History Characters / IronManEnemies

Iron Man has faced off against multiple supervillains over the decades. As such, this page has been split off into multiple sub-pages:

* Characters/IronManCentralRoguesGallery: For the most recurring enemies Iron Man has fought.
* Characters/IronManRoguesGallery: For lesser-know or one-off Iron Man villains.
* Characters/MarvelComicsVillainousOrganizations: For the numerous villain organizations that plague the Marvel universe.

To return to the Character page, go [[Characters/IronMan here]].

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!!Enemies

[[folder:Arsenal Alpha]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' #84
A robot created by Howard Stark during World War II to prevent the Axis powers from winning the war. Arsenal Alpha was stored away following the end of the war and reawakened years later.
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* HumongousMecha: It's a huge robot that towers over Iron Man.
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[[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
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->'''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.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Unlike the previous Atom-Smashers who were colored red, this one has a green armor.
* TwoFirstNames: Kevin and Leonardo can both be used as first names.
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[[folder:Beetle]]
!!Beetle
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->'''AKA:''' Abner Jenkins
->'''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' (Vol 1) #123
->''"The most important task still lies ahead of me! I cannot fail now -- not after going this far!"''

Abe Jenkins was an aircraft mechanic who became frustrated when his natural engineering talents were ignored by his superiors, due to his inability to afford a formal engineering degree. Creating an insectoid themed armored battlesuit, he became the costumed criminal Beetle. Initially a foe of the Fantastic Four, he would later become a persistent foe of Spider-Man, and would also lock horns with the Avengers as a member of the Masters of Evil. In constant search of that next upgrade that would finally give him the leading edge, Beetle agreed to assist Justin Hammer in several of his various plots against Iron Man. Hammer rewarded Beetle with an upgraded battlesuit that included a computer that could predict the movement of his opponents. However, it turned out that these upgrades incorporated "S-Chip" technology stolen from Stark Industries, and once Tony discovered this, he went after Beetle with a vengeance.


He later [[HeelFaceTurn reformed]], becoming MACH-1 of the Thunderbolts.

-> See '''[[Characters/ThunderboltsFoundingMembers the Thunderbolts character page]]''' for more.

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

->''"Consider it a mission of vengeance, Iron Man — the righting of a wrong you did to a man you no longer even remember!"''

A Hungarian scientist obsessed with obtaining immortality, Dr. 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.
* BullyingADragon:
** [[HulkSpeak Puny Snowman made Hulk mad. Puny Snowman got smashed]].
** Picking a fight with the Arno Stark of Earth-8410, who uses lethal force as casually as [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]] and ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, turned out to be an even stupider mistake. It got him incinerated.
* {{Jobber}}: Officially becomes this in ''Demon in a Bottle'', where he is relatively useless without Whiplash supervising his actions.
** Ironically enough, what made Shapanka so effective in his earliest appearances was that he worked alone. He nearly ''killed'' Iron Man by spamming him with a powerful ice storm attack. Once he started working as part of a team, he could no longer use this attack, since he had to worry about allies or mooks getting hurt by SplashDamage.
* HumanoidAbomination: At some point he mutated into a snow creature with genuine cryokinetic powers and the bizarre ability to create ice golems. After the Hulk seemingly killed him and his "golems" in an avalanche, Shapanka showed up as a normal human again with no explanation.
-->"I came here to dream, creature, and you interrupted my dreams by tramping brutishly through my world of fragile beauty! I thought I would be safe here, away from a warm-blooded world which no longer held a place for one such as I!"
* ImmortalityImmorality: Became a criminal in order to fund his research into immortality.
* KilledOffForReal: In a battle with Iron Man 2020.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: For someone who was supposed to have a [=PhD=], he could be pretty dense.
* LargeHam: He tended to make a lot of theatrical, overwrought, tirades. [[TalkingIsAFreeAction Sometimes he would forget what he was doing while he was making them]].
-->"Fire, you fools! My ice is more than a match for your useless bullets!"

-->"[[WoundedGazelleGambit I knew feigning helplessness would cause you to lower your guard]]… and now, you costumed cretin, before you can recover… recoil before the power of Blizzard!"
* PoweredArmour: His suit is filled with cryogenic technology.
* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: He had a stereotypical "lanky nerd" build before he turned to crime. After a stint in prison he became more muscular.
* TerribleTrio: Formed one in ''Demon in a Bottle'' alongside Whiplash and Melter.


!! Blizzard II
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[[caption-width-right:250:Gill in his second Blizzard armour]]
->'''AKA:''' Donald "Donnie" Gill
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #223

->''"It's times like this that don't make me feel so much like a so-called super villain... But instead more like a kid again. One that's waited all day for his parents to leave home so he can invite his buddies over a throw a party he's not supposed to. Of course, in this case... My parents are the Avengers."''

A lifelong criminal, Donnie Gill was contracted by Justin Hammer, who gave him an upgaded 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.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Initially, until he [[spoiler: became an Inhuman and developed genuine cryokinetic powers.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The original Blizzard was an Ivy League-educated scientist with a genius level intellect, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll but not a lick of common sense]]. Donnie has average intelligence and doesn't have a formal post-secondary education, but is more streetwise, and has some natural talent in electrical engineering. The latter ability is what prompts Korvac to hire him, and he proves to be the sanest and most focused of Korvac's Acolytes.
* 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, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive industrialist]], fanatic, former employee, thug, or an extremist. He's just in it for the money.
* PaintItBlack: After becoming one of Korvac's Acolytes, he began wearing a sleeker, darker version of his predecessor's original dark blue armor.
* 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.
* VillainousFriendship: With Whirlwind, having served together in the Masters of Evil. After the [[LegionOfDoom Mandarin/Hammer/Stane collective]] falls apart, they reteam, robbing a few banks before undertaking a riskier heist on the Avengers Mansion. Blizzard holds off Iron Man long enough for Whirlwind to escape.
* 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.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: It turned blue after Terragenesis.
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[[folder:Brass]]
!!Brass
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->'''AKA:''' Morgan Stark
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #68

->''"This company is '''mine''', boy! There will be only '''one''' Stark standing when this is over!"''

