Iron Patriot

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Iron Patriot from Secret Avengers v2 #3.

The Iron Patriot is a suit of armor that features in Marvel Comics.

History

Norman Osborn as Iron Patriot from Dark Avengers v1 #1.

The Iron Patriot was a suit of Iron Man Armor that was created in the wake of the Secret Invasion. After the defeat of the Skrull's, the alien queen Veranke was killed by Norman Osborn who was hailed as a hero of Earth for ending the threat. This saw Tony Stark being removed from his position as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the peacekeeping organization disbanded. It was replaced with H.A.M.M.E.R. with Osborn placed in charge of it where he quickly consolidated control along with laying claim to any technology including StarkTech. After taking custody of Stark Tower, he discovered a hidden vault that he could not access with Osborn hiring the Ghost to break through security. Inside, he found various suits of Iron Man Armor where he retrofitted one to become the Iron Patriot which he wore in his role as leader of the Dark Avengers who he had assembled to be the planet's greatest heroes. (Dark Avengers v1 #1)

It was later revealed that Norman was recreating the armor in a workshop under Oscorp Tower. The armor, along with the workshop, was destroyed by Max Modell after Peter Parker distracted both Hobgoblins Roderick Kingsley and Phil Urich by 'pretending' to be Spider-Man. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #697)

Whilst investigating the sighting of the New Avengers, the Iron Patriot along with the Dark Avengers arrived to see the Hood's gang of supervillains that were attempting to forge their own deal with Osborn. Norman refused at first but Jonas Harrow used a wormhole virus to shutdown the Iron Patriot armor and also used a Power Drainer that depowered the Dark Avengers alongside the New Avengers. (New Avengers v1 #56) Harrow used this as an opportunity create a deal with Osborn who agreed to the terms with Jonas reactivating the Iron Patriot armor for Norman. (New Avengers v1 #57)

After H.A.M.M.E.R. disbanded, the U.S. Department of Defense acquired the agency's proprietary hardware and modified it with a basic-level artificial intelligence for use as part of a drone fleet. It was showcased at a weapons expo that was interrupted by the new Scientist Supreme Andrew Forson who stole the armour. (Secret Avengers v2 #3) The drones had their artificial intelligence enhanced by A.I.M. with them armed with information on threats from the S.H.I.E.L.D. database. (Secret Avengers v2 #4) The drone fleet then began targeting these sites around the world with this causing an international accident. In an effort to stop them, agent Phil Coulson requested the assistance of James Rhodes who arrived at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Tages research station. Once there, he linked with the Iron Patriot drones through holographic terminal where the A.I.s had recognised Rhodes as the 'pilot'. He then used his authority as a military officer to pull the Iron Patriots in line that accepted him as their commander. One of the armours equipped itself on Rhodes who led them in the field. (Secret Avengers v2 #6) He led them in a strike against the A.I.M. island of Barbuda where the drones helped the Secret Avengers escape from the fortress. (Secret Avengers v2 #7)

While Rhodey was on a mission in the Gulf of Mexico, the Iron Patriot Armor he was using was hacked by a group of domestic terrorists, causing it to shut down and drag Rhodes into the bottom of the ocean. (Iron Patriot v1 #1) Rhodey activated the armor's manual ejection to escape, destroying the suit in the process. (Iron Patriot v1 #2) Rhodes was later given one of the spare armors, albeit one modified by the terrorists that restricted Rhodey's control over it, and could even constrict him to death unless he agreed to kill a former vice-president. (Iron Patriot v1 #3) After escaping from the same terrorists, who had captured Rhodey's family for leverage, Lila hacked into a second spare unit of the Iron Patriot Armor, controlling it remotely to rescue Rhodey's father Terrence. Terrence then used the spare armor to confront an armored agent of the terrorists in charge of forcing Rhodey to kill the vice-president. (Iron Patriot v1 #4) As Terrence confronted the villain, Rhodey managed to activate the manual ejection of the armor he was wearing. The spare suit used by Terrence was severely damaged when he shielded the unarmored Rhodey from an attack of the villain, an act that cost him his life. (Iron Patriot v1 #5)

Toni Ho built a new version of the Iron Patriot armor that was outfitted with non-lethal weaponry which she used as she joined the new U.S. Avengers that was working alongside the United States Government. (U.S.Avengers v1 #1)

Overview

The armor was capable of forming itself around the wearer. (All-New Savage She-Hulk v1 #3)

From the arms, several small rockets could be fired at a target. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #599)

On the chest, the circular emitter for the uni-beam was altered into a star-shaped pattern which actually reduced the effectiveness of the energy blast from it. (Dark Reign: The List - Amazing Spider-Man v1 #1)

It could create force fields to block from attacks. (Dark Avengers v1 #3)

Users

• Norman Osborn : creator of the Iron Patriot armor after gaining access to the vault holding the various armors of Iron Man with Osborn modifying it as leader of the Dark Avengers. (Dark Avengers v1 #1)
• James Rhodes :
• Toni Ho :
• Sharon Carter : (Captain America v9 #23)

Notes

• Iron Patriot was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato Jr. where it made its first appearance in Dark Avengers v1 #1 (March, 2009).

