Alternative versions of Iron Man
| Alternate versions of Iron Man | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Iron man |
| First appearance | Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee Larry Lieber Don Heck Jack Kirby |
| See also | Iron Man in other media |
In addition to his mainstream incarnation, Iron Man has been depicted in other fictional universes.
1602: New World features a 17th-century Spanish Iron Man named Lord Iron. Taken captive in the Holy Land during the English / Spanish war, he is forced to make weapons for them after being tortured by David Banner, the later Hulk of that world. He needs his massive armor to survive. The armor is powered by "lightning bottles" and provides him with super-strength and invulnerability as well as several electricity-powered weapons.
With his Moorish associate, Rhodes, Lord Iron is assigned by King James to put an end to the traitors and witchbreed in the New World. Instead, he realizes he has let bitterness consume him, and makes his peace with Banner. He is last seen using his armor to power the colony's printing press.
The Secret Wars War Zone tie-in 1872 reimagines Tony in the Wild West. Tony was once a respected inventor who lives in the town of Timely. When the Union army used his repeating rifle to slaughter a large group of Confederates rather let them surrender, Tony spirals into alcoholism. After Sheriff Steve Rogers is murdered by Mayor Wilson Fisk and his cohorts, Tony builds a large suit of armor resembling the original Iron Man suit to aid Red Wolf in bringing him down. After Fisk is defeated, Tony dedicates his time to aiding the people of Timely with his new invention.
Iron Man 2020 features Arno Stark as a mercenary in the employ of Sunset Bain. Arno travels to the past in an effort to save his family from a madman's bomb. He needs the retinal patterns of the bomb maker (who was killed in 2020) so he travels to the past to get them. He runs into the original Blizzard who mistakes him for Tony Stark only to be killed (as Arno didn't have time for a prolonged fight). While attempting to get the retinal patterns he fights with Spider-Man only to be pulled back to his time and find everything he cared about destroyed.
Tony Stark and Doctor Doom are brought to the year 2093 by Merlin to stop a plot by a primarily robotic Doom and the Iron Man of 2093, Andros Stark. Andros is a psychotic madman and uses his grandfather Arno's armor. Tony defeats Andros while wielding the legendary sword Excalibur.
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