that he discovered and salvaged.
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* AffablyEvil: He has a heart of stone, but he is always impeccably polite and well-mannered. He also has a strict code of honor, which he always makes sure to uphold. He once vaporized his favorite minion on the spot for using poison in a sparring session, and he also upheld the promises he made on at least one occasion when Iron Man defeated him in fair combat, such as stopping his efforts to prevent Stark Enterprises from setting up in Hong Kong.
* {{Archenemy}}: Since the 1960s, when he was one of the few supervillains of note in the Iron Man comics. No supervillain has had a greater, or more lasting impact on Stark's life than the Mandarin has.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Descended from British and Mongolian nobility, and convinced that gives him the right to trample everyone else under foot.
* ArtificialLimbs: Sported fake hands during "Haunted".
* AsianBuckTeeth: Sported these in his early appearances.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Done to the Iron Man armour itself on occasion.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Can kung-fu Iron Man's armour to bits by attacking the seams and other weak points. He also tends to psychoanalyse his opponents.
* BackFromTheDead[=/=]FakingTheDead: Has done both on occasion.
* BadassBeard: A very iconic one.
* BadassInANiceSuit: In modern continuity he tends to prefer these to his old school Oriental robes.
* BadassMoustache: Initially depicted with a Literature/FuManchu moustache -- the type that is grown from the upper lip to hang down the sides of the mouth. The style has changed several times since, but he is always depicted as moustachioed.
* BeardOfEvil: Features a goatee alongside his Fu Manchu.
* BigBad: Frequently. If somebody is screwing with Tony's life, chances are it is the Mandarin. He has been the mover and shaker in more major storylines than any other Iron Man villain. He also tends to take on the lead role in alliances between Iron Man's enemies.
* BlueBlood: Well, descended from royalty. It doesn't matter to anybody other than him, given how the monarchy was toppled a long time ago.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Would have been far happier living as an official in Imperial China.
* BreakoutVillain: Audiences loved the Mandarin and so Stan Lee kept on bringing him back.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: During his early appearances, his costume featured a giant "M" on the chest. That has since been dropped.
* CaptainErsatz: Of Literature/FuManchu early on. These days he's more of an Asian ComicBook/DoctorDoom (or [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent a Marvel]] ComicBook/RasAlGhul), but the links to Fu have never entirely been dropped.
** Also of the East India Company, exploiting the locals to mine a Makluan ship just as the East India Company exploit the locals to mine Maluku spices.
** His rings seeking out replacement Mandarins upon his death, with artificial intelligence and the phrase "you possess the necessary will", is reminiscent of the [[Franchise/GreenLantern Power Rings]] of Creator/DCComics seeking new Corps members.
* CaptainEthnic: Early on. These days, his affinity for UsefulNotes/ImperialChina is much better explored and justified, helping to avert the trope.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Can keep up with Iron Man despite having no (official) superpowers beyond his mastery of his chi, going so far as to shatter the hero's armour with his bare hands.
* TheChessmaster: Likes to get the ball rolling on his plans months in advance.
* DependingOnTheArtist: His age varies enormously depending on who is drawing him.
* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: He must be in charge, regardless of how he ends up in power.
* DiabolicalMastermind: The Mandarin is an archetypal one, running a vast organisation from the shadows.
* EvilGenius: Tony Stark's technological rival in many senses, and a capable planner as well.
* EvilOldFolks: Pictured this way in "Haunted".
* EvilSorcerer: Whether the Mandarin has magic at his disposal or not is DependingOnTheWriter; his rings are actually alien technology. He almost always has this vibe though.
* FreudianExcuse:
** He's the descendant of kings, but grew up in poverty, and was left homeless after his aunt squandered what money they had. This dichotomy has enraged him ever since.
** The Matt Fraction retcon suggests that the Mandarin was actually ''born'' into poverty and never had any noble lineage to begin with, and that his subsequent reinvention of himself as a sophisticated world-conqueror was meant to erase a past that he saw as humiliating.
* GoodHairEvilHair: The Fu Manchu moustache and goatee are something of a tipoff as to his evil.
* GrandfatherClause: The degree to which the Mandarin is a YellowPeril-style villain varies, but the reason he can get away with it at all is because it was an acceptable villain archetype when he was introduced.
* IHaveManyNames: Gene Khan, Tem Borjigin, Zhang Tong.
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Early stories had the Mandarin (who is Chinese) go on about "Karate" (which is from Okinawa/Japan). Several of his armored costumes throughout the years have also had a distinct Japanese samurai influence.
* ItsAllAboutMe: The Mandarin poses at having nobler motives, but at his core he's all about himself.
* JokerImmunity: Related to his aforementioned GrandfatherClause, the Mandarin's status as Iron Man's {{Archenemy}} has kept him from being retired permanently despite his YellowPeril persona no longer being considered acceptable in modern society.
* KiManipulation: he's able to use this to give himself the ability to go years without food or water, to amp his strength enough to go hand to hand with Iron Man, and to amp his karate-chops enough to destroy Iron Man's armor.
* MadScientist: At times he borders on this, with some out and out insane experiments.
* MadeOfTitanium: Under some writers, The Mandarin can harden his skin like iron, allowing him to destroy Iron Man's armour with his bare hands and withstand blasts from Stark's weapons.
* ManipulativeBastard: One of his talents, and boy is he good at it, having played Stark, Ezekial Stane, and various others when it suits him. His manipulation of Jack Kooning and Maya Hansen during the "Haunted" arc is particularly expert.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: The Mandarin sometimes dresses like a functionary in Imperial China, and sometimes like a modern day businessman. Either way, he is always dressed to the nines.
* MasterSwordsman: A master of Chinese-style swordsmanship.
* MultipleChoicePast: The Matt Fraction run strongly implied that the Mandarin's original backstory was a complete fabrication, and that his parents were an opium den prostitute and an unknown man (likely a customer or her pimp) rather than a British noblewoman and a proud descendant of Genghis Khan.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: a superhuman mystic chi-channeling martial artist AND a genius scientist AND a military mastermind AND a the owner of numerous corporations AND a crimelord.
* PaidHarem: Has maintained one on various occasions.
* PutOnABus: Has happened in many of the later runs, due to the somewhat controversial nature of the character. For instance, during the influential Michilenie/Layton run, the Mandarin was absent because they couldn't figure out how to modernize him or incorporate him into their storylines. Creator/JohnByrne brought him back in the "Dragon Seed Saga". He took another long absence (nearly ten years) during most of the 2000's. Following his apparent death at the close of Creator/MattFraction's run in 2012, he once again spent years in ComicBookLimbo.
* RingOfPower: Ten of them, each with a different power.
** AnIcePerson: '''Zero''', worn on the little finger of his left hand, emits waves of cold.
** CastingAShadow: '''Nightbringer''', worn on the little finger of his right hand can create zones of absolute darkness. Likely a form of dark force.
** DisintegratorRay: '''Spectral''', worn on the ring finger of his right hand. Needs a twenty-minute charge-up time.
** GravityMaster: '''Daimonic''', worn on the thumb on his left hand.
** MakeMeWannaShout[=/=]SelectiveMagnetism: '''Influence''', worn on the right hand index finger. It can emit sonic blasts and magnetic pulses.
** MasterOfIllusion: '''Liar''', worn on the ring finger of his left hand, generates illusions.
** MindOverMatter: '''Spin''', worn on the middle finger of his right hand.
** PlayingWithFire: '''Incandescence''', worn on the index finger of his left hand, emits flames and infrared radiation.
** RealityWarper: '''Remaker''', worn on right hand thumb, though with a very limited area effect.
** ShockAndAwe: '''Lightning''', worn on the middle finger of his left hand, fires electric blasts. Also an example of PsychoElectro.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: During the 1960s and early 70s, he made more of an effort to be a general supervillain rather than just be limited to Iron Man. He was the primary villain of the very first ''Avengers'' annual (with other Avengers-related villains, including the Enchantress and Executioner, the original Power Man, and the Living Laser serving as his minions), tried to use the Hulk as a pawn in his plans, only for Comicbook/NickFury to interfere, then briefly teamed up with the Sandman against the Hulk, abducted a famed peacekeeper in the Vietnam War who was then rescued by Captain America, and briefly tussled with Comicbook/BlackBolt and Comicbook/TheInhumans. He also did this during the ''Acts of Vengeance'' storyline, briefly brainwashing ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} into becoming his personal assassin, and fought a few members of the Comicbook/XMen. After that, he's since stuck with being Shellhead's nemesis.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Wore a green and purple costume in his first appearances. He has long since done away with that, but still favors green for his traditional wear.
* SinisterScimitar: Favors a similarly curved Chinese sword anyway.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Has been his goal since his introduction, though the methods have certainly varied.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Has maintained connections to them, depending upon the writer and time period.
* TragicKeepsake: Zigzagged (subverted?) in the [[WesternAnimation/IronMan 1994 animated series]]. The rings he uses to mount the alien gems that serve as his Rings fPower are all he has left of his fiancee after she was killed/dragged away by Mongolian bandits. The tragedy is subverted in that he abandoned her to die in order to heighten his own chance of successfully escaping.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Justine Hammer.
* VillainTeamUp: Often, but most notably during Matt Fraction's run on ''Invincible Iron Man''. The Mandarin unites Ezekial Stane, Blizzard II, Living Laser, Melter III, Crimson Dynamo XIII, Titanium Man I, Whirlwind, Firebrand IV, Vibro, Chemistro, Mauler II, Firepower, Spymaster III, Justine Hammer, and Sasha Hammer into a massive conspiracy aimed at Tony Stark.
* VillainousValor: Possesses a Code of Honor that he keeps. When he was defeated by Iron Man in a duel he lives up to his promise to no longer interfere in Stark Enterprises' Hong Kong operations.
* VisionaryVillain: Mandarin always has big plans. As Iron Man comments during Matt Fraction's run, he knew Zeke Stane was involved in the plot when he saw their tech, and that Mandarin was involved when he saw the sheer scope of it.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: "Haunted" made him an especially brutal one who was convinced that by releasing the Extremis into the atmosphere he was jumpstarting the next stage of human evolution.
* YellowPeril: A classic example of this trope. He's long since evolved beyond the worst of it, but the difficulty in removing these elements has made him nearly impossible to modernize.

