With the help of S.H.I.E.L.D., Stane buys out Stark International, which he then renames Stane International. The assaults on Stark, his business, and his friend push Stark to the edge, and he catastrophically relapsed into alcoholism. Stark eventually learns that Stane is the mastermind behind these attacks, but is unable to confront him. Meanwhile, Stane and his associates conspire to lock Stark International out of various business deals. Stane also sets up Indries Moomji as Stark's lover without Stark knowing that Moomji is actually the Chessmen's Queen. Stane has his agents, the Chessmen, attack Stark Industries and assault James Rhodes, a confidant of Tony. After Stark and his wife died in a car accident, Stane turns his sights on acquiring control of Stark International, the industrial corporation he had worked with, now owned by Tony Stark (the son of Howard Stark). He also goes into business with Howard Stark. In adulthood, as a wealthy financier, Obadiah Stane becomes the president and CEO of his own company ( Stane International) as a munitions dealer. For instance, in a childhood chess match against another boy whose skill at least equaled his own, he killed the boy's dog so that the other would be distracted from the game. In addition, he is a strong believer in using psychological manipulation to his advantage. Stane enjoys chess, and lives his life with the same kind of methodical logic that he uses in the game.

From there on, Obadiah Stane was a ruthless manipulator who studies his adversaries to find weaknesses to exploit. This trauma caused Obadiah to lose all of his blond hair and go bald and shaped him for years to come. One day, his father, who considered himself to be on a 'lucky streak', played a game of Russian roulette and shot himself in the head. He dons the Iron Monger armor in issue #200 ( November 1985), and commits suicide in the same issue.įictional Character Biography Obadiah Stane Early yearsĪs a child, Obadiah's father ( Zebediah Stane) was a degenerate gambler and mother died of unknown reasons. Obadiah Stane, who would become the first Iron Monger, debuted in Iron Man #163 ( October 1982).

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