Post by Z451 on Jan 11, 2014 3:56:16 GMT
Iron Monger
When Obadiah was a child, his father Zebediah Stane was a degenerate gambler and Obadiah's mother died of unknown reasons.
One day, his father considered himself on a "lucky streak" and played a game of Russian roulette and shot himself in the head while his young son watched.
This trauma caused Obadiah to go bald, and shaped his outlook on life.
From then on, Stane was a ruthless manipulator who studied his adversaries to find weaknesses to exploit.
Stane enjoys chess, and lives his life with the same kind of methodical logic that he uses in the game.
In addition, he is a strong believer in using psychological manipulation to his advantage.
For instance, in a childhood chess match against another boy whose skill at least equaled his own, he killed the boy's dog so that the other would be distracted from the game.
In adulthood, Obadiah Stane becomes the President and CEO of his own company (Stane International) as a munitions dealer.
He also goes into business with Howard Stark.
After the elder Stark died in a car accident, Stane turns his sights on acquiring control of Stark International, the industrial corporation he had worked with, now owned by Tony Stark (Howard's son).
Stane has his agents - known as the Chessmen - attack Stark Industries and assault James Rhodes (Tony's confidant).
He also confronts the younger Stark in person.
Stane also sets up Indries Moomji as Stark's lover without Stark knowing that Moomji is actually the Chessmen's Queen.
Meanwhile, Stane and his associates conspire to lock Stark International out of various business deals.
Stark eventually learns that Stane is the mastermind behind these attacks, but is unable to confront him.
The assaults on Stark, his business, and his friends push Stark to the edge, and he relapses into alcoholism.
With S.H.I.E.L.D.'s help, Stane buys out Stark International, which he then renames Stane International.
Stark, having fallen off the wagon, relinquishes his armor to Rhodes and disappears to be a homeless vagrant.
Rhodes becomes the new Iron Man while ignoring Stane's demands to relinquish the armor.
Rhodes eventually thwarts Stane in his attempt to take over the Iron Man battle-suits.
Looking through Stark Enterprises' records, Stane discovers Stark's notes on the Iron Man armor.
The notes are incomplete and highly advanced, but Stane assigns a team of scientists to decipher them; they eventually create the Iron Monger armor which, according to Stane, is "far superior to Stark's Iron Man armor".
He even considers selling the suit to the highest bidder or creating an army of Iron Mongers, using them to "take over any country he wanted".
Stane assigns the Termite to sabotage another business rival.
He also forms an alliance with Madame Masque.
While living on the streets, Stark befriends pregnant homeless woman Gertl Anders.
After she dies in childbirth, Stark promises to protect the child. This vow helps Stark overcome his alcoholism.
When Stark recovers, he joins Rhodes and the Erwin twins (Morley and Clytemnestra) in starting a new company in Silicon Valley, which is then dubbed Circuits Maximus.
Stark builds a new prototype armor, resembling his original gray suit, in order to test new designs; Stark ends up using the armor to stop an out-of-control Rhodes, and then to assist the West Coast Avengers against Doctor Demonicus, while using the Avengers' facilities to construct an advanced armor, the Silver Centurion.
Realizing that Stark is once again a potential threat, Stane orders Bethany Cabe's abduction, and plans an attack to take out Iron Man, whom Stane believes is currently either Rhodes or one of the Erwins.
He sends an attack drone known as the Circuits Breaker to destroy Iron Man, but both Rhodes and Stark are able to defeat it.
Stane further plots against Stark by switching the minds of Masque and Cabe, and by abducting Stark's old friends Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts and Bambi Arbogast.
Stane eventually detonates a bomb planted inside the Circuits Maximus dome, killing Morley while wounding Rhodes and Clytemnestra.
When Cly confronts Stark at the hospital, Tony realizes he has to face Stane directly; he collects his newly completed Silver Centurion and flies to Long Island.
Stark confronts Stane on the property of Stane International and defeats Stane's agents, including the Chessmen, who had proven a match for his previous armor.
Stane dons the Iron Monger armor and confronts Stark personally.
The Iron Monger is more powerful than the previous Iron Man armor, but not the Silver Centurion model, which includes such features as the ability to absorb the heat from the Iron Monger's thermal rays and channel it into the armor's own energy supplies.
Stane tries to defeat Stark by tricking him into entering a room where Happy, Pepper, and Mrs. Arbogast are being held in suspended animation tanks.
The walls of the room are covered with photo-electric cells that will send 200,000 volts into their bodies if Stark moves.
Stark uses his armor's sensors to find the trap's power source, and destroys it with his chest-plate's uni-beam weapon.
Having freed his friends, Stark confronts Stane and the villain learns that even in the Iron Monger armor, he is no match for Stark.
Finally, Stane uses his last card: Gertl Anders' infant son, whom Stane had abducted from an orphanage. Stane tells Stark to remove his helmet or he will crush the baby.
Stark, having detected interfering frequencies in his armor's systems throughout the battle, deduces that Stane isn't experienced enough to pilot the armor without some help via an external computer.
He uses his armor's pulse bolts to destroy the building containing that computer, causing Stane's Iron Monger armor to seize up.
Refusing to be arrested and humiliated, Stane fires his repulsor ray beam into his head, disintegrating his skull.
Stark later regains complete control over his own company, which he renames Stark Enterprises.
During the Dark Reign storyline, Obadiah in his Iron Monger armor was chosen as a member of Pluto's jury of the damned to decide the fate of Zeus.
When the lord of Hades power was undone, it was Iron Monger who laid the first blow upon him, accompanied by the sound effect 'SHTAAANNE'.