!!Temugin
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 3) #53

The Mandarin's son, and a capable supervillain in his own right, Temugin first confronted Iron Man in revenge for his father's (apparent) death. He has since gone on to become an agent of the [[Comicbook/AgentsOfAtlas Atlas Foundation.]]
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* AvengingTheVillain: His original goal.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Destroys Iron Man's armour by attacking its weak points.
* BaldOfEvil: Has no hair.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Like his father, Temugin is able to shatter Iron Man's armour with blows from his chi-enhanced fists.
* TheDragon: To Mister Lao of the Atlas Foundation, succeeding Jimmy Woo as the Foundation's nominal leader.
* MeaningfulName: Temugin is the birth name of Genghis Khan.
* OverlordJr.: Mandarin's son.
* PoliticalOfficer: Lao used Temugin to keep an eye on the Atlas Foundation's ostensible leader, Jimmy Woo, because he felt that Woo was too soft (and heroic).
* TakeUpMySword: Briefly possessed his father's rings, which were sent to him after the latter's death, along with a note urging him to take vengeance for The Mandarin.

!!Remaker
->'''AKA:''' Mandarin One
[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lord_remaker_earth_616_001.jpg]]
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 5) #19

After the Mandarin was killed by the second Iron Monger, his ten Makulan rings were granted sentience by a transmission from Rigellian Recorder 451. The Remaker ring was found by an unnamed Chinese warlord who had set up a criminal base in Mandarin City, but was driven out when Tony Stark decided to turn Mandarin City into Troy, a city of the future. The bearer of the Remaker ring dubbed himself Lord Remaker, leader of the Ten Rings, beginning a campaign of terror to reclaim the city he felt was rightfully his, while attempting to rally the other ringbearers under his banner to carry on the Mandarin's legacy.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: It's Green, the favorite color of his predecessor. And with his matter manipulation properties, he can turn it into a suit of PoweredArmor.
* BaldOfEvil: Another bald warlord.
* BigBadWannabe: Starts out strong, and actually is TheHeavy of the ''Iron Metropolitan'' arc, but another Ringbearer steals his thunder.
* EvilerThanThou: Malekith the Accursed, who decapitates him and steals his ring.
* KilledOffForReal: See above (and below).
* OffWithHisHead: Iron Man seems to lose a lot of villains this way.
* RealityWarper: Via the Remaker ring.
* TriadsAndTongs: Commanded several of them.
* YouAreNumberSix: His Ten Rings designation is Mandarin One. Unlike the other ringbearers, his [[NoNameGiven real name is never revealed]].

!!Red Peril
->'''AKA:''' Abigail Burns
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 5) #18

Abigail Burns was a British counterculture journalist seeking to save the world from capitalism, corporate hegemony and the "impotence of democracy". The Mandarin's Incandescence ring, newly sentient and seeking to avenge the death of its master, selected Abigail as a host, and she used the newfound powers it granted her to attack Tony Stark and his allies.
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* AntiHero: Even during her time as an antagonist.
* AnArmAndALeg: Malekith the Accursed cuts off her hands when he attempts to steal Incandescence for himself.
* BombThrowingAnarchist: Once she gains Incandescence.
* FieryRedhead: Her hair ignites when she uses her flame powers.
* HeelFaceTurn: Malekith's decimation of the Ten Rings, her disgust at the brutality of her fellow Ringbearers, and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Team Iron Man saving her life]] ultimately lead her to pulling one of these.
* PlayingWithFire: Incandescence gave her fire based powers. And her armor had incendiary weapons.
* PoweredArmor: Gets one after Malekith maims her and steals Incandescence.
* PunnyName: Last name is Burns. She has fire based powers.
* SoapboxSadie: Eventually leading to a ShutUpHannibal from Stark.
* VigilanteWoman: Becomes one when she renounces terrorism [[spoiler:and gets her powers back]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: So well-intentioned that she actually tries to avoid collateral damage.
* WesternTerrorists: Starts out as one, but she gets better.
* YouAreNumberSix: Her Ten Rings designation is Mandarin Seven.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Her civilian clothes frequently incorporate this.

!!Exile
->'''AKA:''' Victor Kohl
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 5) #20

After being exposed to the Terrigen Mists, Victor Kohl watched his family undergo the Terragenesis metamorphosis while he remained a normal human. The Mandarin's Nightbringer Ring, newly sentient and seeking to avenge its deceased master, sensed his bitterness and resentment and found him to be a suitable host. He immediately used the ring's newfound power to attack an Inhuman Nativity Center, attracting the attention of Iron Man, who injured him and forced him to retreat. It was then that Victor [[{{Irony}} finally underwent his own Inhuman metamorphosis]], at roughly the same time the Inhumans informed him that he would never be welcome among them for [[ApeShallNeverKillApe killing his own kind]]. Driven mad by this turn of events, Victor takes the name Exile and joins the Ten Rings.
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* AxCrazy: His sanity gets curbstomped by [[SealedEvilInACan Nightbringer's corrupting influence]].
* BoomerangBigot: Harbors FantasticRacism toward Inhumans, despite being one himself.
* CastingAShadow: His primary power, thanks to Nightbringer.
* DarkIsEvil: Emerges from his Inhuman chrysalis with a wraith like body and devil horns.
* DrunkWithPower: A more literal example than most, he was under the influence of alcohol during his first super-powered rampage.
* TheDragon: To Remaker. Under Mole Man he's closer to TheBrute.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from deadbeat who sold his brother's laptop for drug money to a demonic supervillain.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Nightbringer exploits this to control him.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Takes an immediate liking to "The Exile". He's also one of the few ringbearers to have a supervillain name, as most of other ones simply use their ring's name.
* MissingMom: His mother ran out on the rest of the family. It could have been a FreudianExcuse if he wasn't such a Jerkass.
* NeverMyFault: His first scene has his brother calling him out for having this attitude. Nightbringer manipulates this to trick him into believing Iron Man is responsible for all his problems.
* OneWingedAngel: Creates a gigantic, beastly dark energy construct to fight the Iron Metropolitan.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Being rejected by the Inhumans was the final straw.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Though he [[JerkassWoobie tests the limits of sympathy]], life has not been kind to this guy.
* YouAreNumberSix: His Ten Rings designation is Mandarin Five.

