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THE GUARDSMAN
Real
Name:
Michael O'Brien Some
months after his brothers death, when the details of the incident came to
public light, Kevin O'Brien's brother Michael, a sergeant on the New York
City police force, decided that the official investigation exonerating
Iron Man’s actions was a cover-up. Reopening the investigation without
official sanction, O'Brien confronted Stark, interrogated several of his
employees, and finally hired an unscrupulous private investigator to get
him inside the Long Island plant. There O'Brien located the Guardsman
armor and put it on, determined to use it to bring Iron Man to justice.
However, the malfunction in the cybernetic circuitry, that affected his
brother, also affected his brain and he flew into a rage seeking to kill
Iron Man. Iron Man confronted his attack and finally convinced him that
the armor was causing him to act insanely. Stark took Michael O'Brien into
custody rather than press criminal charges, hoping to convince the man of
his innocence in his brother's death. While Stark worked on a new set of
armor, the Japanese mutant Sunfire attacked the plant. Stark was unable to
put on his new armor since it had not yet cooled and unable to find any of
his spare suits of armor since a saboteur had stolen them. Hence he was
forced to put on the Guardsman armor to fight off Sunfire. O'Brien
witnessed Stark's heroic attempts to save lives over a video monitor,
aware that Stark was risking a major heart attack by the strenuous
activity. Escaping confinement, O'Brien decided he was wrong about Stark
and determined to help him by donning the now-coot Iron Man armor. Thus
clad, he was mistaken for the real Iron Man and kidnapped by the Mandarin.
Stark discovered an old set of Iron Man armor that the saboteur had
overlooked and went to China to rescue O'Brien. Upon rescuing him, Stark
chose to reveal his true identity to O'Brien before he went off to battle
the Mandarin. O'Brien flew back to New York where he took custody of the
Guardsman armor once more. After
Iron Man defeated the Mandarin, Stark fixed the malfunction in the
Guardsman armor's circuitry so it was safe to wear. Michael O'Brien was
determined to use the armor to vindicate both his brother's and his own
senseless actions. When Stark International was taken over by the criminal
Midas, the Guardsman joined with a number of Stark's other friends and
allies to battle Midas's men. He was turned to gold by Midas's power, but
was later restored to flesh. Having quit the police force, O'Brien
interviewed for the position of security director at Project: Pegasus, the
government energy research facility, after its previous director, Quasar,
quit. With a high recommendation by Tony Stark, O'Brien got the job. Some
time later, while guarding the Project, O'Brien's Guardsman armor was
damaged in a battle with the subhuman Lava Men. It was later repaired at
the Project's expense. O'Brien, as the Guardsman, has been living and
working full-time in the Project since his appointment and has performed
his duties capably. Height:
5 ft. 11 in. Strength Level: Without his Guardsman armor, Michael O'Brien possesses the normal human strength of a man of his age, height, and build who engages in extensive regular exercise. With the Guardsman armor fully charged and augmenting his strength to its fullest, he can lift (press) approximately 40 tons.
(excerpt
from www.marveldirectory.com)
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