Obadiah Stane (Earth-199999)

Obadiah Stane
Name	Obadiah Stane
Aliases	Editorial Names: Iron Monger Nicknames: Obie
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Stark Industries
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′1″ (1.85 m), 10′ (3.05 m) (in armor)
Weight	185 lbs (83.91 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Bald
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-199999
Place of Birth	United States of America
Place of Death	Stark Industries building, Los Angeles, California
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Businessman, second in command at Stark Industries, De Facto CEO
Education	PhD
Base of Operations	Los Angeles
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway
First	Iron Man (April 30, 2008) (Historically) Iron Man 2: Public Identity #2 (May, 2010) (Chronologically)
First	Iron Man (April 30, 2008) (Historically) Iron Man 2: Public Identity #2 (May, 2010) (Chronologically)
Death	Iron Man (April 30, 2008)
Death	Iron Man (April 30, 2008)

 We're iron mongers, we make weapons, and what we do keeps the world from falling into chaos. 

—Obadiah Stane

History

Early Years

Obadiah Stane was a businessman who worked in partnership with Howard Stark during the early years of Stark Industries inception, assisting him in creating the Arc Reactor technology. He ultimately headed Stark Industries after the death of his business partner in the early 1990s. Stane eventually became the firm's second-in-command when the Howard's young son Tony came of age to become the new CEO of Stark International.

Stark Industries Coup

Stane had cooperated with the Ten Rings terrorists in Afghanistan to kill Stark and take over Stark Industries. The Ten Rings soon found out who the target was and felt they hadn't been paid enough to kill Stark. They kept him alive to use for their own advantage by having him build them the Jericho Missile. Following Stark's escape and return from Afghanistan, Stane appeared to assist Stark's attempt to refocus the company away from arms manufacturing. While Tony was working on his suit, Stane started to take over Stark Industries covertly by sending weapons to both sides of the war.

Sector 16 Project

After Ten Rings found the remnants of the prototype armor, Stane made a new deal with them to deliver the prototype to him, but ultimately betrayed the group and had them killed, while taking the armor for himself. While working on building his own bigger, more powerful suit, he discovered that Tony's assistant Pepper Potts had found out about his plans, so he stole Stark's arc reactor from his chest to power his new suit and left Stark for dead.

Death

After Potts discovered his plans, she and a few S.H.I.E.L.D. agents went to arrest him but they were no match for his new suit. As he was about to kill Potts, Stane discovered that Tony was alive and had come to save Potts. The two then fought in a final battle over the Stark Industries building. In the final moments of the battle, with Stark's power supply running low, Tony had Pepper Potts overload the prototype large-scale arc reactor in the complex. Stane was knocked unconscious by the blast, and he with his suit tumbled into the generator, causing an explosion that killed him and destroyed the armor. A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent working with Stark later covered up Stane's death by explaining he disappeared in a private plane while on vacation.

Personality

Publically Stane appeared to a loyal and trustworthy friend to the Stark family but in reality he was actually a cold hearted sociopath who has no care for the lives and wishes of others. Nor does he care about the destruction the weapons that Stark Industries created. All he cares about is money and power. His brief tenure as CEO of Stark Industries gave him a taste of power and respect that he enjoyed a bit too much.

Attributes

Powers

Obadiah Stane has no powers of his own but they are derived from his Iron Monger Armor.

Abilities

Despite lack of training, Stane is efficient in combat with his armor.

Weaknesses

Though the Iron Monger suit seems incredibly strong and tough, Stane hadn't solved the icing problem, a major problem when flying at high altitudes.

The thrusters in the Iron Monger suit work less like its inspiration, and more like a rocket, limiting its directional capabilities to upwards only.

Decreased Agility: While his armor is very powerful since it uses hydraulic cylinders to power his armor rather than electric motors, it is slower in its action and reaction speed compared to Tony's electric motor-powered armor.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Iron Monger Armor (decommissioned)
• Stun device

Notes

• Jeff Bridges portrayed Obadiah Stane in the film Iron Man. Archive footage of Bridges as Stane appears as part of a flashback in the film Spider-Man: Far From Home.
• For more details of the apocryphal version of Iron Monger seen in the video game Iron Man and other apocryphal media please see here: Obadiah Stane (Apocryphal).
• Stane is only explicitly referred as the "Iron Monger" in the official novelization of Iron Man by Peter David.

Trivia

• According to Bridges himself, Iron Monger wasn't originally going to die in Iron Man.
• During the early stages of production for Marvel's The Avengers, director/writer Joss Whedon contemplated the idea that Loki wasn't going to be enough of a threat for the Avengers, so he wrote a draft featuring Ezekiel Stane, Obadiah's son, as a secondary villain.

See Also

• 5 appearance(s) of Obadiah Stane (Earth-199999)
• 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Obadiah Stane (Earth-199999)
• 3 minor appearance(s) of Obadiah Stane (Earth-199999)
• 2 mention(s) of Obadiah Stane (Earth-199999)
• 18 image(s) of Obadiah Stane (Earth-199999)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Obadiah Stane (Earth-199999)
• 2 item(s) used/owned by Obadiah Stane (Earth-199999)

Links and References

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