!!Liar
->'''AKA:''' Marcus Kumar
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 5) #16

Marcus Kumar was a freelance public relations expert who met Pepper in Las Vegas while Iron Man was having an adventure in space. They began dating, and by the time Tony returned to Earth, they were engaged to be married. But Marc believed that Pepper still harbored feelings for Tony, and that he needed to "save her from herself." This seething hostility drew the attention of the newly sentient Liar ring, who chose Marc as its host.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: His insecurity at Tony and Pepper's relationship takes his toll on his sanity.
* FaceHeelTurn: Was a fairly decent guy before his jealousy of Stark got the better of him.
* FirstGirlWins: Marc's fear of this happening between Tony and Pepper ultimately drove him to supervillainy.
* LightIsNotGood: Uses a shimmering golden energy form as his supervillain avatar.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His jealousy made him go bad.
* MasterOfIllusion: Courtesy of the Liar ring.
* OnlySaneMan: Generally tries to be a voice of reason in the Ten Rings, as he opposes the war of attrition against Malekith, and tries to discourage infighting amongst the individual ringbearers.
* YouAreNumberSix: His Ten Rings designation is Mandarin Eight.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mauler]]
!! Mauler II
->'''AKA:''' Brendan Doyle
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #156

Edwin Cord was head of the Cord Conglomerate, a rival of Stark Enterprises. Hired by SHIELD to develop a suit of PoweredArmor for them, Cord developed the M.A.U.L.E.R. ('''M'''obile '''A'''rmored '''U'''tility '''L'''aser-Guided '''E'''-Beam, '''R'''evised) armor, but it was stolen by an embittered employee named Aaron Soames, who tried to use it to kill Edwin Cord. While Soames was defeated by Daredevil, the security breach led to a major black eye for the Cord Congolmerate. When the Cord Conglomerate was later bought out by Stark Enterprises, Cord hired mercentary Brendan Doyle to steal the Mauler armor. Doyle succeeded, but then kept the suit for himself and used it to become a freelance mercenary.
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* ArmCannon: Features a laser cannon on his left arm.
* CyberCyclops: Invoked by his one-eyed helmet.
* EvilFormerFriend: Of Rhodey's.
* FunWithAcronyms: See above.
* GlowingMechanicalEyes: His single eye glows very brightly.
* HiredGuns: He was a mercenary criminal even before getting his hands on the Mauler armour.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Never trust a man named "Mauler".
* PoweredArmor: One that enables flight and is equipped with a laser cannon in the left arm. It has since been upgraded by The Mandarin and Zeke Stane.
* PragmaticVillainy: During the Armor Wars saga, Iron Man barges in on Brendan in his hotel room and demands the Mauler armor:
-->'''Doyle''': What, this little thing? Faith, it's yours!
-->'''Iron Man''': No fight?
-->'''Doyle''': I get ''paid'' ta fight, bucko.
* PsychoElectro: Has an electro-shock generator on his right arm.
* PsychoForHire: Enjoys his work a little too much. That said, the ''for hire'' part of his villainy is also emphasized. He won't fight if there's no money in it, as noted above.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The Mauler armour was originally used against Daredevil, before Doyle swiped it and ran afoul of Iron Man.
* VillainTeamUp: Joined The Mandarin's collective during Matt Fraction's run.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Scottish and a criminal thug.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Melter]]

!!Melter I
->'''AKA:''' Bruno Horgan
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->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #47

A [[{{Jobber}} recurring low-level threat]], with the power to melt all forms of iron (and later all forms of metal) into slag. A founding member of The Masters of Evil.
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* ArmsDealer: His job.
* ChestBlaster: Had one of these, from which he projected his beam.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: What he was prior to his first incarceration.
* CListFodder: Not the most prominent villain, at least after UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}. In fact, it's the fact he was so C-list that he was chosen to be killed by the Scourge of the Underworld.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Shot in the back by Scourge.
* DumbMuscle: Not a criminal mastermind.
* HiredGuns: Frequently operated as a mercenary for other, better supervillains, like Zemo and Justin Hammer.
* LegacyCharacter: Two other villains have taken on The Melter's identity since Horgan's death, the second Melter is a mutant who was employed by the Mandarin and Ezekiel Stane, the third is [[RoguesGalleryTransplant a Spider-Man villain]] who bought Horgan's equipment from the Hobgoblin.
* ManOfKryptonite: Could easily destroy Iron Man's armour (provided he could hit it) with his special beam.
* RayGun: Which he [[DualWielding had two of]] that melted material and burned humans.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Has worn both purple and green and green and orange.
* VillainTeamUp: A founding member of the Masters of Evil, alongside Heinrich Zemo, the first Black Knight, and the Radioactive Man.

!!Melter II
->'''AKA:''' Christopher Colchiss
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->'''Debut:''' ''Dark Reign: Young Avengers'' (Vol 1) #1

A mutant who could use telekinesis to liquify any form of solid matter (something the original Melter needed technology to accomplish). Chris Colchiss had originally wanted to use his powers to be a superhero, and was placed in charge of the Young Masters, an AntiHeroSubstitute for the Young Avengers. Chris made mistakes with his powers that got people killed, and he began to doubt the conviction of his teammates, whose [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty tendencies]] drove the group toward Punisher style vigilantism. Shunned by the superhero community, he joined forces with the Mandarin and Ezekiel Stane, who upgraded his powers and equipment.
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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''hris '''C'''olchiss.
* AscendedFanboy: Of Spider-Man, frequently wearing Spider-Man T-shirts as part of his civilian wear.
* EvilWearsBlack: Stane gave him a sleek black battlesuit.
* HeroWithAnFInGood: Wants to be a hero, but is unsure just what he needs to do in order to be one.
* LifeImitatesArt: An in-universe example. The Young Masters actually started out as an art project deconstructing superheroism, before they decided to be a real team.
* NinetiesAntiHero: Arguably closer to this than an actual villain.
* OnlySaneMan: Was chosen to lead the Young Masters because he asked the important questions like "[[ArmorPiercingQuestion what gives us the right to do what we do?]]"
* PowerIncontinence: Has the power to liquify anything solid with his mind (this includes turning living things into a disgusting goo). ''Doesn't'' have the mental discipline to pull his punches.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Killed his parents as a child, though [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength not intentionally]].
* UnskilledButStrong: Lacks the training and discipline to properly control his powers. Mitigated somewhat with Ezekiel Stane's upgrades.
* VigilanteMan: What he acts like the above trope.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: MODOK]]
!!M.O.D.O.K.
->'''AKA:''' George Tarleton
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #93

The test subject for an Advanced Idea Mechanics experiment to create a living computer, George Tarleton gained superhuman intelligence and vast psionic powers at the cost of his humanity. Driven mad by the process, Tarleton dubbed himself M.O.D.O.K and killed his creators. Repeated clashes with A.I.M. and the Avengers resulted in Iron Man and M.O.D.O.K. developing a mutual emnity.
-> See his [[ComicBook/{{MODOK}} own page]] for more.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Masters of Silence]]
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->'''AKA:''' Inazuma, Kaminari, Kaze, Meredith [=McCall=] (Kaze II)
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #281
A group of high-tech assassins that honor the samurai code and are hired to eliminate Tony Stark.
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* CaptainEthnic: They have very Japanese code-names.
* EnemyMine: The Masters of Silence teamed up with Iron Man to help Meredith [=McCall=] against the demon known as Face Thief.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Overlord]]
!!Overlord
->'''AKA:''' Kearson [=DeWitt=]
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #258

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The son of an poor inventor who died before his inventions could see the light of day, Kearson [=DeWitt=] believed that Tony Stark stole his father's designs and sought revenge. While Stark was undergoing surgery after being shot by a PsychoExGirlfriend, [=DeWitt=] had him infected with a techno-organic parasite that enabled him to hijack Stark's central nervous system. When Stark donned an Iron Man suit that negated the parasite's influence, [=DeWitt=] donned an experimental warsuit to take the fight to Iron Man personally.
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* AdaptationalExpansion: A few video game adaptations give him a senior position in A.I.M. In the comics he was only one of their pawns.
* BadassBeard / BeardOfEvil: A slick black beard, and is a pretty mean guy.
* BigBad: Of ''Armor Wars II''.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: The industrial espionage potential of [[GrandTheftMe Grand Theft Stark]] is very appealing to [=DeWitt=]'s boss Desmond Marrs, but [=DeWitt=] doesn't care, he's too obsessed with [[RevengeBeforeReason revenge]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Put Tony through hell for ''perceived'' plagiarism (which Tony was actually innocent of).
* EvilCripple: Survived a building falling on him, but it left him in a wheelchair. Was still able to control his warsuit through a neural link.
* KickTheDog: The more control he has over Tony, the more mean spirited he gets, culminating in him trying to get him to kill Rhodey.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: While he's hijacked Tony's body, he tries to get him and Rhodey to fight to the death.
* MindRape: Via neural implant.
* MiniMecha: The Overlord warsuit. The pilot is seated in the chest, with the cockpit's canopy in place of a head.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Wears purple armor.
* VillainousBreakdown: Throws a tantrum when he loses control of Iron Man.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rigellian Recorder 451]]
!!Rigellian Recorder 451
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 5) #6