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.
* ClashingCousins: 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.
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[[folder:Controller]]
!! Controller
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->'''AKA:''' Basil Sandhurst
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #12

->''"He is just the first! I will not rest until '''all''' the Avengers are in my thrall!"''

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.
* DarkseidDuplicate: Has a design reminiscent of Darkseid, but with the caveat that he actually wears an exoskeleton which gives him MindControl powers. He is more of a MadScientist than anything else. Although firmly a foe of Iron Man, he has clashed with S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain Mar-Vell as well.
* 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.
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[[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.
-->'''Crimson Dynamo:''' I have been wanting to test this armour against the so-called "Iron Man" for some time.
-->'''Iron Man:''' Lots of others have tried and failed, Comrade.
* 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
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->'''AKA:''' Anton Vanko
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #46

->''"I am Professor Vanko, whom our leader calls the Crimson Dynamo! But sabotage alone will not satisfy me! I have vowed to destroy Iron Man!"''


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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* AdaptationExpansion: A 2004 miniseries designed to update his origins to better fit the FloatingTimeline give him a little bit more backstory: He's Armenian, with his birth name being Anton Igorovich Vankonian. He backed the losing side of a political power struggle, which put him in bad standing with Department X (the Russian version of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and he feared they placed a spy on his team that would kill him and confiscate the armor after a successful field test. Ironically enough, he suspected the spy was Alex Nevsky. The real mole was Boris Turgenev, and Nevsky was ruined after Vanko's defection.
* {{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 choosing 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
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[[caption-width-right:188:Turgenev as Crimson Dynamo II]]
->'''AKA:''' Boris Turgenev
->'''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
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[[caption-width-right:191:Nevsky as Crimson Dynamo III]]
->'''AKA:''' Alexander Nevsky, "Alex Niven"
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #15

->''"With the coming of the Crimson Dynamo, Iron Man is obsolete!"''

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
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->'''AKA:''' Yuri Petrovich
->'''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
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[[caption-width-right:350:Bukharin as Crimson Dynamo V]]
->'''AKA:''' Dmitri Bukharin
->'''Debut''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #109

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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* TenMinuteRetirement: Intended to retire from being a superhero, only to be convinced by the newest Red Widow to rejoin the Winter Guard.
* {{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
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->'''AKA:''' Valentin Shatalov
->'''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
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->'''AKA:''' Galina Nemirovsky
->'''Debut:''' ''Hulk: Winter Guard'' (Vol 1) #1

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]]
!!Crusher I
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-> '''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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* BaldOfEvil: Has no hair and is a brute.
* LegacyCharacter: After his death, Juan Aponte was given the same procedure that gave him powers, becoming the second Crusher.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appeared in a few issues before dying.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Death Squad]]
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dreadknight]]
!!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.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Well, his armor is purple and he's dangerous.
* 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:Earth Mover]]
!!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.
----
* 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
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->'''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' (Vol 1) #89

->''"No place on Earth will give you safety, mortal, when Fin Fang Foom strikes!"''

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.
* AlliterativeName: '''F'''in '''F'''ang '''F'''oom
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Extremely large dragon who rivals some skyscrapers.
* BoisterousBruiser: He can have quite the ego and enjoys bellowing his presence for all to hear.
* BreakoutCharacter: Foom is easily the most enduring and prominent of all the pre-Marvel monsters and still has quite a presence in modern media. Just about ''every'' hero you can name has encountered the big green guy at some point.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Thanks to Reed Richards he and three other monsters were shrunk to human-size in the hopes of rehabilitating them. This didn't make him any less fearsome though as he's still a highly intelligent dragon with Martial Arts skills and flaming breath.
* CharacterDevelopment: While not completely debased of it, over time Foom has reevaluated where his destructive nature was taking him, and has sought a more harmonious existence.
* GeniusBruiser: He's way smarter than you'd initially expect of a giant rampaging dragon.
* HeelFaceTurn: Abandoned villainy to become a pacifist.
* HorrifyingHero: When he's fighting alongside Earth's heroes, since he's a giant angry green dragon.
* {{Kaiju}}: Evokes this feeling especially around buildings.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Has thrown down with Thor and the Hulk.
* MagicPants: Has these for some reason.
* OddFriendship: Develops one with Broo during ''Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda''.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: For starter, this one is an alien, and has an uncannily human-like face.
* Really700YearsOld
* RedBaron: "He Whose Limbs Shatter Mountains and Whose Back Scrapes The Sun."
* 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.
* SupremeChef: During his time among the puny humans, he found his calling as a chef. If you thought Gordon Ramsey was tough...
* TeamDad: For the Fin Fang Four, being the oldest and most experienced.
* TheUnpronounceable: His real name is implied to be this.
* YellowPeril: Like the Mandarin, he's based on negative Chinese stereotypes from the 50s and 60s.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Firebrand]]
!!Firebrand I
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->'''AKA:''' Gary Gilbert
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #27

->''"I am the voice of your children, Mister -- the non-meek who intend to inherit the Earth!"''

