Dr. John Henry Irons
Alias
Henry Johnson
Adventurer
College Football Player
Construction Worker
Engineer
Owner/Operator, Steelworks, Inc.
Excellent hand-to-hand combatant with athletic skills.
Steel Armor: High-tech armor integrated with Kryptonian technology enables the wearer to lift approximately 70 tons under standard operating conditions. Armors contain various generic and specialized offensive weaponry.
Generic features include:
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Artificial Intelligence with short distance mental human interface.
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Computerized Digital Communications
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Sensors
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Self Healing Armor
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Metal Spike Launcher mounted on left forearm.
Entropy Aegis Armor: Armor created with technology from the New Gods of Apokolips.
Hazard
White Rabbit
Action Comics
Adventures of Superman
JLA
Steel
Superman Vol. 2
Superman: The Man of Steel
In high school, Irons developed an appreciation for science as a means to enhance his techniques on the football field. With his combination of athleticism and academics he received a full scholarship to college.
While at college his younger brother Clay was killed in a drive-by shooting while he was working at the neighborhood grocery. His parents had died years earlier in an auto accident, so he forewent grad school and got a job working in a munitions factory to support his extended family.
It was while at the munitions factory, Ameretek that he first began to develop the ideas for his armor system. Renting a workshop he developed his first prototype.
An unfortunate turn of events with his employer ended in his workshop being destroyed and Irons was presumed dead.
Under an assumed name, Irons moved to Metropolis and worked as a high-rise construction worker. Attempting to save a friend and fellow worker from a deadly fall, Irons was in turn saved by Superman.
Days later Superman was apparently killed by the alien Doomsday. Resolving to honor the slain hero Irons completed his armor and dedicated himself to serving the community as Steel.