451 was a robot initially designed to record knowledge about the universe without interfering. However, a bug causes him to try and prevent disasters rather than record them. He develops a special interest in protecting the Earth and genetically modifies the unborn Tony Stark to accelerate Earth's technological advancement and to pilot the Godkiller mecha as its protector.
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* AffablyEvil: Is pretty much invariably friendly and polite, no matter the circumstances.
* AIIsACrapshoot: His creator says this to Tony (in the [[PurpleProse most prosaic way possible]]).
* AlienNonInterferenceClause: He breaks it.
* AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:Even when he's inert, he's still able to transmit signals that cause the Mandarin's Rings to become sentient.]]
* BigBad: Of ''The Secret Origin of Tony Stark''.
* ContagiousAI: When defunct his body began broadcasting an alien signal that elevated Mandarin's power rings to sentience.
* CreepyUncle: Tony Stark calls him this at one point.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After his Villainous BSOD, 451 is unable to live with the consequences of his hubris and self-destructs.]]
-->'''Recorder 451:''' [[spoiler: It would have been better to have never existed. Must delete the error.]]
* HumongousMecha: In exchange for healing their unborn child's genetic disease, Howard and Maria Stark allow 451 to genetically modify him so that he can pilot the Godkiller, a five-mile tall mecha originally meant to kill Celestials. He steals the Godkillers' power source from the Voldi, which results in their extermination by the Celestials.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Pits Iron Man against ComicBook/DeathsHead.
-->'''Recorder 451:''' You have 4.734 miles of robot suit to hide inside. And without you I only have limited access to its internal subsystems. Hmm. If only there was a galaxy-famous bounty hunter standing around frozen to drag you back and integrate you with the Godkiller.
* PopCulturedBadass: While he's not much of a fighter, as he admits himself, he is extremely dangerous and, thanks to his nature, has libraries of information, including on pop culture - meaning that he gets Tony's references.
* ScaryDogmaticAliens: His plans for the Earth involve it becoming a benevolent galactic empire that keeps the universe in order and he means to achieve this no matter the cost. According to his creator, the sentiment that an empire is the highest form of civilization is common amongst most space capable races.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Believes that Earth should be protected so that it can one day unite the universe under a single, peaceful empire.
* VillainousBSOD: When [[spoiler:Tony can't control the Godkiller, which results in it crashing into a planet and destroying it. 451 realizes that all his plans had failed and all the people he killed were for nothing.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: On a cosmic scale. He genuinely believes that he's doing the right thing.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Raiders]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #145

The Raiders are three mercenaries hired by industrialist Edwin Cord to attack Iron Man at an electronics convention as a demonstration for a potential buyer.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shockwave]]
!! Shockwave
->'''AKA:''' Lancaster Sneed
->'''Debut:''' ''Master of Kung-Fu'' (vol 1) #42
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Lancaster Sneed was the nephew of renowned British spymaster [[Literature/FuManchu Sir Denis Nayland-Smith]]. Originally a contortionist and circus performer, Sneed followed in his famous uncle's footsteps and joined [=MI6=]. After being severely injured on a mission in Africa, Sneed used metal plates to rebuild himself. [=MI6=] deemed him mentally unfit to continue his duties, he was cast out of the agency. Seeking revenge on his uncle, who he blamed for his dismissal, Sneed built an armored exoskeleton for himself and became the mercenary Shockwave. His attempts to kill Nayland-Smith and his allies brought him into conflict with ComicBook/ShangChi and ComicBook/UnionJack. As his nemeses gained allies in the superhero community, he came into conflict with Avengers, cultivating new rivalries within their ranks. Shockwave has worked for A.I.M., the Masters of Evil, and more recently, ComicBook/TheHood.
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* ActuallyADoombot: The design of his armor means that it's pretty easy to create an android decoy of him. One such decoy was actually controlled by Doctor Doom himself.
* ArchEnemy: Shang-Chi.
* AxCrazy: Results in him getting sacked by [=MI6=].
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: His contortion skills create a unique fighting style.
* EvilBrit: Another top of the morning British bad guy.
* EvilNephew: To Nayland-Smith.
* MeanBrit: Like above he is quite nasty.
* PoweredArmor: It triples his strength and enables him to fire [[ShockAndAwe electrical projectiles]].
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: When Marvel lost the rights to Sax Rohmer's work, Sneed's vendetta against his uncle was dropped, and he became more of an Avengers villain.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Spymaster]]
!! Spymaster I
!! Spymaster III
->'''AKA:''' Sinclair Abbot
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man: Inevitable'' (Vol 1) #1

Tony Stark's business rival who desires to take over Stark Industries by adding a new meaning to the term "hostile takeover." Abbot adopted the identity of the Spymaster, which had been used by two previous Iron Man foes, both experts in corporate espionage and sabotage. In order to prove himself to the supervillain community, he tackled Iron Man on several occasions; forced to infiltrate Stark Resilient on behalf of The Mandarin, he eventually committed SuicideByCop.
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* BigBadWannabe: Believes himself to be just as much of a threat as Mandarin. He has a long way to go before that happens, something he seemed to realize shortly before his death.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Has a blade that can deploy from the wrist of his costume.
* TheChessmaster
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The Spymaster costume is bulletproof, contains numerous concealed weapons, and is designed so that Abbot can attach various masks to it.
* CoolMask: Not only does Spymaster's mask conceal his own face, but it serves as the base to which lifelike, fleshy mask disguises can be attached.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Corrupt rival who wanted to take over Stark Industries #233.
* DepravedBisexual: Manipulated men and women alike with sex.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely fell in love with his mark when he infiltrated Stark Resilient, and did the best he could to spare him during his subsequent rampage.
* ImmuneToBullets: The Spymaster uniform is kevlar lined, and will resist the impact of most firearms.
* KlingonPromotion: You become Spymaster by killing the previous one.
* KnifeNut: Favours knives in close combat.
* LegacyCharacter: Abbot's the third man to use the Spymaster identity.
* MasterOfDisguise: With masks that attach over top of his costume.
* TheMole: Infiltrated Stark Resilient on The Mandarin's behalf.
* SmugSnake: Very prideful, arrogant and full of himself despite being a spy.
* TheSpymaster: Invoked by the name.
* SuicideByCop: Forces the police to kill him.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: By day, he's a generous philanthropist.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sunset Bain]]
!! Sunset Bain
->'''AKA:''' Madame Menace
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->'''Debut:''' ''Machine Man'' #17

Originally the problem of ComicBook/MachineMan, under the guise of ''Madame Menace'', Sunset is also a recurring antagonist for Tony Stark, mainly as a business competitor, but also as a direct enemy of Iron Man. Sultry, beautiful, shrewd, knowledgeable and a very effective businesswoman, Sunset is also unbelievably opportunistic and manipulative, often getting others to dirty their hands in her stead. She's especially notable for being one of Tony Stark's ex-girlfriends who stole all his business strategies and used them to start her own company, Baintronics Inc, a firm specialized in high-tech weaponry.
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* AmicableExes: In appearance at least. Stark knows that trouble is about to arise whenever he crosses path with her in his business hours but they usually don't bring up their old relationship and are rather cordial to one another when they meet.
* BrainyBrunette: Well versed in all things high-tech and a very successful businesswoman.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Her day job.
* DarkChick: Sunset Bain doesn't fight herself, she relies on her machines and manipulation to get by.
* FemmeFatale: A very effective one, using her astonishing beauty to get what she wants from men.
* InTheBlood: Turns out she's the mother of [[spoiler: Ezekiel Stane]].
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: She never could have started her company without stealing Tony's secrets back when they were college kids.
* NonActionBigBad: Whenever she poses herself as an opponent, as said above, she never engages in direct combat.
* PaperThinDisguise: It's surprising to see that Baintronics still remains a legal organization when she does so little to conceal her face as Madame Manace.
* TheRival: In Tony's day-to-day business, she openly competes with him.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: She is more an antagonist of Machine Man as Madame Menace, but she was later revealed to be linked to Stark as well.
* TheWomanBehindTheMan: Sunset almost always hires others to do her dirty work.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sunturion]]
!! Sunturion
->'''AKA:''' Arthur Dearborn
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #143