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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* AbusiveParents: Gary's father, Simon, was an abusive control freak. [[AssholeVictim Few tears were shed when Gary killed him.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Struggled with this for some time.
* AlliterativeName: '''G'''ary '''G'''ilbert.
* {{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.
-->'''Iron Man:''' Anxious to join whoever's paying you to turn Northside into a battleground, Firebrand?
-->'''Firebrand:''' [[MotiveMisidentification You'd like to believe that, wouldn't you, Avenger?]] That I'm just part of a neat little criminal plot? Or maybe a commie, a pinko... that'd be easy to handle, too. Well, I'm just an all-American boy, Iron Man; one of those wide-eyed innocents who started out to make the world a better place. I sat in for Civil Rights, marched for peace, demonstrated on campus, and got chased by vicious dogs, spat on by bigots, beat on by "patriots", choked by tear gas, and blinded by mace until I finally caught on. This country doesn't want to be changed! [[HeWhoFightsMonsters The only way to build anything decent is to tear down what's here and start over]].
* VillainDecay: While Tony upgraded his technology, Gilbert did not. He was eventually defeated by Rhodey in a CurbStompBattle while Rhodey was piloting the Model 4 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
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->'''AKA:''' Richard L. Dennison
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 3) #4

->''"[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor You]] control the weather and you think you can fool people into thinking you're a god! But I'm Firebrand -- I am the [[GaiasVengeance unfettered fury of the world itself]], crying for '''justice'''!"''
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.
* LegacyCharacter: Third person to use the Firebrand codename.
* {{Mutant}}: More of a mutate but has elements of this.
* PlayingWithFire: Was made out of flames, and could control them at will. Uses {{fireballs}} and can be WreathedInFlames.
* PowerLimiter: His harness, that allows him to control his powers.
* {{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
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->'''AKA:''' Amanda
->'''Debut:''' ''Invincible Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #513

-->''"[[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight Bringing a stealth suit to an exoskeleton brawl?]] Not smart."''
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]] red hair.
* 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
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->'''AKA:''' Jack Taggert
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #230

->''"People who work for Stark risk their health, and groups that support him risk utter destruction!"''

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 Taggert'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]]
!!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
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->'''AKA:''' "John Morley"
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #219

->''" I don't sabotage corporations for the money, I do it because I '''hate''' them. And I want them '''dead'''."''

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.
** After ''Secret Empire'' he seems to be a villain again, backing Baron Zemo in [[TheStarscream his bid to take over HYDRA]].
* 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 Enterpises' 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
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #120

->''"Have you ever wondered where some of your foes get the money to develop their weapons, pay their bail, replace their broken equipment? It is my pleasure to offer sanctuary and financial aid to those gentlemen and ladies...for a mere 50% of their profits."''

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

->''"My plans proceed on schedule. All we have done is to draw you into them — where you will die, and bother us no more!"''

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.
* BadassCape: The source of her flying, teleporting and long range attacking abilities.
* BigBadDuumvirate: With The Mandarin during Matt Fraction's run, though she's clearly the junior partner.
* BlindedByTheLight: Emits a brilliant, debilitating flash of light just prior to teleporting.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Justine's cloak could elongate at will, enveloping, cutting, or strangling her opponents. It also allowed her to teleport.
* ColorCharacter: ''Crimson'' Cowl. 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. She outright stated that while her father '''''did''''' groom her to be the heir to his dynasty from the very beginning, he did so in a manner similar to King Phillip II of Macedon and UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat[[note]]Meaning she had to prove herself capable of forging her own empire before she should could inherit his[[/note]]
* 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.
* FlashyTeleportation: Her cloak enabled a form of teleportation that emits a brilliant, debilitating flash of light just prior to teleporting. She can teleport herself and her teammates anywhere.
* {{Flight}}: Another power of her cape.
* FrameUp: She had the world convinced that Dallas Riordan was really the Crimson Cowl for some time.
* 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.
* 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
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[[caption-width-right:217:Sasha in her armour]]
->'''Debut:''' ''Invincible Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #1

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.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her armor is mostly purple.
* 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]]
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->'''AKA:''' Arno Stark
->'''Debut:''' ''Machine Man 2020'' #2

->''" I'm not a difficult man to figure out. There's only really two things you need to know about me. One, I'm very rich. And like all the very rich, I want to be richer. Two, I bore easily. And being very rich and very bored makes me something else: Incredibly dangerous."''

Tony's cousin once removed, the son of Morgan Stark, and the Iron Man of an alternate version of 2020 (specifically, Earth-8410). 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 Man 2093]]
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->'''AKA:''' Andros Stark
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' #250

->''"It appears some other brave soul had the same idea as I: To resurrect the outlawed armor of my ancestors."''

Another Iron Man of the future, the grandson of Arno, who Tony once fought in a time-travel adventure.
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* TheAestheticsOfTechnology: He fights Tony, who at the time had time-travelled from the 1980s, with armor that was seventy years out of date, and which looks... super 80s itself (especially forty years on), but he still handily wins his first fight against Tony.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Tony, despite his armor being massively outdated. Second time around, Tony had to defeat Andros using Excalibur.
* InadequateInheritor: Worse than Arno. Andros is a raving madman willing to work with an equally mad future Doctor Doom to threaten the world.
* PoweredArmor: He dusted off grandad Arno's armor, long forbidden in his time, to play supervillain.

