List of Iron Man enemies

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!Name

!Alter ego

!First appearance

!Description

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|Iron Man #114 (1978)

|Arsenal is a robot created by Iron Man's father Howard Stark during World War II.

|Kevin Leonardo{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Atom Smasher}}

|Iron Man #287 (1992){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Atom Smasher}}

|Atom-Smasher is an environmentalist. His actions against Stark Industries' nuclear energy facilities convince James Rhodes, then the company's CEO, to divest from the project.{{Sfn|Chambliss|2015|p=154}}

|Nathan Garrett

|Tales to Astonish #52 (1963)

|Wears black, medieval-looking armor.

|Jerald

|Iron Man #53 (1972)

|An extra-dimensional mystic who tried to incite a war amongst the supervillains.

|Iron Man #233 (1987)

|After Shapanka's death, Justin Hammer gave the criminal Donnie Gill a cryogenic suit, and Gill became the new Blizzard.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Blizzard}} Gill then works with the Masters of Evil and the Thunderbolts.{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=57}}

|N/A

|Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 #25 (2010)

|A military general in the U.S. Army who wanted to stop Tony Stark from being Iron Man and use his armor as a military weapon.

|N/A

|International Iron Man #1 (2016)

|Cassandra Gillespie is an international arms dealer and was a childhood love interest of Tony Stark when he was studying at the University of Cambridge.International Iron Man #1{{Primary source inline|date=January 2025}}

|Calvin Carr

|Power Man and Iron Fist #93 (1983)

|Able to transmute any substance into any other form of matter.

|Eric Savin

|Marvel Comics Presents #26 (1989)

|Lieutenant Colonel going by the real name of Eric Savin. Resurrected as a cyborg after having cyberbenetic surgery.

|Unknown{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Commander Kraken}}

|Sub-Mariner #27 (1970){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Commander Kraken}}

|Commander Kraken is a pirate who uses a submarine to attack ships. Initially introduced as a villain of Namor, he later faces the Cat and then Iron Man. He briefly works for HYDRA and is later killed by the Scourge of the Underworld.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Commander Kraken}}

|Justine Hammer

|Thunderbolts #3 (1997)

|The daughter of Justin Hammer, later used the identity to lead a version of the Masters of Evil and bedevil the Thunderbolts.

|Boris Turgenov{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Crimson Dynamo}}

|Tales of Suspense #52 (1964)

|Turgenov was on the team that helped Anton Vanko invent the Crimson Dynamo armor. He and Black Widow are sent to the United States by the Soviet government to seize Vanko and the armor following Vanko's defection. Turgenov acquires the suit and defeats Iron Man, but Vanko sacrifices himself to kill Turgenov in an explosion.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Crimson Dynamo}}

|Iron Man #15 (1969)

|Nevsky was on the team that helped Anton Vanko invent the Crimson Dynamo armor. While under suspicion for collaborating with Vanko after the latter's defection, Nevsky flees to the United States. He builds a new Crimson Dynamo armor and attacks Iron Man for leading Vanko to defect. He flees and takes refuge in Vietnam, but he is arrested, returned to Russia, and executed. The armor is then worn by several other people who do not use it to fight Iron Man.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Crimson Dynamo}}

|Caldwell Rozza

|Tales of Suspense #91 (1967)

|A South American scientist who created the "Crusher 1" Formula, which granted him superhuman strength, dense skin, and a weight of {{convert|1000|lb|abbr=on}}.

|Doug Johnson III{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=109}}

|Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 #25 (2010){{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=109}}

|The Detroit Steel armor is constructed by Justine Hammer and Sasha Hammer as a new version of the Iron Man armor. They hire Johnson to use it, but he is turned to stone during the "Fear Itself" storyline. He returns, but Sasha then kills him so she can use the armor.{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=109}}

|Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 #1 (2008){{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=163}}

|Sasha Hammer is the daughter of Justine Hammer and the Mandarin. She begins a romantic relationship with Zeke Stane, who augments her body with energy whips, durability, and the ability to fly.{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=163}} She takes the Detroit Steel armor following Johnson's apparent death, and she kills him when he returns.{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=109}}

|Gregori Larionov{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Devastator}}

|Rom #44 (1983){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Devastator}}

|Larionov uses the Devastator armor, which was created by the Gremlin for the Soviet Union. He comes into conflict with Iron Man while working with Valentin Shatalov, the Crimson Dynamo. Before Larionov, the Devastator armor was originally used by Kirov Petrovna to battle the Hulk.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Devastator}}

|Kenji Obatu

|Avengers #69 (1969)

|Ability to project and manipulate light energy in various colors, create light energy constructs of various shapes, sizes and colors.