Arthur Dearborn was the primary energy researcher for Roxxon Energy. In a noble attempt to reduce mankind's dependence on dwindling fossil fuels, Dr. Dearborn created the Star Well, an orbital solar collector that could potentially power the entire planet. To make this project cost efficient, he turned himself into an energy being that could singlehandedly run the station without the need for nourishment or life-support. When the Star Well began adversely affecting Earth, Iron Man investigated, and Dearborn, obsessed with defending his creation, assumed the mantle of the armored Sunturion to battle him.
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* AntiVillain: Not a supervillain, more like a corporate sponsored superhero. Most conflict comes from him working for one of Stark's business competitors.
* BadassMoustache: Had one while he was still human.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A noble example, he wanted to help out but the power consumed him.
* TheDragon: To Jonas Hale, Roxxon's Director of Research.
* EnergyBeings: Being comprised of "pure microwave energy", he can alter his appearance at will.
* HeroicSacrifice: To stop Stratosfire, an unstable DistaffCounterpart. He gets better, though.
* LegacyCharacter: A set of armor [[EvilKnockoff identical to Dearborn's]] was used by a one-off Daredevil villain. Also, Roxxon attempted to clone him, until numerous acts of sabotage (by Ghost and Dearborn himself) eventually made it more practical to keep the original alive.
* PoweredArmor: Subverted, he's a shapeshifter. Played straight with the aforementioned Evil Knockoff.
* PlayingWithFire: Given that it's powered by the sun he uses a sort of fire.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He generally wanted to make humanity less reliant on fossil fuels, compared to Magneto and other WellIntentionedExtremists he comes off tame.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Samurai Steel]]
->'''AKA:''' Yoshida Asano
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He has the great 'honor' of appearing in ''one issue'' before dying, and hasn't been revived or anything since 1990.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Seekers]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shatterax]]
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->'''AKA:''' Roco-Bai
->'''Debut:''' ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #1
Shatterax was a Kree techno-warrior, first of a new breed of cyborg soldiers. He battled Iron Man of the Avengers during the Kree-Shi'ar War. He was later added to the Kree Starforce.
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Shatterax was assimilated by the Phalanx during their attack on the Kree Empire and he was made a Phalanx Select.
* TheFaceless: He was never seen without his helmet, although according to Seruly-N, he had a mustache.
* LegacyCharacter: After his apparent death, his place in the Starforce was given to a female Kree named Seruly-N.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Slag]]
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->'''AKA:''' Theodore Slaght
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #314
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sentry 571 ]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 3) #7
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scylla]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Techno Golem]]
!!Techno Golem
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[[caption-width-right:350:Tomoe as the Techno Golem]]
->'''AKA:''' Tomoe
->'''Debut:''' ''Invincible Iron Man'' (Vol 2) #7

A Japanese Inhuman who gained technopathic abilities when she was exposed to the Terrigen Mists, Tomoe sets up a criminal base in Osaka, with her followers comprised mostly of outcasts rejected by mainstream society. She gains the attention of Iron Man when she sends her assassins after him and Madame Masque, after the latter stole [[VaguenessIsComing something]] from her.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Powerful enough to NoSell War Machine, Iron Man, and Spider-Man.
* DragonLady: A CyberPunk variation.
* EverythingsBetterWithNinjas: Commands an army of CyberNinja.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Describes herself this way, saying that nobody cared who she was before she got her powers.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Is mainly operating behind the scenes, as part of the setup for ''ComicBook/CivilWarII''. And her ninja were introduced a full story arc before she was.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Averted. Her ninjas actually stick to the shadows, and they stalk Tony for a long time before he takes notice.
* HumongousMecha: The Techno Golem suit. It's actually one of War Machine's armors, [[BiggerIsBetter bulked up with junk lying around her hideout]].
* OnlyOneName: Her last name remains unrevealed.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Techno Golem armor has [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing red eyes]].
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Introduced as a foe of Iron Man, she later faced Rescue and Ironheart. She would also encounter Miles Morales while he was in Tokyo.
* ShesGotLegs: Which she shows off in a MinidressOfPower.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Titanium Man]]
!!The Titanium Man I
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[[caption-width-right:350:Bullski's classic armour]]
->'''AKA:''' Boris Bullski, "Boris the Merciless"
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #69

->''"Dos vedania Iron Man. Your grave awaits."''

A Soviet agent, the original Titanium Man, Boris Bullski, conceived of defeating Iron Man on national television in order to score a propaganda victory against the United States. After his defeat, Bullski became a genuine enemy of Stark's, blaming the Armoured Avenger for his humiliation and loss of favour within the Communist Party. Since the fall of the USSR, Bullski has become a supervillainous mercenary, selling the Titanium Man's considerable firepower to whoever will pay the most--though he has never let go of his dreams of reviving the Communist state and avenging himself on Iron Man.
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* AlliterativeName: '''B'''oris '''B'''ullski.
* BackFromTheDead: Killed in battle with Stark and Valentin Shatalov (Crimson Dynamo VI), Bullski was revived under unknown circumstances.
* BadassBoast

-->''"I am real, puny fools. I am power unparalleled. I am...the Titanium Man. If you cannot accept the uselessness of your weapons then feel the overwhelming onslaught I direct at any who delay me in the task I must perform, and BELIEVE!"''