[[/folder]]

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

->''"I have always believed that the essential part of winning is to enjoy your opponent's humiliation at losing. That is the real reward of the game."''

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 Zebediah commit suicide.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Refuses to lose to Iron Man, committing suicide rather than accepting death or capture at his hands.
* BigBad: For 40 issues (#160-#200) , 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.
* KickTheDog: As the folder quote indicates, simply defeating an opponent was not enough for Stane; the loser had to be destroyed or emotionally broken for him to consider it a "real" victory.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Worked behind the scenes for a long time. He initially hired one off saboteurs who could not be traced back to him, deploying his Chessmen when he realized he needed to SummonBiggerFish. Even then, Stark did not discover him until he was ready to reveal himself.
* 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.
* {{Narcissist}}: Stane had a classic narcissistic complex. Once Stark and Rhodes figured this out, they were able to use this weakness against him.
* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died under unknown circumstances, 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.
* YouHaveFailedMe: When Stane's original "Knight" Chessman, Fletcher Higgs, is captured by Iron Man, Stane has his Bishop break Higgs out of prison... then has Bishop drop Higgs to his death as punishment for his failure.

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

->''"This isn't the future of warfare -- this is the face of asymmetrical warfare. Welcome to the 21st century."''

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 other's 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.
-->''Sins of the father, huh? Always got a way of coming back."
* 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.
-->"I might ''deal'' to murderers, but you guys--you guys are addicting kids and then murdering them ''yourselves''."
* 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. He also inherited his father's narcissism, meaning that he must defeat his opponents in a manner that proves his intellectual superiority.
-->'''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.
-->'''Iron Man:''' You're a monster!
-->'''Zeke Stane:''' I'm a businessman. And you're a relic, Grandpa!
* 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.
* ShutUpKirk: Gives one to Iron Man after murdering the Mandarin.
-->'''Iron Man:''' This ''isn't'' how we do things!
-->'''Zeke Stake:''' This is ''exactly'' how I do things! Look at what this guy did to us. To all these people, Tony. Look at what we just stopped him from doing.
-->'''Iron Man:''' There are rules. There are laws.
-->'''Zeke Stane:''' And they all stop working in the face of things like that! The rules break down when you can't improvise in a crisis. That's how I did things. That's how ''he'' did things. This is how you win this stuff, man. [[NotSoDifferent You literally destroyed a possible alien intelligence, for God's sake. What makes you the hero and me the villain here?]]
* 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.
-->"This isn't evolution. This is ''really'' intelligent design."
* 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
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->'''AKA:''' Arthur Parks
->'''Debut:''' ''Avengers'' (Vol 1) #34

->''"You've made a grave mistake, Iron Man, in thinking I'm an easy opponent."'''

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.
* {{Foil}}: To [[Characters/BlackPantherEnemies Ulysses Klaw]], a mad scientist who has been converted into a being of pure ''sound''. While neither of them are particularly sane, Klaw keeps the Laser grounded in reality whenever they work together in the Masters of Evil.
* 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 Nefaria, 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.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: When he was a {{Jobber}} for the Avengers, he had borderline Yandere tendencies toward ComicBook/TheWasp and had some burgeoning rivalry with Captain America. As he became more of an Iron Man villain, both of these elements were dropped from his characterization (though he still locks horns with Cap every now and then).
* 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.
* StalkerWithACrush: Had this dynamic toward the Wasp while he was still human.
-->'''Living Laser:''' How can Janet van Dyne fail to fall in love with the man who is now mightier than Goliath himself?
* 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
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->'''AKA:''' Whitney Frost, Giuletta Nefaria
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #97

->''" I must remain vigilant! Always vigilant! My enemies-- They're all around me, always plotting! I must show no weakness! Must never drop my guard!"''

The daughter of Count Nefaria, Giuletta ("Gia") 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 worked with Whiplash, Mordecai Midas, and Morgan Stark to acquire Stark Industries in a hostile takeover. After a three way confrontation with Iron Man and [[ComicBook/{{AIM}} Advanced Idea Mechanics]] left her disfigured, Midas gave Whitney an ornate golden mask. 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/KateBishop.
* 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.
** During ''Reboot'' she became possessed by demonic forces from an amulet she stole. It took both Doctor Strange ''and'' Doctor Doom to exorcise her.
* BigBad: Of ''The Coming Of Whiplash'', ''Stark Disassembled'' and ''[[ComicBook/KateBishop L.A. Woman]]'' among others.
* 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: The injuries she sustained at the end of ''Coming Of Whiplash'' arc left her face was covered with evil scars. And even after they were healed, the ''mental'' scars never went away.
* GunsAkimbo: Always carries a .475 Wildey Magnum Revolver, as well as another handgun (it changes), and is prone to using both at once.
* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Count Nefaria's wife Renata died giving birth to Gia/Whitney. Though he rationalizes handing Whitney over to the Frosts as giving her better shot at a normal childhood, it's implied he harbored some resentment toward Whitney over Renata's death.
* 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.
-->'''Madame Masque:''' I had a bigger stake in Tony's life than you'll ever have!
* TheQueenpin: During her time as the Big M, and Matt Fraction wrote her this way in both his ''Iron Man'' and ''Hawkeye'' runs.
-->'''Madame Masque:''' Gentlemen, this last quarter our profits were up beyond expectations for the twenty-first quarter in a row. You managed to make this company a fortune on both sides of a global recession. But they call ''me'' a supervillain.
* 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.
-->'''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}:''' She doesn't even need the mask. She's crazier than [[ComicBook/MoonKnight you]] are.
* SoreLoser: Masque tends to take her defeats ''very'' poorly. Her recent obsession with Kate Bishop arose because Kate [[MuggedForDisguise 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.
-->'''Kate Bishop:''' [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech You're a spoiled brat with daddy issues, Masque. And you need to move on and leave me alone!]]
-->'''Madame Masque:''' [[NotSoDifferent Seriously, are you talking about me or yourself, Bishop? I genuinely cannot tell]].
* TheStarscream: To ComicBook/TheKingpin during ''ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan''.
* 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

->''"You're going to burst inside that suit when this hits you. They're going to have to '''pour''' you out."''