|N/A

|Strange Tales #154 (1967){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Dreadnoughts}}

|The Dreadnoughts are robotic soldiers. The original Dreadnought is invented by HYDRA. More Dreadnoughts were created by the Maggia using stolen blueprints and by Zeke Stane for Mandarin's use.{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=118}}

|N/A

|Daredevil #167 (1980){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Edwin Cord}}

|Edwin Cord is a military contractor who competes with Stark Industries. He equips the Raiders and Firepower to fight Iron Man, as well as The Jury to fight the Thunderbolts.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Edwin Cord}}

|Thomas Wilkins

|Iron Man #136 (1980)

|A Stark employee who becomes paranoid at the thought of losing his job.

|Kelvin Heng

|X-Men Vol. 6 #1 (2021)

|A mutant-hating genius industrialist whose goal was to conquer Mars and later later allied with Orchis.

|Web of Spider-Man #77 (1991){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Firebrand (Broxtel)}}

|Broxtel steals the Firebrand suit after Gilbert's death and becomes a villain for hire.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Firebrand (Broxtel)}}

|Iron Man Vol. 3 #4 (1998){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Firebrand (Dennison)}}

|Dennison is an environmentalist who is injured and mutated while bombing an energy research program, turning him into a being of flaming energy.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Firebrand (Dennison)}}

|Jack Taggert{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Firepower}}

|Iron Man #230 (1988){{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Firepower}}

|Firepower is an armored riot control unit created by Edwin Cord and Justin Hammer with stolen Stark technology on behalf of Senator Boynton. When Iron Man begins hunting people who used his stolen technology, Cord hires Jack Taggert to use the armor. Iron Man fakes his death at the hands of Firepower, but he then returns to defeat Firepower and have him arrested.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Firepower}}

|Kevin O'Brien{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=159}}

|{{ubl|Iron Man #31 (1970; as O'Brien)|Iron Man #43 (1971; as Guardsman)}}{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Guardsman}}

|Guardsman is a friend of Tony Stark who uses a green and blue armor. He becomes an enemy of Iron Man when he attacks a crowd that is protesting against Stark Industries.{{Sfn|Henebry|2015|pp=111–112}} After O'Brien's brother steals the armor to get revenge, it is later revealed that the armor's malfunctioning circuits had caused the already unstable wearers to go insane.{{Sfn|Vohlidka|2015|pp=124–125}}

|N/A

|Tales of Suspense #46 (1963){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Harrington Byrd}}

|Harrington Byrd is a United States senator who targets Tony Stark and tries to investigate him.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Harrington Byrd}}

|N/A

|Iron Man #258 (1990){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Kearson DeWitt}}

|DeWitt is the son of a failed businessman. When he becomes jealous of Tony Stark, he builds his own armor and hacks Stark's bio-prosthetics to control his nervous system.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Kearson DeWitt}}

|Jonathan Darque

|Marvel Team-Up #110 (1981)

|Wears body armor and has a blast gun implanted in his right arm that was able to fire balls of lava.

|Brendan Doyle{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Mauler}}

|Iron Man #156 (1982){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Mauler}}

|Doyle is a mercenary who retrieves a stolen Mauler armor on the behalf of its creator, Edwin Cord. He then keeps the armor to use in his work as a mercenary. He gives up the armor when confronted by Iron Man, but he later acquires a new suit.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Mauler}}

|Mordecai Midas{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Mordecai Midas}}

|Iron Man #17 (1969){{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Mordecai Midas}}

