History
The Iron Avengers were robot duplicates of the Avengers created by Tony Stark. Following the deaths of the real Avengers at the hands of the Absorbing Man, Tony created the Iron Avengers in their likeness to honor their memories and to carry on the fight. The Iron Avengers were given the personalities of the originals and were led by the sole surviving Avenger, the android Vision.[1]
Following Tony Stark's alliance with President Osborn, formerly the villain known as the Green Goblin, the Iron Avengers were used at his discretion. They were primarily deployed to combat the Hydra, purging the streets of New York City. The Iron Avengers would team-up with former Avengers Captain America and Thor, fighting against the Hydra and Storm Giants respectively.[1][2]
When the Skull marched into New York at the head of a mind-controlled army of superhumans, the Iron Avengers were the first line of defense for President Osborn's headquarters. When the Skull realized he couldn't take control of the Iron Avengers he had his army destroy them. Their defeat would sow the seeds of the Skull's eventual fall however, as his enemies realized he could not control mindless objects like robots. Before his death at the hands of the Celestials, Tony Stark gave Vision the schematics for the Iron Avengers, asking him to rebuild them.[3]
Following the defeat of the Skull and Tony Stark's death, King Britain decreed that the Iron Avengers to be rebuilt. Over the next three years he worked with the Vision and his army of genetically engineered Union Jacks to build an army of Iron Avengers to defend England and the world. While maintaining the same abilities of the originals, these Iron Avengers appeared to lack the personalities of the original Avengers.[4]
The Iron Avengers were placed under the command of the Black Knight (son of the late Inhuman King Black Bolt) who was raised by King Britain. The Iron Avengers played a part in defending Buckingham Palace from an attack made by the Tong of Creel who sought to collect King Britain's piece of the Absorbing Man, but were unable to stop the Tong from claiming the piece.
The Iron Avengers were later sent with the Black Knight to investigate the Human Torch in the Savage Land that appeared to have gone out due to neglect. There Black Bolt, Iron Maiden, and Jade Dragon were captured by Toad, who had switched abilities with Magneto following the world's depolarization. The Toad used his newfound magnetic powers to take control of the Iron Avengers and used them to attack the heroes. However, King Britain had constructed an entire fleet of Iron Avengers, whom the Black Knight called in for assistance.
With the aid of Cable, the telepathic mutant now trapped beneath Sentinel City, Iron Maiden was able to stabilize the amount of Vibranium in the area to reverse the power switch between Magneto and Toad. Upon regaining his powers Magneto repaired all the damage caused to Sentinel City and the Iron Avengers and freed them from the Toads control. When a reassembled Absorbing Man attacked New York, the Iron Avengers arrived to help stop him. Creel was eventually defeated when the Iron Maiden convinced him to sacrifice himself to save the Earth.[5]
With the defeat of Creel, and the world entering a time of relative peace, King Britain allowed the Iron Maiden to take a sizeable number of Iron Avengers on an expedition into space, hoping to rescue the Eternals.[6]Notes
- Although Black Widow is listed as an associate to the team in the Universe X Omnibus, she never acted on the team. Her only relation to the group is in being the Ambassador to Russia in Britain and working closely to King Britain.
See Also
- 20 appearance(s) of Iron Avengers (Earth-9997)
- 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Iron Avengers (Earth-9997)
- 3 mention(s) of Iron Avengers (Earth-9997)
- 5 image(s) of Iron Avengers (Earth-9997)
- 10 member(s) of Iron Avengers (Earth-9997)