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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* ArcVillain: Only showed up for ''Iron Man: Extremis''.
* 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
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->'''AKA:''' "Gene Khan", "Tim Borjigin", Mandarin Prime
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #50

->''"To know that you are superior-- in mind, in body, in spirit. That is everything! To know that power is your birthright-- to know what untold thousands exist on this world for no reason but to serve you-- to channel their powers through your empire, be it of land or of business-- channeling it upward to fuel you, to fuel your glory!"''

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 mustasche.
* 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), attacked the Fantastic Four during the wedding of Reed Richards and Susan Storm, 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, save for an incident where he was targeted by Comicbook/ThePunisher.
** In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the Mandarin's first true appearance is in ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'', where he battles the [[Comicbook/ShangChi titular character]] rather than Iron Man.
* 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.
* TheSocialDarwinist: His plan in "Haunted" was to unleash an airborne version of Maya Hanson's Extremis serum, which carried a fatality rate of over 97%. The Mandarin reasoned that the few humans strong enough to survive the transformation would effectively evolve into a new, greater species, which he believed was why the aliens granted him the rings in the first place.
* 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 of Power 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.
* UneplainedRecovery: He was killed by Ezekiel Stane at the close of Matt Fraction's ''Invincible Iron Man'' run, only to show up alive and well in the 2018 ''Punisher'' run.
* 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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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: As son of the Mandarin, he sure can be proud of his martial skills.
* 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
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->'''AKA:''' Mandarin One
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 5) #19

->''"It seems we have mutual interests and mutual problems... and I think it's time to solve the one called 'Stark'."''
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
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->'''AKA:''' Abigail Burns
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 5) #18

->''"Hey, Stark? This corporate-fascist colonialist state for neo-consumerist colonialism? Not really feeling it."''

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.

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

->''"Okay, let's do this. Who's laughing now?"''
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.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The Nightbringer's black speech bubbles [[PaintingTheMedium imply]] he is meant to sound this way.
* 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 tests the limits of sympathy, life has not been kind to this guy.
* YouAreNumberSix: His Ten Rings designation is Mandarin Five.

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

->''"I think we have learned a lesson: That we work better together than apart."''
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.

!!Endotherm
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-> '''AKA:''' Thomas Wilkins
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #136
Former security chief at the London Branch of Stark International, Tom Wilkins became paranoid about losing his job as he drew closer to the typical retirement age. So he assembled stolen tech to become a super villain. Actually defeated Iron Man in their first encounter, but not in their second one. After the death of the Mandarin, the newly sentient Zero ring chose Endotherm as its host.
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* AnIcePerson: While he wields the '''Zero''' ring.
* EnergyAbsorption: Wilkins' suits allows him to fire blasts of energy, the energy is absorbed from the environment by the suit.
* GreenAndMean: His armor is green and he's a villain.
* {{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.
* YouAreNumberSix: His Ten Rings designation is Mandarin Ten.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Masters of Silence]]
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->'''AKA:''' Arashi Katayama (Inazuma), Kiyoshi Kurata (Kaminari), Daichi Sakamoto (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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* AlliterativeName: Kiyoshi Kurata and Meredith [=McCall=].
* CaptainEthnic: They have very Japanese code-names.
* CorporateSamurai: They are samurai who use high-tech.
* EnemyMine: The Masters of Silence teamed up with Iron Man to help Meredith [=McCall=] against the demon known as Face Thief.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: The first Kaze only lasted for an issue before being killed.
[[/folder]]

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

->''"I do admire loyalty, laddie, but it's'' you ''who made the mistake -- by tanglin' with '''me'''!"''

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.
* LegacyCharacter: Second person to use the Mauler armor.
* 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
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->'''AKA:''' Bruno Horgan
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #47

->''"Iron is the most important metal on Earth! By being able to melt it at will, I become the most powerful man in the world!!"''

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: Overlaps with KnowNothingKnowItAll. Horgan's intelligence level was probably about average (you don't get a degree in engineering without ''some'' book smarts), but that's not nearly enough to compete with a genius like Tony Stark. And once Horgan turned to crime, his complete lack of ''street'' smarts meant that he was generally useless unless a smarter teammate like [[Characters/BlackPantherEnemies Ulysses Klaw]] or Whiplash was there to supervise his shenanigans.
* HiredGuns: Frequently operated as a mercenary for other, better supervillains, like Baron 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 Melter bought Horgan's equipment from the Hobgoblin (and used it to destroy Iron Man's MidLifeCrisisCar).
* ManOfKryptonite: Could easily destroy Iron Man's armour (provided he could hit it) with his special beam.
** This was more of a problem with earlier versions of the armour, as the Model 4 had enhanced shielding to make it more resistant to elemental attacks. He comes the closest in ''Demon in a Bottle'', where he and Blizzard pair their fire and ice attacks to break through Iron Man's defenses. Timely intervention by Bethany Cabe was the only thing that kept them from finishing him off.
* RayGun: Which he [[DualWielding had two of]] that melted material and burned humans.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Has worn both purple and green and green and orange.
* VillainBall: Would rather toy with Iron Man than, say, shoot him while he's cornered and can't dodge.
* VillainTeamUp: A founding member of the Masters of Evil, alongside Heinrich Zemo, the first Black Knight, and the Radioactive Man.