Alternate Versions

• In Contest of Champions v1 #9 (2016), an alternate version of the Iron Patriot appeared in the Battlerealm reality that was designated as Earth-TRN619 in the Multiverse. This version was Tony Stark who held the Reality Stone after it was split amongst the Illuminati. Stark came to use the Infinity Gem to began to subtly change reality during the Super Hero Civil War. With the power of the Reality Gem, Tony Stark undid Goliath's murder by the hands of Thor's cyborg clone Thunderstrike and Steve Rogers' assassination at the courthouse steps, as well as manipulating the results of the election to become the president of the United States. Five years after the end of the Civil War, President Stark and his Mighty Avengers attended the presidential parade held in commemoration of the Registration Day when Maestro, a Hulk from an alternate universe, showed up. Using the power of the ISO-Sphere, Maestro took the Mighty Avengers to Battlerealm and altered their memories to make them think they were still on their Earth confronting a group of unregistered superhumans, while in reality they were confronting the unwilling contestants of Maestro's Contest of Champions.

In other media

Television

• In Ultimate Spider-Man, the armor made an appearance an the second seas where it made its animated debut in the episode "Second Chance Hero". Similar to the comics, it was shown as being created by Norman Osborn where it resembled Iron Man's suit with blasters, missiles in the shoulders and a palladium power battery in the chest though its color scheme was that in Iron Man 3. Osborn began wearing the armor after the Goblin Serum was removed from his body where he vowed to make up for his villainous past by becoming a hero though one that used more aggressive means. He would battle and defeat the Frightful Four but Nick Fury would not trust Osborn and had Spider-Man attempt to bring him into custody when the pair were attacked by Dr. Octopus's Spider-Soldiers that were bred from Venom's substance. Spider-Man would take Harry Osborn to safety whilst Norman as Iron Patriot defeated the creatures. In the episode "Return of the Sinister Six", Osborn as Iron Patriot continued to support Spider-Man whilst being aggressive in his actions and helped fight the Lizard. He would join Spider-Man's hero team as an unofficial second in command when the reformed Sinister Six stole OsCorp tech from Ryker's Island. During the battle with the Sinister Six, Iron Patriot fought Doctor Octopus but was overwhelmed by the various super-villains who injected him with the Goblin Serum turning him into the Green Goblin once more.
• In Avengers Assemble, the armor made an appearance in the episode "Exodus". It was shown as one of the various armors in Tony Stark's possession and remotely controlled by J.A.R.V.I.S. An alternate version of Stark's Mark 50 Suit was created and used by Norman Osborn as the Iron Patriot. It appears that after Osborn returned to his identity as the Goblin, Stark claimed the armor and kept it. Unlike the other suits, this armor utilizes a palladium power core instead of an Arc Reactor.

Films

• In Iron Man 3, the Iron Patriot armor made an appearance with an inverted color scheme with the primary being blue. It was shown as being the War Machine armor taken by James Rhodes who repainted and upgraded it after being asked by President Ellis to be the United States official American symbolic superhero. He was tasked with helping in combating the threat of A.I.M. and Rhodey stated that the reason for the name change was because focus groups indicated that War Machine was an aggressive name. Tony Stark was shown to scoff at the idea of the Iron Patriot name. The armor was stolen by Aldrich Killian's Extremis soldiers though Eric Savin posed as Iron Patriot in order to abduct President Ellis. Afterwards, Rhodes was shown as recovering Iron Patriot armor and used it to recover the President.
• In Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United, though not named in the animated movie Tony Stark did build a suit of Iron Man Armor for Steve Rogers that resembled the Iron Patriot suit.

Video games

• In Marvel Heroes, the Iron Patriot served as an alternate skin for War Machine.
• In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, the Iron Patriot armor appeared in the setting of the Facebook video game. Savin was noted to had commandeered the armor for his own use.

Appearances

• Dark Avengers v1: (2009)
• Amazing Spider-Man v1:
• New Avengers v1:
• Secret Avengers v2:
• Iron Patriot v1:
• U.S.Avengers v1:
• Captain America v9:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Comicvine Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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