steel

CREATOR

Name: DC (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1934 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890-1968) as National Allied Publications, but the name changed in 1937 to Detective Comics (later shortened to DC). Stopped in 2011.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under DC in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's logo changed several times over the years. The selected one ran from 1976 to 2005.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1994. Stopped in 1998 after 53 issues.

The starring character's alter ego is John Henry Irons. He is a brilliant inventor, a weapons engineer, and a powerful athlete, three advantages that he uses in his second career as a crimefighter. For that purpose he has invented a powered suit of armour which supplies him with the usual superhero abilities such as flight and strength, and a special, kinetic sledgehammer that he uses as his primary weapon.

Previously, DC had made two other series featuring a character named Steel.