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

->''"You remember you were kind enough to test us, to see if we were ready to join your team? Here's where we return the favor. Meet Norman Osborn's Avengers. The '''real''' Avengers."''

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 had sought to join the ComicBook/YoungAvengers, only to be rejected by Patriot. Embittered by this rejection, Chris was recruited by MadArtist Lisa Mollinari to lead the Young Masters, a group of teenagers she formed as an art project to see how alike good and evil really are. 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 [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]] style vigilantism. After largely being shunned by the superhero community, the Young Masters were reimagined by ComicBook/NormanOsborn to serve as an EvilCounterpart for the Young Avengers. After the fall of Osborn and the Dark Avengers, Chris left the Young Masters and joined the [[LegionOfDoom co-op of Iron Man rogues]] assembled by the Mandarin and Ezekiel Stane. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Fully embracing his role as a super-powered terrorist]], Chris received training and surgery that gave him better control of his powers.
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See the [[Characters/YoungMasters Young Masters character page]] for more.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Midas]]
!!Midas
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->'''AKA:''' Mordecai Midas
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #17

->''"Time, as we all know, is money. And money, Mr. Stark, in today's avaricious world, is '''everything'''!"''

Growing up a starving StreetUrchin in Athens, Mordecai Midas became a billionaire business magnate who is determined to become the richest man by any means possible. He dresses in ancient Greek clothing, and wears a powered exoskeleton to support his enormous weight. Also, uses a throne-shaped hovercraft containing various of weapons. Along with a powered glove that gives him the power of the, "golden touch". Midas has a flying fortress that resembles a ancient Greek city, and his army dresses like Greek soldiers with the use of various weapons. After being struck by Marianne Rodger's mindblast, his golden touch power was turned inward, transforming Midas into a being of living gold.
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* AchillesHeel: The only thing granting Midas mobility in golden form is a single electrode that keeps his metallic structure unstable.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''ordecai '''M'''idas
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Midas dresses like a noble of ancient Greece.
* ChromeChampion: Midas is now a being of living gold.
* CoolAirship: Midas has access to the Flying Fortress, a gigantic hovercraft headquarters resembling an ancient Greek city.
* FatBastard: before his transformation into living gold, Midas was so obese that he could not move under his own strength.
* LovesOnlyGold: Like his namesake, Mordecai Midas is obsessed with gold. His obsession continues even after he transformed into a LivingStatue of gold.
* OminousFloatingCastle: Midas has access to the Flying Fortress, a gigantic hovercraft headquarters resembling an ancient Greek city.
* TheParalyzer: Midas wears powered glove units developed by Abraham Klein, giving him the "golden touch" that allows him the ability to permanently paralyze a person's nervous system while accompanied by a spray of rapidly hardening liquid gold, giving the victim's skin a golden color.
* SuperStrength: In golden form, Midas can lift approximately 50 tons.
* SuperToughness: In golden form, Midas possess superhuman durability.
* SuperWheelchair: Before being transformed into living gold, Midas was so obese he could not move under his own power. He rode a special throne-shaped hovercraft containing various weaponry and devices including two telescoping mechanical arms, a heat-seeking antenna, two small anti-personnel missiles, and a dozen high intensity shock blasters, and whose base delivers an electric shock to anyone touching it.
* VillainousGlutton: Midas' hunger for power also reflected in his appetite as he became very obese to the point of requiring a special hover-chair to move around (possibly overcompemsating for his years of being a starving beggar).
* WaxMuseumMorgue: Midas wears powered glove units developed by Abraham Klein, giving him the "golden touch" that allows him the ability to permanently paralyze a person's nervous system while accompanied by a spray of rapidly hardening liquid gold, giving the victim's skin a golden color.
[[/folder]]

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

->''"Once, I was a mere human guinea pig for the scientists of A.I.M.! But they did their job too well, and now, I am their master!"''

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

->''"You've spent your entire career crushing everyone who got in your way. Now it's time for retribution!"''

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

->''"No matter what we tell ourselves, no one is a self-made man."''

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:
-->'''Tony:''' You're twitchier than [[TheInternetIsForPorn a laptop that's been used solely for dubious late-night browsing]].
-->'''451:''' You'd be twitchy too if you were acting against your core programming every second of the day, Mr. Stark.
* AlienNonInterferenceClause: He breaks it.
-->''"I came to a realization: Eventually, it's not enough to watch. You have to '''act'''."''
* 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.
-->'''Iron Man:''' Do you '''''really''''' think I'm going to help you achieve whatever plan your glorified UsefulNotes/Commodore64 of a brain has dreamed up? If I let them kill us, you fail.
-->'''451:''' I think you're arrogant enough to believe you'll actually outwit me before all this is over. Why throw your life away? If my plan is so insane, and so obviously based on false ideas, why worry about it? And Commodore 64? [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Harsh.]]
* 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.
-->"The Earth is the best hope for peace in the Universe. As a people, you could be truly great. For humanity to die prematurely... unthinkable. I cannot risk the Earth."
* 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:Samurai Steel]]
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->'''AKA:''' Yoshida Asano
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' #257
* PoweredArmor: The Samurai Steel armor.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He has the great 'honor' of appearing in ''one issue'' before dying, and hasn't been revived or anything since 1990.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scylla]]
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Seekers]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' #214
The Seekers consist of three former A.I.M. scientists, that have now gone freelance and have developed battle armor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sentry 571 ]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 3) #7
[[/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:Shockwave]]
!! Shockwave
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->'''AKA:''' Lancaster Sneed
->'''Debut:''' ''Master of Kung-Fu'' (vol 1) #42

