John Henry Irons/Man of STEEL Appreciation 2022

[Thor-Ul]

Steel: A Celebration of 30 Years

Hardcover
5/23/23
$39.99

Inspired by Superman's selflessness, John Henry Irons used his engineering genius to reinvent himself into a champion in his own right.

The perfect combination of brains and brawn, John Henry Irons was one of four different people to take up the mantle of Superman when Kal-El lost his life while saving Metropolis from the monster known as Doomsday. Initially referred to by the media using Superman’s nickname, “The Man of Steel,” Irons simply went by Steel when Superman came back from the grave.

A former weapons engineer, John Henry Irons moved to Metropolis to start a new life. There, on one fateful day, Superman saved his life. Forever grateful, John Henry paid it forward when the city’s protector died. He took up the fight to protect the innocent in Superman’s name, wearing his iconic “S” shield in tribute.

Irons used his scientific genius to construct a suit of armor that allowed him to fly and gave him superior strength. He also created a giant metal hammer in homage to his namesake, the folk hero John Henry.

Now a permanent member of Superman’s extended family, Steel is living proof that everyone has it in them to become a Superman.

Steel: A Celebration of 30 Years collects Action Comics #4, Adventures of Superman #500, Convergence: Superman: Man of Steel #1-2, JLA #17, Justice League Unlimited #35, Steel #1, Steel # 34, Steel #1, Suicide Squad #24, and Superman: The Man of Steel #22, #100, and #122!

Cover. I want a cool cover for this trade. Who is going to do the cover?? Bogdanove? Cowan? Batista?

[Vordan]

[Thor-Ul]

Yes... this could work.

Even if I liked the design of this hammer, I always prefered the longer sledge hammer.

[Vordan]

Yes... this could work.

Even if I liked the design of this hammer, I always prefered the longer sledge hammer.

Same, I like it to be massive as a way of showing how strong Steel is.

[Robanker]

Cover. I want a cool cover for this trade. Who is going to do the cover?? Bogdanove? Cowan? Batista?

Bogdanove is my pick. He's the character's co-creator.

[Vordan]

The board is set for Irons to transform Steelworks into an entity that can challenge Lexcorp thanks to Superman giving Irons access to all the crazy Warworld tech:

[The Frog Bros]

I don't really know why, but I always pictured Kraftwerk as the background soundtrack of the Steelworks.

Maybe because they sound similar and the whole electro/robotic/industrial pop sound.

[Vordan]

DC vs. Vampires is profoundly dumb but I keep reading it at this point just because I enjoy Steel and Kara’s journey (and for the cool scenes of Steel killing vampires):

[Vordan]

[Vordan]

So Nat is confirmed to be the one in Action. No mention of Irons however, I am hoping he’s in the book too, and he’ll get to be a hero. If not I hope it’s because they’re planning something else for him, a miniseries preferably. Or perhaps Williamson plans on using him?

[Frontier]

So Nat is confirmed to be the one in Action. No mention of Irons however, I am hoping he’s in the book too, and he’ll get to be a hero. If not I hope it’s because they’re planning something else for him, a miniseries preferably. Or perhaps Williamson plans on using him?

Give the man some love! I like Nat, but she keeps hogging screentime in my opinion...

[Vordan]

Give the man some love! I like Nat, but she keeps hogging screentime in my opinion...

Part of the new wave of black women stepping into the mantles of black men (what an odd trend between Steel, Blade, and Black Panther). I’m just going to wish that Steel is getting a miniseries with Lana written by Greg Pak, and that’s why he’s not part of the Superfamily crew post Action 1050. Maybe something happens in 1050 that forced him to go off on his own for a bit.

[dornwolf]

Yes... this could work.

Even if I liked the design of this hammer, I always prefered the longer sledge hammer.

It needs to be full sledge the hammer here looks like Mjornir and just causes steel to be a Thor riff

[Vordan]

i'm super hypeeeee, and also plsss don't forget that next year is conner and john henry's 30th anniversary (and nat's is right after that so they can basically celebrate togetherrrrr)

I wish I could tell you about the JHI project we’re putting together now, but I promise you it will not disappoint

https://twitter.com/paul_kaminski/st...UOjhmCnRtznDgQ

Sweet sweet hopium!

[DragonPiece]

https://twitter.com/paul_kaminski/st...UOjhmCnRtznDgQ

Sweet sweet hopium!

Ooh, I wonder if it’s one of those one shot anniversary special dc does or it is a mini/ongoing, excited either way.