-->''"Fool! Even [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor a god]] is no match for the power of the Titanium Man!"''
* BiggerIsBetter: Averted. The reason the original Titanium Man armour is so large is because Bullski lacked the components needed for miniaturisation.
* BioAugmentation: Bullski's body was surgically altered so that he could fit into the Titanium Man armour. His size, strength and stamina were vastly increased, but at the cost of requiring that he be wired into the armour to stay alive.
* BodyHorror: The surgical modifications that enable Bullski to pilot the Titanium Man also make it impossible for him to fully remove it. Beneath the armour his body is a mess.
* BoisterousBruiser: Bullski's huge, loud, and fond of bragging.
* CaptainPatriotic: With the caveat that the country he is obsessed with defending is dead. Created as a representative of the Soviet dictatorship, Titanium Man continues to act as its agent long after the country's dissolution.
* DangerousDeserter: When Bullski went into exile in Vietnam he rapidly moved to the top of the KGB's hit list. Given he was in possession of a gigantic war machine at the time, this is not surprising.
* DavidVsGoliath: Toyed with. While Bullski's armour is far larger than Iron Man's, giving him the appearance of the Goliath in their confrontations, Iron Man's [[BiggerStick better tech]] can make him the Goliath in everything outside close-quarters combat.
* DependingOnTheArtist: The Titanium Man always towers over Iron Man, but it's a question of by how much. Sometimes he's only a head taller. Other times--most notably in "Last Tango with the Titanium Man" he's pictured as standing at least ten or eleven feet in height.
* DirtyCommies: What he was at first. He still feels that Russia was better in the days of the USSR.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Bullski was a talented KGB operative, considered worthy of working alongside the likes of the Black Widow, long before he underwent his superstrength granting surgeries, or created the Titanium Man armour.
* EnemyMine: While in exile in Vietnam, Bullski aligned himself with the third Crimson Dynamo, Alex Nevsky, whose girlfriend he had previously killed while trying to recapture him for the Soviet government.
* EvilIsBigger: His immense armour, and following his surgeries, Bullski himself.
* EvilIsHammy: Bullski can always be counted on to serve up classic, over the top supervillain dialogue.
* EvilKnockoff: The Titanium Man armour was built specifically to ape Iron Man's.
* EvilerThanThou: Bullski has frequently battled the Crimson Dynamos, clashing with Alex Nevsky (III), Dmitri Bukharin (V), and Valentin Shatalov (VI). In almost every case, he's been by far the less sympathetic of the two Soviet supervillains.
* TheExile: Was thrown out of the Soviet Union after a series of defeats by Iron Man. He later came back into favour and was able to return home.
* FormerRegimePersonnel: After the fall of the USSR Bullski became a hired agent, selling his talents on the criminal market.
* GeniusBruiser: Bullski was an effective manipulator and spy. He was also over seven feet tall, thanks to the medical treatments he required to fit into his gigantic armour.
* GreenAndMean: Bullski's armour is typically dark green with lighter green highlights.
* HiredGuns: Has become a mercenary since the fall of the USSR. He's worked for a variety of clients, including Tony Stark.
* HuskyRusskie: Bullski was big even before he had himself surgically modified. Now he looks like a man with gigantism.
* LegacyCharacter: There have been three Titanium Men, though Bullski (who is still active) remains the best known.
* MadeOfTitanium: His armour is an unusually literal case of this trope, being forged from green-painted titanium.
* MakeTheBearAngryAgain: Was part of Valentin Shatalov's plot to do this.
* ManInTheMachine: Bullski cannot fully remove the Titanium Man armour, as his body will shut down without its life support functions.
* MightyGlacier: When compared to the Iron Man armour, Bullski's Titanium Man outfit is slow moving and crude, but grants him immense strength and durability.
* MilitarySuperhero: Bullski's past as an agent of the KGB and the Soviet army is a defining aspect of his character.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: A gargantuan Soviet spy in a suit of titanium armour.
* PoweredArmour: With the following abilities:
** EyeBeams: The giant yellow eyes in the original Titanium Man armour could fire force blasts.
** FlyingFirepower: Like the Iron Man and Crimson Dynamo suits, the Titanium Man armour is flight-capable and packs a hell of a punch.
** ImmuneToBullets: Nothing short of a large caliber anti-armour shell is going to pierce the Titanium Man's hide.
** PowerPalms: Emits beams of energy from the palms of his suit.
** RocketBoots: A literal example. Unlike the Iron Man armour with its repulsors, the Titanium Man armour has jets built into its feet.
** SuperSpeed: The Titanium Man armour can exceed the speed of sound at least.
** SuperStrength: Even without the armour, Bullski can lift one and a half tonnes courtesy of his physicality-enhancing surgeries. With the armour on, he can heft over seventy-five.
** TractorBeam: Perhaps the Titanium Man's most iconic weapon, the suit emits a tractor beam from its helmet capable of paralyzing foes in their tracks, and pulling them towards the armour.
* RedBaron: "Boris the Merciless".
* RedScare: Particularly in his first appearance, when Bullski's Titanium Man actually represented the USSR in a match with Iron Man, who represented the West; he wasn't so much a character as he was a symbol of Soviet dictatorship.
* RenegadeRussian: Went rogue just before the fall of the USSR and stayed that way. In his anger, he actually blames Iron Man for his nation's collapse.
* TheRival: Bullski became Titanium Man solely to rival Iron Man. Since then the conflict has become very personal for him.
** RivalTurnedEvil: Bullski was always pretty nasty, but it was only after his first encounter with Iron Man ended in defeat that he became a genuine supervillain.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: His armor has been green since day one.
* ShoutOut: His partership with Natasha Romanov is a shout out to ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'''s Boris and Natasha.
* SovietSuperscience: Bullski's armour is far beyond anything the real life Soviet Union could ever have come up with, though in an acknowledgement of that, it is cruder than Iron Man's armour.
* SuperSoldier: Bullski was modified into a giant and then granted his armour by the KGB and the Soviet military.
* TerribleTrio: While in exile in Vietnam, Bullski formed and led the Titanic Three, a trio of Communist villains including himself, Crimson Dynamo III, and Radioactive Man.
* TinCanRobot: The original armour invoked this, resembling little more than a massive titanium can with arms, legs, and a computer monitor head bolted on. Later versions have been somewhat more refined, but even the most advanced versions have never been what you'd call sleek.
* VillainTeamUp: Has worked with (and against) the various Crimson Dynamos, the Radioactive Man, Justin Hammer, and The Mandarin.
* YourSizeMayVary: Happens a lot. While all artists can agree that Bullski is an enormous man and that the Titanium Man armour is even larger, few can agree on just how big he is, even within a single issue. In "Last Tango With The Titanium Man" he is simultaneously larger than a city bus, and able to fit into an armchair (to be fair the scene with the armchair ''is'' in Bullski's private hideout; perhaps he had it built to special order).

!!The Titanium Man II
->'''AKA:''' Kondrati Topolov, the Gremlin
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->'''Debut:''' ''Incredible Hulk'' (Vol 1) #163

Originally a foe of the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], Topolov built his own Titanium Man suit when Commissar Bullski went missing, and briefly served with the Soviet Super Soldiers. He was killed during the Armor Wars when Iron Man inadvertently ignited his titanium armor, causing the Gremlin to burn to death.
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* AccidentalMurder: During the fight with Iron Man, Topolov got Tony in a bearhug while flying. Tony cranked up his boot thrusters to break out of the hold and ended up setting Topolov on fire as well. Since the battle happened on Soviet territory against a legitimate state agent (Iron Man broke in to steal copied Starktech) it created an international incident and Tony was forced to publicly fire his "bodyguard" Iron Man.
* AlasPoorVillain: Gremlin's a bastard, but his death is so ugly that it makes you pity him.
* CaptainPatriotic: Worked for the Soviet government, and was meant to take Boris Bullski's place as Titanium Man.
* ChestInsignia: Wore the hammer and sickle of the USSR on the chest of his jumpsuit.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Burned to death inside his Titanium Man armour, while Iron Man watched in horror.
* DepravedDwarf: A twisted midget with a mind to match.
* DirtyCommies: Like Bullski before him, Gremlin was a Soviet operative.
* EvilGenius: Gremlin inherited his father's superhuman intellect.
* EvilKnockoff: Twice over. Gremlin's armour ripped off both Tony Stark and Boris Bullski. He later upgraded it with stolen Stark technology during "Armour Wars".
* {{Expy}}: Is modeled on his father, Yuri Topolov, who is himself modeled on longstanding Hulk adversary The Leader.
* GreenAndMean: His Titanium Man armour was the same green as Bullski's.
* {{Irony}}: Boris Bullski was a giant who stood over seven feet tall. Gremlin, who tried to usurp his identity, was a midget.
* KilledOffForReal: Has not returned since his death by fire.
* LamarckWasRight: Inherited his father's gamma irradiated body.
* LegacyCharacter: A two-fer, for both his father, the Gargoyle, and Boris Bullski who was presumed dead at the time. One of Bullski's later armours would incorporate Gremlin's design aesthetic as well.
* MadScientist: His original goal was to capture the Hulk and dissect him so that the USSR could create an army of Hulks.
* MadeOfTitanium: His armour, like Bullski's, is forged from a titanium alloy. Unlike Bullski's, it proved vulnerable to fire, igniting during battle with Iron Man.
* MilitarySuperhero: Was initially a member of the KGB, and later served with several Soviet Super-Teams.
* MiniMecha: Gremlin's armour was the same size as Bullski's, despite Topolov himself barely reaching Bullski's waist. Accordingly, the arms, legs, and head all had to operated by remote control.
* {{Mutant}}: Born deformed and hyperintelligent due to his father's exposure to gamma radiation.
* MyBrainIsBig: To the point of distorting his skull.
* ProperlyParanoid: The KGB ''were'' trying to manipulate him during "Armour Wars" he just didn't realize how.
* RenegadeRussian: Abandoned the USSR and refused to cooperate with the KGB in an operation against Iron Man, convincing himself they were only out to reclaim the Titanium Man armour.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Originally menaced the Hulk before clashing with Iron Man.
* SmugSnake: Gremlin had a highly inflated opinion of his own intellect, and his arrogance and paranoia undermined him frequently.
* SuperIntelligence: His intellect was heightened by his mutation.
* XanatosGambit: By refusing to cooperate with the [=KGB=] in stopping Iron Man, the Gremlin played right into their gambit; no matter the outcome, they would benefit in some way.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Technovore]]
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A technological parasite created by scientist and eventually kills everyone inside an orbital space station.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Termite]]
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->'''AKA:''' Neil Donaldson
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #189

An agent of Obadiah Stane hired for industrial sabotage and is confronted by Iron Man.
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: The Termite.
* DePower: He was left without his mutant powers by a neutralizer created by Forge.
* DramaticIrony: When Stane sent The Enforcer to kill him to silence him. However, before the Enforcer could carry out the hit, he himself was killed instead by a disguised Scourge of the Underworld. So, yes, the superhuman criminal-killing Scourge saved the Termite's life.
* TunnelKing: Termite had the mutant power to weaken molecular bonds, thus allowing him to disintegrate any substance he touched. He was able to use this power to tunnel quickly through the Earth.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ultimo]]