|Midas is a Greek businessman who wishes to take over Stark Industries. He rescues Whitney Frost and gives her the identity of Madame Masque, but after working for him she betrays him in favor of Tony Stark. Midas gains a controlling share over Stark International, but his mind is destroyed by an accidental psychic attack from Marianne Rodgers. After recovering, he body turns to gold and he gains the ability to turn other things to gold.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Mordecai Midas}}

|Nathan Dolly

|Tales of Suspense #48 (1963)

|A hooded man that uses a magical transforming doll (similar to a voodoo doll) which he stole from an African wise-man to attack Iron Man after he causes pain to millionaires to try to make them sign over their fortunes, and Tony Stark becomes his next target. His first appearance was in Tales of Suspense #48. He caused Tony to create a newer, slimmer suit. He is defeated when Iron Man uses a device to remodel the doll to Mr. Doll's semblance, meaning when he drops it, he is knocked unconscious.

|N/A

|Tales to Astonish #35 (1962)

|Nikita Khrushchev was the real-life premier of the Soviet Union. He was portrayed in Iron Man comics from 1963 to 1965 as the mastermind behind several villainous plots. In these appearances, he is depicted as viciously cruel and driven by rage.{{Sfn|Patton|2015|p=11}}

|Chen Lu

|Journey Into Mystery #93 (1963){{Sfn|Gilbert|2008|p=92}}

|Radioactive Man is first introduced as a villain for Thor.{{Sfn|Gilbert|2008|p=92}} He comes into conflict with Iron Man as a minion of the Mandarin.{{Sfn|Iadonisi|2015|p=42}}

|Andre Rostov{{Sfn|Alaniz|2015|pp=64, 73n37}}

|Tales of Suspense #42 (1963){{Sfn|Alaniz|2015|p=64}}

|The Red Barbarian is a member of the Soviet Army. He is depicted as a caricature of Russians, where he is shown to be violent, angry, and gluttonous.{{Sfn|Alaniz|2015|p=64}}

|Lancaster Sneed

|Master of Kung Fu #42 (1976)

|A former MI-6 agent, who stole an exo-suit.

|Theodore Slaght

|Iron Man #314 (1995)

|Dr. Ted Slaght is a scientist and former teacher of Tony Stark that works for Stark Enterprises. A terrible accident transforms him into a liquid metallic form called Slag and he wants revenge on Tony Stark for "betraying" him.Iron Man #314{{Primary source inline|date=January 2025}}

|Wilbur Day

|Daredevil #8 (1965)

|A armored thief who wears a pair of hydraulic stilts.

|N/A

|Machine Man #17 (1980)

|Is a genius in the field of cybernetics and the CEO of Baintronics, Inc. As Madam Menace she sold high-tech weaponry to criminals throughout the underground.Machine Man #17{{Primary source inline|date=January 2025}} She's a former love interest and business rival to Tony. Her human body was destroyed so she became AI.Iron Cat #2{{Primary source inline|date=January 2025}}

|Arthur Dearborn

| Iron Man #143 (1981)

|A normal human who undergoes a mutagenic modification process that converts him into microwave energy.

|Tomoe

|Invincible Iron Man Vol. 3 #7 (2016)

|Operating as the Techno Golem, Tomoe is an Inhuman crime lord in Japan with the ability to control technology with nothing but her thoughts.

|N/A

|Iron Man #294 (1993)

|An organism which was the result of Cauwfield Chemical Co. clandestinely using nanotechnology on Stark's space station.Iron Man #294{{Primary source inline|date=January 2025}}

|Neil Donaldson{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Termite}}

|Iron Man #189 (1984){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Termite}}

|Termite is a mutant who can dissolve matter. He is hired by Obadiah Stane to sabotage Fetison Electronics, but he loses his powers when a mutant neutralizer is used on him.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Termite}}

|N/A

|Iron Man Vol. 3 #37 (2001){{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=360}}

|Tiberius Stone is Tony Stark's childhood friend and the son of a rival businessman. As an adult, he blames Stark for his family's failure, so he ruins Stark's reputation with false news stories and steals his girlfriend Rumiko Fujikawa.{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=360}}

|N/A

|Iron Man: Fatal Frontier #1 (2013)

|A Soviet robot that was stranded on the Moon since 1972. Udarnik possesses two personalities: Udarnik is programmed to build, while Shockworker is used in defense and attack.

