Iron Maniac
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Iron Maniac is a Marvel comic book character created by Robert Kirkman and Scott Kolins, who is an evil alternate universe version of the regular Marvel Universe character Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. He first appeared in Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3) #2, wearing armor resembling that of Doctor Doom except with the mask design looking more like the traditional Iron Man style.
[edit] Character history
In an alternate universe, most of the Avengers were killed when they encountered the vicious alien Titannus in space, while a power-hungry Reed Richards turned his back to the surviving heroes. Scarred for life due to an attack from the Human Torch, Iron Man set his own operation base in Latveria for the express purpose of "take over the world to save it from Richards," until Richards somehow managed to banish him into Earth 616.
After being transported to Earth 616, the alternate Iron Man fought Spider-Man, X-23 and the Fantastic Four, believing that Mister Fantastic was the same evil lunatic from his home dimension. After the appearance of Captain America, he realized that he was in an alternate world and was defeated, shortly after warning the other heroes of Titannus.
Titannus soon arrived and fought the heroes while the alternate Iron Man was incapacitated. When Titannus' comatose lover was revived, she told him that she never loved him and that he was insane, causing Titannus to kill himself. The alternate Iron Man later discovered from Spider-Man and Wolverine that the Avengers were never massacred in space in this reality because the group had been disassembled, thus never encountering Titannus.
In the most recent issue of the title, he has broken free from captivity and looks to battle Spider-Man and Wolverine in upcoming issues. In the process he gained the unwilling alliance of the LMD Diamondback, still scared and afraid for believing to be the original Rachel. Having talked her into believing that he is the "real" Tony sent by Captain America to save her, the AU Tony Stark erased her memories, and activating her neural link, attuned her body to his mind. Thus he was able to reshape the former LMD into an advanced suit of armor, sporting the same colours as Diamondback's suit, but the appearance of a bulkier Iron Man armor. This armor, even more advanced than the current Iron Man suit, is able to replicate every weapon Tony Stark can think of.
As an addition to his advanced genius and his newly-acquired advanced suit of armor, the Alternate Tony, who recently rechristened himself the Iron Maniac, due to being the "sole survivor of a sane world living in a backwards, insane world," is a cyborg, with at least a bulletproof hide implanted in his chest.
After killing the rookie superhero Freedom Ring, Iron Maniac was subdued by a blow to the head from Captain America's shield and taken back into custody.