!! Ultimo
->'''AKA:''' The Doomsday Machine, Devastator
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->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #76

A weaponized liquid metal construct created by an [[AbusivePrecursors unknown alien race]], Ultimo laid waste to numerous worlds until he was eventually defeated and crash landed on Earth (China, to be specific). The Mandarin finds his dormant body and decides to use him as tool against Iron Man. Ultimo has returned to challenge the Golden Avenger several times since, each time sporting an upgrade that makes him more powerful.
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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Only 25 feet at first, but he has gotten bigger with each upgrade.
* AssimilationPlot: In ''Dark Reign'', after it evolves into [[TheVirus a sentient liquid virus]] that turns anything that comes into contact with it into silicon-based monstrosities.
* BackFromTheDead: Frequently. Its true form being liquid might have something to do with this.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Many villains have tried to control him, but only the Mandarin has had any consistent success. Even Norman Osborn learned this the hard way.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Doesn't have much of a personality, vaguely explained origins and not much of a role besides being a threat.
* HumansAreBastards: After gaining intelligence and reading War Machine's files, he begins to think this. Then Norman Osborn and Morgan Stark come along and make things worse. Cue the aforementioned assimilation plot.
* HumongousMecha: He can piloted on occasion.
* {{Kaiju}}: Evokes this as he moves across the Earth.
* MadeOfIndestructium: Ultimo cannot be truly destroyed. Blow him to bits, and he'll [[PullingThemselvesTogether put himself back together again]], anyone who has seen ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' (and [[PopCulturalOsmosis probably a few who haven't]]) can tell you what happens if you melt him down into silver goo. The only way to really contain him is to [[SealedEvilInACan keep pieces of him in high security SHIELD facilities across the world]], and that was before he evolved into that pesky virus.
* MechanicalMonster: A 50 foot mechanical monster.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Can easily be mistaken for a mindless killing machine, but his brain actually hosts a rather insidious computer virus.
* {{Robeast}}: Has a feel similar to this.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Unicorn]]
!!Unicorn
->'''AKA:''' Milos Masaryk
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->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #56

A Slovokian born KGB agent, Milos Masaryk was the handler for Professor Anton Vanko (the original Crimson Dynamo). Masaryk helped Professor Vanko build the original Crimson Dynamo armor, and field tested another one of the Professor's inventions, an experimental helmet outfitted with a "power horn" firing a projectile similar to Iron Man's uni-beam. Following Vanko's defeat and defection, Masaryk paired the helmet with an experimental armor that enabled him flight, set out to destroy Iron Man on his own, taking the name Unicorn after the helmet's unique design.
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* AlliterativeName: '''M'''ilos '''M'''asaryk.
* AvengingTheVillain: The first two Crimson Dynamos.
* BaldOfEvil: His radiation treatments made him lose his hair.
* BlessedWithSuck: The same process that empowered him also gave him radiation poisoning.
* DealWithTheDevil: When his upgrades started making him sick, he would work with any supervillain who offered a cure for his condition.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Originally had no powers without his vest and helmet, but he was eventually given radiation treatments in order to give him superhuman strength.
* FragileSpeedster: Not [[MadeOfIron Masaryk himself]], but rather the armor. It was designed to be faster than the first Crimson Dynamo suit, sacrificing durability in favor of speed. So Masaryk was given genetic modifications to make ''him'' more durable.
* KnifeNut: Is highly proficient with blades.
* LegacyCharacter: Four villains have worn the armor. In universe and out, it can sometimes be difficult to tell which incarnation Stark is encountering.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Is usually part of one.
* SanitySlippage: A side effect of the aforementioned poisoning. Even after the Avengers (possibly) cured the cellular degradation, they could not undo the damage already done to his mind.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Green and orange.
* SovietSuperscience: His original armor.
* ThirdEye: A cybernetic eye in the center of his forehead.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vibro]]
!!Vibro
->'''AKA:''' Alton Vibereaux
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #186

A geologist from Baton Rouge, Professor Vibereaux invented a revolutionary energy absorption apparatus that he believed could stop earthquakes. While testing his invention in the San Andreas Fault, a tremor struck, causing Vibereaux to fall into a chasm. Assumed dead, his invention saved his life, but he was left insane and disfigured. Resurfacing as a cyborg with a weaponized version of his apparatus, Vibereaux blamed his employer for his misfortunes and went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, but was stopped by Iron Man (James Rhodes, as Obadiah Stane had forced Tony into exile at the time). Since then, he has worked as hired muscle for more powerful villains, often as part of a QuirkyMinibossSquad.
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* AxCrazy: While he was never particularly stable to begin with, this is more evident after [[CameBackWrong he is resurrected]] by the Hand.
* BackFromTheDead: Wolverine skewers him through the chest, but the Hand brings him back.
* BaldOfEvil: As part of his disfigurement.
* BlowYouAway: Generates seismic shockwaves via {{Telekinesis}}, which he channels through his hands. He can use in this power in three ways:
** MakeMeWannaShout: A powerful concussive blast that can level buildings in seconds.
** InASingleBound: By firing shockwaves into the ground, he can propel himself to into the air to leap great distances and possibly fly.
** ImmuneToBullets: Can manipulate the air around him to the point that projectiles aimed at him will veer off target.
* InformedDeformity: His level of disfigurement [[DependingOnTheArtist varies by artist]], but he didn't look too bad during Matt Fraction's run.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Can be a powerhouse of destruction in the right circumstances, but an easily exploitable weakness has cost him some villain cred.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Vibro's power is actually linked to seismic pressure within the Earth, and if he is more than 50 miles away from a fault zone, he is more or less BroughtDownToNormal.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:VOR/TEX]]
->'''AKA:''' Virtual [=ORganism=]/Turing [=EXperiment=]
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #307
VOR/TEX is a sentient computer and enemy to Iron Man.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vitriol]]
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->'''AKA:''' Leyla
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 3) #79

* LogicalWeakness: Her destructive bacteria cannot penetrate force fields, or, presumably, any non-metallic material.
* MakeThemRot: She controls weaponized bacterial strains which can corrode even Iron Man's armor in seconds.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Analysis of Vitriol's composition revealed that she was covered with an acid-resistant micro-organism which protects her from her own biological weapons.
* TragicVillain: Leyla was a Kurdish woman, who nevertheless used her talent for chemistry to work for the oppressive Iraqi regime. Despairing after her family and husband were killed anyway, she attempted to end her life by submerging herself in a river polluted with highly corrosive chemicals. The presence of an unknown organism allowed her to survive.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Magnesium hydroxide - and theoretically any alkaline compound - can neutralize Vitriol's effects.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Whiplash / Blacklash]]

!!Whiplash I/Blacklash I
->'''AKA:''' Mark Scarlotti
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[[caption-width-right:280:Scarlotti as Blacklash]]
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #97