During the Chaos War storyline, Stane is among the dead characters in the Underworld that Pluto released in order to defend the Underworld from Amatsu-Mikaboshi.
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One day, his father considered himself on a "lucky streak" and played a game of Russian roulette and shot himself in the head while his young son watched.
This trauma caused Obadiah to go bald, and shaped his outlook on life.
From then on, Stane was a ruthless manipulator who studied his adversaries to find weaknesses to exploit.
Stane enjoys chess, and lives his life with the same kind of methodical logic that he uses in the game.
In addition, he is a strong believer in using psychological manipulation to his advantage.
For instance, in a childhood chess match against another boy whose skill at least equaled his own, he killed the boy's dog so that the other would be distracted from the game.
In adulthood, Obadiah Stane becomes the President and CEO of his own company (Stane International) as a munitions dealer.
He also goes into business with Howard Stark.
After the elder Stark died in a car accident, Stane turns his sights on acquiring control of Stark International, the industrial corporation he had worked with, now owned by Tony Stark (Howard's son).
Stane has his agents - known as the Chessmen - attack Stark Industries and assault James Rhodes (Tony's confidant).
He also confronts the younger Stark in person.
Stane also sets up Indries Moomji as Stark's lover without Stark knowing that Moomji is actually the Chessmen's Queen.
Meanwhile, Stane and his associates conspire to lock Stark International out of various business deals.
Stark eventually learns that Stane is the mastermind behind these attacks, but is unable to confront him.
The assaults on Stark, his business, and his friends push Stark to the edge, and he relapses into alcoholism.
With S.H.I.E.L.D.'s help, Stane buys out Stark International, which he then renames Stane International.
Stark, having fallen off the wagon, relinquishes his armor to Rhodes and disappears to be a homeless vagrant.
Rhodes becomes the new Iron Man while ignoring Stane's demands to relinquish the armor.
Rhodes eventually thwarts Stane in his attempt to take over the Iron Man battle-suits.
Looking through Stark Enterprises' records, Stane discovers Stark's notes on the Iron Man armor.
The notes are incomplete and highly advanced, but Stane assigns a team of scientists to decipher them; they eventually create the Iron Monger armor which, according to Stane, is "far superior to Stark's Iron Man armor".
He even considers selling the suit to the highest bidder or creating an army of Iron Mongers, using them to "take over any country he wanted".
Stane assigns the Termite to sabotage another business rival.
He also forms an alliance with Madame Masque.
While living on the streets, Stark befriends pregnant homeless woman Gertl Anders.
After she dies in childbirth, Stark promises to protect the child. This vow helps Stark overcome his alcoholism.
When Stark recovers, he joins Rhodes and the Erwin twins (Morley and Clytemnestra) in starting a new company in Silicon Valley, which is then dubbed Circuits Maximus.
Stark builds a new prototype armor, resembling his original gray suit, in order to test new designs; Stark ends up using the armor to stop an out-of-control Rhodes, and then to assist the West Coast Avengers against Doctor Demonicus, while using the Avengers' facilities to construct an advanced armor, the Silver Centurion.
Realizing that Stark is once again a potential threat, Stane orders Bethany Cabe's abduction, and plans an attack to take out Iron Man, whom Stane believes is currently either Rhodes or one of the Erwins.
He sends an attack drone known as the Circuits Breaker to destroy Iron Man, but both Rhodes and Stark are able to defeat it.
Stane further plots against Stark by switching the minds of Masque and Cabe, and by abducting Stark's old friends Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts and Bambi Arbogast.
Stane eventually detonates a bomb planted inside the Circuits Maximus dome, killing Morley while wounding Rhodes and Clytemnestra.
When Cly confronts Stark at the hospital, Tony realizes he has to face Stane directly; he collects his newly completed Silver Centurion and flies to Long Island.
Stark confronts Stane on the property of Stane International and defeats Stane's agents, including the Chessmen, who had proven a match for his previous armor.
Stane dons the Iron Monger armor and confronts Stark personally.
The Iron Monger is more powerful than the previous Iron Man armor, but not the Silver Centurion model, which includes such features as the ability to absorb the heat from the Iron Monger's thermal rays and channel it into the armor's own energy supplies.
Stane tries to defeat Stark by tricking him into entering a room where Happy, Pepper, and Mrs. Arbogast are being held in suspended animation tanks.
The walls of the room are covered with photo-electric cells that will send 200,000 volts into their bodies if Stark moves.
Stark uses his armor's sensors to find the trap's power source, and destroys it with his chest-plate's uni-beam weapon.
Having freed his friends, Stark confronts Stane and the villain learns that even in the Iron Monger armor, he is no match for Stark.
Finally, Stane uses his last card: Gertl Anders' infant son, whom Stane had abducted from an orphanage. Stane tells Stark to remove his helmet or he will crush the baby.
Stark, having detected interfering frequencies in his armor's systems throughout the battle, deduces that Stane isn't experienced enough to pilot the armor without some help via an external computer.
He uses his armor's pulse bolts to destroy the building containing that computer, causing Stane's Iron Monger armor to seize up.
Refusing to be arrested and humiliated, Stane fires his repulsor ray beam into his head, disintegrating his skull.
Stark later regains complete control over his own company, which he renames Stark Enterprises.
During the Dark Reign storyline, Obadiah in his Iron Monger armor was chosen as a member of Pluto's jury of the damned to decide the fate of Zeus.
When the lord of Hades power was undone, it was Iron Monger who laid the first blow upon him, accompanied by the sound effect 'SHTAAANNE'.
During the Chaos War storyline, Stane is among the dead characters in the Underworld that Pluto released in order to defend the Underworld from Amatsu-Mikaboshi.
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