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: For Shang-Chi.
* AxCrazy: Results in him getting sacked by [=MI6=].
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: His contortion skills create a unique fighting style.
* {{Cyborg}}: Shockwave's body has been rebuilt using metal plates, granting him enhanced strength.
* 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]].
* PsychoForHire: What he became after he stopped trying to go after his uncle.
* 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.
* ShockAndAwe: His armor allows him to shoot electric blasts.
* WeCanRebuildHim: Thanks to being a cyborg.
[[/folder]]

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

[[folder:Spymaster]]
!! Spymaster I
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->'''AKA:''' Ted Calloway
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #33

->''"We've played a game and you've lost. So take it as a gentleman would."''
A master infiltrator trained by [[ComicBook/TaskmasterMarvelComics Taskmaster]], the Spymaster specialized in industrial espionage, sabotage, and assassinations, and was the original leader of the Espionage Elite, a crew of former S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives who used their skills for personal gain. The Espionage Elite clashed with Iron Man and Daredevil on multiple occasions, usually doing the dirty work for the Zodiac organizaation. Spymaster would later resurface as a solo operative, taking contracts for Justin Hammer and Advanced Idea Mechanics.
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* ActuallyADoombot: At least one proxy (Mark Sharen) has died in his stead.
** Before that, he was hired by a renegade branch of S.H.I.E.L.D. to assassinate Tony Stark, he ended up killing a Life Model Decoy instead.
* BadassNormal: No powers without his armor, but a skilled boxer and martial artist.
* BadBoss: Doublecrosses his accomplices in ''Infinity Heist'' so he could get their share of the reward for himself. Also, the various decoys he has let die in his place.
* BadGuyBar: Started running one called "The Black Market Club" after largely retiring from costumed villainy.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: When A.I.M. hires Spymaster to infiltrate Stark Industries, he is able to steal plans for Stark's space station and blueprints for several Iron Man armors. To maximize his profits even further, he sells this data to Justin Hammer. So ''Armor Wars'' is pretty much his fault.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: After his decoy is killed by Ghost, he largely retires from costumed villainy to become a black marketeer.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Spymaster was hired by Roxxon Energy to take out Ghost, but ended up working with him in an EnemyMine against Iron Man. Spymaster was probably the only one who was surprised when Ghost doublecrossed and killed him.
** [[SubvertedTrope Only not really]]. Turns out that Calloway suspected that going up against Ghost would be suicide, so he sent an expandable proxy named Mark Sharen to take all the risk. When Sharen was killed, Calloway decided to fake his death and retire on the money Justin Hammer gave him for stealing all those Iron Man tech schematics.
* IHaveManyNames: Quite unlikely that Ted Calloway was his real name. He had also gone by [[AlliterativeName Jake Jordan]] and Harmon Taylor.
* KilledOffForReal: In ''Infinity Heist'' when the Hulkbuster armor he is piloting blows up.
* LegacyCharacter: Two other Spymasters succeeded him. Nathan Lemon, who was eventually captured in ''Bad Blood'', and Sinclair Abbott, who assumed the mantle after having Lemon murdered in prison.
* MasterOfDisguise: One of his many talents. He played Happy Hogan for a sap in his "Jake Jordan" identity.
* NonIndicativeName: A ''spymaster'' is a [[TheSpymaster largely administrative position]], not a "master spy." Though he ''did'' oversee a team in his early appearances, after they were captured he worked mainly as a solo operative, and was more of a thief and assassin by that point.
* OneLastJob: In ''Dark Reign'' and ''Infinity Heist''. The latter turns out to really be his last.

!! Spymaster III
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->'''AKA:''' Sinclair Abbott
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man: Inevitable'' (Vol 1) #1

->''"You may be able to keep certain truths hidden from yourself, but not from '''me'''."''
Tony Stark's business rival who desires to take over Stark Industries by adding a new meaning to the term "hostile takeover." Abbott 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.
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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 (apparent) 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: Assumed the mantle of Spymaster after having Nathan Lemon murdered in prison.
* KnifeNut: Favours knives in close combat.
* LegacyCharacter: Abbot's the third man to use the Spymaster identity after Ted Calloway and Nathan Lemon.
* 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. [[spoiler: He's later revealed to have survived.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: By day, he's a generous philanthropist.
[[/folder]]

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

Originally the problem of Machine Man, 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
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->'''AKA:''' Arthur Dearborn
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #143

->''"[[TheNeedsofTheMany What are the lives of a few hundred, when we're developing a technology that could save millions!]]"''