A former employee of Stark's, Mark Scarlotti became the costumed criminal mercenary known as Whiplash in an attempt at getting rich quickly. Following a string of defeats, Scarlotti began working for Justin Hammer, who renamed him Blacklash. Since his death in a battle with a rogue Iron Man armour, the Whiplash and Blacklash identities have been used by several other villains.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: His titanium whips, which could cut through most substances, and even damage Iron Man's armour.
* BadassCape: Until his second time going by Whiplash, he always sported a cape.
* BadassNormal-->EmpoweredBadassNormal: Scarlotti originally had no superpowers, no fancy technology, and no enhanced reflexes, taking on Iron Man with only his skills and his whips. After Justin Hammer upgraded his arsenal to include cybernetically controlled whips, he may have edged into EmpoweredBadassNormal territory, though only just.
* BondageIsBad: At the end of his life, when he went back to being called Whiplash, Scarlotti had taken to dressing up in BDSM gear as his costume, including a mask with a zipper for the mouth hole.
* BulletProofVest: Scarlotti goes this one better--his entire costume is woven with high-quality kevlar, making him more or less bulletproof. Not that it'll stop most of the weapons in Iron Man's arsenal.
* ChronicVillainy: Scarlotti repeatedly tries to quit supervillainy, only to be drawn back in.
* ConsummateProfessional: During his time as Hammer's right-hand, Blacklash had this attitude, putting the mission before everything else.
* DualWielding: Carried two whips during his time as Blacklash.
* TheDragon: To Justin Hammer in the 80s.
* HighCollarOfDoom: On the Blacklash costume.
* HiredGuns: A costumed mercenary, having worked for the Maggia, Hammer, and anyone else who would pay.
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: A milder example than many, but let's face it--mechanical, cybernetically controlled titanium whips are ''damned'' cool.
* KilledOffForReal: During a battle with Iron Man, Stark's newly sentient armour kills Scarlotti against Iron Man's wishes.
* LegacyCharacter: Scarlotti has been succeeded in the Whiplash identity by Leann Foreman, an unnamed woman with a BDSM kink, and Anton Vanko (though only the unnamed one seems to have been directly aping him). The anonymous woman's male partner adopted the Blacklash identity for good measure.
* MoodSwinger: Diagnosed as manic-depressive (what we would now call bipolar disorder).
* NotSoHarmless: He's a bit of a joke to some, but at the end of the day, Blacklash was a going concern in the Iron Man comics from 1968 until the early 2000s, repeatedly taking on Stark's military grade arsenal with little more than his whip, and regularly fighting him to a standstill.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Once he began operating as a mercenary, this became Scarlotti's primary motivation.
* ProfessionalKiller: Often employed by Hammer as an assassin.
* PsychoElectro: Blacklash's gauntlets contain an electrical charge which can be released as his "necro-whip" during emergencies.
* TookALevelInBadass: Every time that Hammer upgraded his whips. During his final battle with Stark, Scarlotti actually fought the Iron Man to a draw, before the armour went berserk and killed him.
* VillainousUnderdog: Scarlotti with his whips and kevlar suit was badly outgunned by Stark's high-tech arsenal.
* VillainousValour: It's been noted that fighting Iron Man with a whip, however special, takes serious testicular fortitude.
* WhipItGood: Wielded a mechanical whip of his own design. Hammer later upgraded his technology to equip him with two cybernetically controlled titanium whips.

!!Whiplash II
->'''AKA:''' Leeann Foreman
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->'''Debut:''' ''Marvel Comics Presents'' (Vol 1) #49

A mutant girl with unrevealed powers, Leeann Foreman was a professional criminal who used adamantium whips attached to her gauntlets as weapons. She has clashed with various superheroes, including the X-Men and Spider-Man over the course of her career.
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The second person to use the Whiplash name, and the first girl.
* AmazonBrigade: Was part of an all-female group called the Femme Fatales.
* DarkActionGirl: A dark mutant girl.
* DualWielding: Dual wields adamantium whips.
* LegacyCharacter: Of Whiplash.
* {{Mutant}}: Though the exact nature of her powers is unrevealed.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: More associated with the X-Men and Spider-Man than with Iron Man.
* WhipItGood: Used two adamantium whips.

!!Whiplash III & Blacklash II
->'''AKA:''' Unknown
->'''Debut:''' ''Thunderbolts'' (Vol 1) #104

An unnamed duo who shared a BDSM kink, Whiplash III and Blacklash II debuted at the start of the Civil War, and were forcibly recruited into the Thunderbolts.
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* BattleCouple: Always seen together.
* BondageIsBad: Both their costumes are very bondage themed and both are definitely bad guys.
* CListFodder: They don't appear very often.
* DarkActionGirl: Whiplash III.
* LegacyCharacter: They've taken on two of Mark Scarlotti's identities.

!!Whiplash IV
->'''AKA:''' Anton Vanko
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man vs Whiplash'' (Vol 1) #1

A young Russian who saw his hometown destroyed by an out-of-control Iron Man armour, and vowed revenge, Anton Vanko donned a suit of armour equipped with two laser whips.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: His whips deploy from his wrists.
* CanonImmigrant: Heavily based on Ivan Vanko, the Crimson Dynamo/Whiplash blend from the second Iron Man film.
* CoolMask: His armour doesn't have a helmet; instead his face is covered by a single plate.
* DoomedHometown: His town was wiped out as part of his origin.
* DualWielding: Has a laser whip attached to each of his wrists.
* FreudianExcuse: Saw his hometown, and his father, wiped off the map by a rogue Iron Man armour.
* LaserBlade: Laser whip, actually.
* LegacyCharacter: The fourth person to take on the Whiplash identity since Scarlotti's death.
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: He's quite a few years younger than Stark.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. He shares his name with Anton Vanko, the original Crimson Dynamo. There's no connection.
* PoweredArmour: Downplayed. Vanko's armour powers his whips, and gives him a modicum of protection from attacks, but it lacks the power of the Iron Man, Crimson Dynamo, or Titanium Man armours.
* RenegadeRussian: Though one with no connections to the old Soviet Union or Communism.
* {{Revenge}}: Wants to avenge his town by going after Stark.
** RevengeBeforeReason: Continues gunning for Stark, even after he learns that Iron Man wasn't responsible for the attack on his village.
** RevengeByProxy: Tries to kill Pepper to hurt Stark.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: In his purple armour.
* WhipItGood: Has a pair of laser whips that deploy from his wrists.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green actually.
[[/folder]]

[/folder]]

[[/folder]]

->'''AKA:''' Virtual ORganism/Turing EXperiment

* EnergyAbsorbtion: Wilkins' suits allows him to fire blasts of energy, the energy is absorbed from the environment by the suit.

->'''AKA:''' Tomoe

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Describes herself this way, saying that nobody cares who she was before she got her powers.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Bullski's classic armour]]

!! Firebrand IV

[[folder: Shatterax]]

[[folder: Sentry571 ]]

[[folder: Scylla]]

[[folder:Atom Smasher]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Blizzard]]

!!Blizzard I
->'''AKA:''' Gregor Shapanka, "Jack Frost"
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->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #45

A Hungarian scientist obsessed with obtaining immortality, Gregor Shapanka tried to steal from Stark Industries in order to finance his research into cryonics. He developed a suit with cold-generating powers, and became a member of Iron Man's rogues gallery under the name "Blizzard".

* AnIcePerson: One of the first man ice villains.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Became a criminal in order to fund his research into immortality.
* KilledOffForReal: In a battle with a future version of Iron Man.
* PoweredArmour: His suit is filled with cryogenic technology.

!! Blizzard II
->'''AKA:''' Donald "Donnie" Gill
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blizzard_8223.jpg]]
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #223

A life long criminal, Donnie Gill was contracted by Justin Hammer, who gave him a version of Gregor Shapanka's Blizzard armour, and had him join his team of costumed mercenaries. Gill has been a recurring pain in Iron Man's backside since, working for Hammer, The Mandarin, and whoever else will pay the bill.

* AffablyEvil: He's actually a pretty nice guy once you get to know him.
* AnIcePerson: Via PoweredArmor [[spoiler:before Terrigenesis]].
* BoxedCrook: Whenever he's a good guy.
* TheBrute: Played this role in Justin Hammer's organisation.
* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Spent time with the Thunderbolts before turning back to villainy.
* FriendlyEnemy: He has this kind of relationship with ComicBook/SheHulk; the two bonded with each other over a glass of beer after Jen was briefly disbarred.
* HiredGuns: Is in it for the paycheck.
* NobleDemon: He'll sell his services to whatever crook hires him, but he's pretty amicable when not working and is very loyal to his friends.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's a refresher amongst Iron Man villains, of not being either a communist, industrialist, fanatic, former employee, thug, or an extremist. He's just in it for the money.
* PoweredArmor: How he uses his ice-based abilities.
* ShockAndAwe: [[spoiler:His Inhuman ability is the ability to control electrical currents, which he mainly uses to overcharge electronics.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Hammer, right up until he discovered that Hammer was willing to sell him out.
* VillainousValor: He's extremely loyal to his friends and allies, once even allowing himself to be captured by Shield so that the rest of the supervillain crew he was working with could escape.

[[folder:Brass]]
!!Brass
->'''AKA:''' Morgan Stark
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #68
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Tony's cousin, who grew up jealous and resentful of Tony, feeling that he was cheated out of being the heir to the family business. Morgan subsequently developed [[TheGamblingAddict a gambling problem]], and [[DealWithTheDevil entered the employ of Count Nefaria]] in an to attempt to pay off his debts. After assisting Nefaria and his daughter, Madam Masque in several plots against Tony Stark, he was eventually assassinated after [[YouHaveFailedMe one failure too many]]. Presumed dead for some time, Morgan eventually resurfaced as a cyborg, equipped with a neural interface that gave him technopathic abilities. He used this newfound ability to steal a prototype armor set, and began a new campaign of revenge against Iron Man.

[[folder: Frostbite]]

[[folder: Sentry]]