Cobalt Man

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Cobalt Man

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Men #31 (April, 1967)
Created by	Roy Thomas Werner Roth

Characteristics
Alter ego	Ralph Roberts
Abilities	Initially, Roberts wore the Cobalt Man armor to gain Iron Man-like abilities, including flight, superhuman strength (Class10--it multiplied his strength 100x) and durability, flight, recoil beams, etc. The armor (at least the second version) also had oxygen tanks and could protect its wearer from the vacuum of space.

Cobalt Man (Ralph Roberts) is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by writer Roy Thomas and penciller Werner Roth in X-Men #31 (April, 1967), where he was a member of Egghead's Emissaries of Evil.

1 Fictional character biography
- 1.1 Iron Man imposter
- 1.2 The Stamford Disaster
2 External links

[edit] Fictional character biography

[edit] Iron Man imposter

During the 2004 Avengers/Thunderbolts six issue mini-series Tony Stark, (aka Iron Man), infiltrated the Thunderbolts as "Cobalt Man" to find out what they were all about. Eventually, Stark revealed his true identity and tossed the Cobalt Man armor away.

[edit] The Stamford Disaster

Apparently, the original Cobalt Man was one of the many villains that escaped from The Raft prison during New Avengers #1-3 (January - March 2005). In an appearance which was widely previewed (first in New Avengers: Illuminati #1; May 2006) but which was originally produced as part of Civil War #1 (July, 2006), the New Warriors located Cobalt Man hiding in Stamford with some other escaped convicts. During the ensuing conflict, Nitro used his powers to explode the entire neighborhood, causing the death of hundreds of schoolchildren, most of the New Warriors, and apparently Cobalt Man as well.