Iron Bat

(Iron Man + Batman)

Name: Tony Wayne

Biography: It would seem from the very moment he was born, Anthony Wayne, better known as "Tony", was destined to change the world. Tony took to mechanical engineering and electronics at an astonishingly young age, building his first circuit board at just four years old and his first engine just two years later. And apart from his obvious intellect, he was the son of Howard Wayne (Howard Stark + Thomas Wayne), billionaire philanthropist and head of Wayne Industries (Wayne Enterprises + Stark Industries), the #1 tech company in Gotham City. Tony was raised by both Howard and his wife Maria (Maria Stark + Martha Wayne) with all the love in the world.

Until tragedy struck young Tony at the age of eight. After watching The Mask of Zorro in the theatre with his parents, Howard suggested taking a shortcut through a nearby alley, where the Wayne's were held up by a mugger. Tony was forced to watch his parents get gunned down right in front of him, all over a wallet and a pearl necklace. On the day of their funeral, Tony vowed to spend the rest of his life warring on crime.

For the rest of his childhood, Tony was raised by the Wayne family butler, Alfred Jarvis (Alfred Pennyworth + Edwin Jarvis) before graduating summa cum laude from MIT at the age of seventeen. From then on Tony has traveled all over the world, learning everything he needed to become the scourge of criminals everywhere.

One day, Tony was in Afghanistan, learning more in the art of inventing by brilliant engineer, Sergei Yinsen (Sergei Alexandrov + Ho Yinsen) when the two of them were attacked by terrorists. During the attack, a piece of shrapnel was lodged inside his chest and making its way toward his heart. They were captured and taken to a cave where the terrorists gave them two options: build weapons of mass destruction for them or die. Tony Wayne chose door #3.

With Yinsen's help, Tony built a space-age pacemaker that would keep the shrapnel from piercing his heart. Then, he built a suit of armor around it, which he used to fight his way to freedom. Sergei Yinsen died giving Tony his second chance at life. Tony swore that day he wouldn't waste it.

After taking his company back from the board of directors, Tony secretly began work on what would be the first of many suits of high-tech armor. Wanting to stoke feat into the hearts of criminals, Tony recalled a time during his childhood when he fell down a dark hole and was surrounded by bats. And thus, he modeled his first suit out of the flying creature and stalked the streets of Gotham at night as Iron Bat.

Throughout the years, Iron Bat has battled countless foes, from "typical" mob bosses like Obadiah Cobblepot(Obadiah Stane + Penguin), to a Russian knockoff version of himself called the Crimson Beast (Crimson Dynamo + KGBeast), to one of the world's greatest threats, Shǒu De Èmó (Ra's Al Ghul + Mandarin), a centuries old terrorist who leads an army of ninjas called the League (The League of Assassins + The Hand), and wields ten pieces of alien technology around his fingers that allow him to do nearly anything.

Tony also amassed a large collection of allies, starting with his suit's onboard AI A.L.F.R.E.D, named after the man who raised him after he died during Bruce's travels. He also adopted various young boys and trained them to fight alongside him as his sidekick. The first two would take up their own identities as crime-fighters, for better and for worse, while the third currently serves him under the codename Warbird (War Machine + Robin).

Other heroes who were inspired by Iron Bat would later join him, such as Irongirl (Ironheart + Batgirl) and Iron Woman (Rescue + Batwoman). Iron Bat would also become a founding member of the Avengers League (Avengers + Justice League) joining alongside some of the most powerful superheroes in the world.

All this and more proves that even without amazing strength, incredible speed, or powers beyond mortal understanding, a man can become a legend. And the legend of the Iron Bat will live on for eternity.

Powers & Abilities: Tony has spent years training to become the ultimate crime fighter. To do this, he went and learned every form of martial art known to man and quite a few that aren't. He has also studied stunt-driving, stealth, intimidation, detective skills, escape artistry, disguise, and swordfighting. All of this has put his body to the peak of human capability.

But for all this amazing capabilities, Tony usually battles evil in one of his many versions of the Iron Bat Armor. Each armor typically uses repulsor blasts that Tony uses for flight, which can reach super-sonic speeds. These repulsors also carry an offensive capability, being fired out of the palms of his suit or releasing a more powerful blasts from his chest. They also tend to be made of a gold-titanium alloy and allow Tony to lift over 100 tons.

The one Tony is most often seen using also carries smart missiles that can lock on his target as well as anti-tank missiles capable of destroying a nuclear bunker. The suit also contains grappling hooks, a smoke dispenser, an EMP, flashbang grenades, lockpicks, a built-in supercomputer, and many many more. But the suit's most iconic feature is its wrist-mounted launcher that fires custom bat-shaped shurikens called Batarangs.

Appearance: The Iron Bat armors completely cover Tony's body and come in varying blends of black and yellow. The faceplate is always yellow and has little white slits for the eyes and mouth. The head has two sharp ears that point up and it has a bat shaped symbol on its chestplate that can fire uni-beams.