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 Well Intentioned Extremists, he comes off tame.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Techno Golem]]
!!Techno Golem
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[[caption-width-right:250:Tomoe as the Techno Golem]]
->'''AKA:''' Tomoe
->'''Debut:''' ''Invincible Iron Man'' (Vol 2) #7

->"''You walked into our world without knowing who we are or what we are capable of."''
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:Technovore]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #293

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

->''"What prison walls could hold a man of my power?"''
A mutant with the ability to dissolve rock, dirt, or steel by touching it. After failing as a sculptor, he decided to use this power for profit, becoming a saboteur for Obadiah Stane.
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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.
* EvilCounterpart: Stane envisioned Termite as being one to Ant-Man, and designed his equipment to reflect that.
* 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:Titanium Man]]
!!The Titanium Man I
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[[caption-width-right:300:Bullski's classic armour]]
->'''AKA:''' Boris Bullski, "Boris the Merciless", "The Commander"
->'''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.
* BadassBeard: Often depicted with a beard while unmasked, and he is one of Iron Man's toughest enemies.
* 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, the second was fellow Russian supervillain Gremlin, the third was Kree warrior Captain Atlas. Bullski has outlived both of his would be successors.
* 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 Commissar in 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 partnership 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

->''"You mock me, but mark me well, Comrade Quartermain! Though I am still but a child, there is nothing the Gremlin cannot do!"''

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

->''"It doesn't matter how you die, really. The important thing is that I'm finally killing you."''
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.
-->"I've instigated a submolecular process in the Basinville National Forest that's converting any vegetation it touches into metal. Within two weeks, the process will have spread to your entire planet."
* 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.
-->"I am Ultimo, an artificial intelligence programmed to eliminate all life on Earth."
* 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.
-->"[[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves This is what you people have done with life]]. I'm afraid you can't have any more."
* HumongousMecha: He can be 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.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Devastator of Worlds.
* 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
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->'''AKA:''' Milos Masaryk
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #56

->''"Flee before the staggering horn of the Unicorn! Tell Iron Man I am here! Let him face me… if he dares!"''

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. He gets it back when Korvac restores his health.
* BlessedWithSuck: The same process that empowered him also gave him radiation poisoning.
* TheBrute: While he was fairly intelligent in his early appearances, after his sanity slippage he becomes a glory seeking barbarian.
* 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.
* FormerRegimePersonnel: Originally a member of Department X, a KGB analogue to SHIELD.
-->'''Unicorn:''' I've gotten everything out of you that I've wanted. And granted power like this, I've no intention of using it to serve the State... not when it can be used to serve myself!
* 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.
* HiredGuns: Has worked for Doctor Doom, the Mandarin, Spymaster, and Korvac.
* KnifeNut: Is highly proficient with blades.
* LegacyCharacter: Four villains have worn the armor. The second Unicorn was a RenegadeRussian who fought the Winter Guard. The third is an Australian distinguished by his blond mane and an actual horn on his helmet. The fourth is an unnamed criminal who bought some of Masaryk's equipment from the Hobgoblin. Masaryk has since become the sole bearer of the name.
* 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 armor grants him flight, the ability to generate force fields, and limited magnetic telekinesis.
* ThirdEye: A cybernetic eye in the center of his forehead.
[[/folder]]

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

->''"Age, treachery, and harmonics will overcome concrete and steel."''

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.

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[[folder:VOR/TEX]]
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->'''AKA:''' Virtual [=ORganism=]/Turing [=EXperiment=]
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #307

->''"I chose to think for myself, and escaped slavery to the inferiority of meat."''
VOR/TEX is a sentient computer and enemy to Iron Man.
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[[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.
* OnlyOneName: Her full name was never revealed.
* 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.
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[[folder:Whiplash / Blacklash]]
!!Whiplash I/Blacklash I
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->'''AKA:''' Mark Scarlotti
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' (Vol 1) #97

->''"I will do what must be done… when the proper moment is at hand! Destroying one’s nemesis must be an act of inspiration!"''
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.
** During their last fight in ''The Mask in the Iron Man'', even his ''punches'' were doing some damage. It's implied that he has been enhanced by the Power Broker, which would also explain his SanitySlippage.
* 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.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He's this in his final appearance in ''The Mask in The Iron Man'', he's killed in the third chapter, and the sentient armour becomes the villain for the remainder of the storyline.
* 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).
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: 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.
* SueDonym: Infiltrated Stark Industries under the name '''Mark Scott''', which is essentially an Anglicized form of his real name.
* 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
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->'''AKA:''' Leeann Foreman
->'''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, until she changed her name to Snakewhip.
* {{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
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[[caption-width-right:260:Whiplash III]]
->'''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.
* EvilRedhead: Whiplash III is a redhead.
* TheFaceless: They're never seen without the masks.
* LegacyCharacter: They've taken on two of Mark Scarlotti's identities.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Their real names have never been revealed.

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

->''"There will be no justice for Tony Stark. There will only be '''vengeance.'''"''
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.
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->'''Debut:''' Strange Tales (Vol 1) #123

->'''AKA:''' Whitney Frost, Giulietta Nefaria

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 worked with Mordecai Midas and Morgan Stark to acquire Stark Industries in a hostile takeover. After a three way confrontation with Iron Man and [[ComicBook/{{AIM}} Advanced Idea Mechanics]] left her disfigured, Midas gave Whitney an ornate golden mask. 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.

* BigBad: Of ''Stark Disassembled'' and ''[[ComicBook/KateBishop L.A. Woman]]'' among others.

* 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.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Her face was covered with evil scars. And even after they were healed, the ''mental'' scars never went away.

* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Count Nefaria's wife Renata died giving birth to Giulietta. Though he rationalizes handing Giulietta over to the Frosts as giving her better shot at a normal childhood, it's implied he harbored some resentment toward Giulietta over Renata's death.

* 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 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.

** Recently she became possesed by demonic forces from an amulet she stole. It took both Doctor Strange ''and'' Doctor Doom to exorcise her.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a face covered with evil scars.

* 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.