|Alton Vibereaux{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Vibro}}

|Iron Man #186 (1984){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Vibro}}

|Vibro is a seismologist who gained the power to project vibrational force in an accident. His powers are based on his proximity to the San Andreas Fault, and he is powerless when lifted off of the ground.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Vibro}}

|N/A

|Iron Man #307 (1994){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=VOR/TEX}}

|The Virtual ORganism/Turing EXperiment is a sentient computer program that installs itself inside of Iron Man and takes control of his body to destroy its creators. Tony Stark inflicted pain on VOR/TEX, causing it to delete itself out of fear.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=VOR/TEX}}

!Name

!First appearance

!Description

|Daredevil #10 (1965){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Ani-Men}}

|Initially introduced as enemies of Daredevil, the Ani-Men are a group of animal-themed criminals brought together by the Organizer. Two iterations of the Ani-Men come into conflict with Iron Man and the Avengers.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Ani-Men}}

|Iron Man #163 (1982){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Chessmen}}

|The Chessmen are a chess-themed group of villains who work for Obadiah Stane, the Iron Monger.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Chessmen}}

|Iron Man #33 (1970){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Espionage Elite}}

|The Espionage Elite are the minions of Spymaster. Multiple incarnations of the Espionage Elite have been formed, each from a group of five international mercenaries.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Espionage Elite}}

|Avengers #13 (1965)

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|Iron Man #145 (1981){{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Raiders}}

|The Raiders were created by Edwin Cord as a demonstration to convince S.H.I.E.L.D. to hire him as a weapons developer. He later uses them to attack Iron Man.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Raiders}}

|Iron Man #214 (1987){{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Seekers}}

|The Seekers are three brothers (Chain, Grasp, and Sonic) who defected from AIM to build their own power armor and operate as independent villains. They later go on to fight other superheroes and support the Secret Empire. Grasp is then replaced by two new member (Fireball and Laserworks).{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Seekers}}

|Ironheart #2 (2019)

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!Name

!Alter ego

!First appearance

!Description

|Abner Jenkins{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=220}}

|Strange Tales #123 (1964){{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=220}}

|Beetle is a supervillain who attempts to steal company secrets from Tony Stark.{{Sfn|Chambliss|2015|p=154}} He later becomes the superhero Mach-X with the Thunderbolts.{{Sfn|Fentiman|2019|p=220}}

|Natasha Romanova{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Black Widow Update}}

|Tales of Suspense #52 (1964){{Sfn|Gilbert|2008|p=100}}

|Black Widow is introduced as a femme fatale agent working for the Soviet Union on a mission to steal Iron Man's technology. When she is forced by the Soviet government to become a supervillain, she defects to the United States where she becomes a superhero and joins S.H.I.E.L.D.{{Sfn|Sheppard|2015|pp=30–37}}

|Clayton Wilson{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Force}}

|Sub-Mariner #66 (1973){{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Force}}

|Force becomes a villain by stealing a force field projector and incorporating it in a suit of armor. After a fight with Namor, he is hired by Justin Hammer to engage in illegal operations. He grows remorseful and helps Iron Man fight Justin Hammer, and in return he is hired by Stark Enterprises under a new name. He later helps Iron Man in several fights against supervillains.{{Sfn|Hoskin|2008|loc=Force}}

|Trung Tuan{{Sfn|Hoskin|2010|loc=Half-Face}}

|Tales of Suspense #92 (1967){{Sfn|Henebry|2015|p=98}}

|Half-Face is a communist villain who faces Iron Man.{{Sfn|Patton|2015|p=11}} He defects from the Communist Party after seeing Iron Man save a village.{{Sfn|Henebry|2015|p=98}}

|Clint Barton{{Sfn|Sheppard|2015|p=33}}

|Tales of Suspense #57 (1964){{Sfn|Sheppard|2015|p=33}}

|Hawkeye decides to seek glory as a superhero, but he falls in love with Black Widow and agrees to help her in her villainous pursuits. He reforms after Black Widow does and joins the Avengers.{{Sfn|Sheppard|2015|pp=33–35}}