Steel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Superhero
Publisher: DC Comics

Vol 1: March 1978 – Oct/Nov 1978
Thanks to scripter Gerry Conway and artist Don Heck, the red, white and blue shone like never before – on the steel alloyed suit of the WWII cyborg, Steel. A biology student who had become a U.S. Marine, Hank Heywood nearly died in an explosion on his military base. However, his college professor, Gilbert Giles, literally pieced him back together. In addition to fitting Heywood with micro-motors and steel compounds to replace ravaged bone, muscle,and organ tissue, Giles infused his former student with a bioretardent formula to induce rapid skin growth over his charred body. The series ran for 5 issues before falling victim to the “DC Implosion.”

Vol 2: February 1994 – July 1998
No sooner does John Henry Irons arrive back in Washington DC than he finds himself taking on a street gang equipped with deadly Toastmasters in “Wrought Iron.”

Vol 3: March 2011
“Reign of Doomsday” part 1! John Henry Irons is a normal human being who managed to overcome all odds and become a hero during Metropolis darkest hour. Now the very villain that led to his heroic first appearance in the DCU has returned–and this is looking for the man of Steel! Continued in OUTSIDERS #37.

Steel

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