#clay irons

[supersteelthirteen]

Superwoman (2016) #12

The most brother of all time!! They have not seen each other for a while and immediately fists are thrown and sermons are being said.

Applause for Clay Irons and John Henry Irons!

[supersteelthirteen]

I like the fact that Clay is the older brother between him and John Henry. That must be a big source of insecurity as well as pride. Pride over the fact your lil' sibling has accomplished great things, however, it is a source of insecurity in the way they done more worthwhile things than you, the older sibling.

I'm imagining Clay and John Henry as lil' kids and Clay doing he's very best to be supportive of John Henry's many interest in science. Kind of invested in their dynamic. I want to see more of them and also the Steel Family (Please bring back Jemahl Irons...)

[supersteelthirteen]

Loving the Steel Family story going in the remaining comic issues of Superwoman (2016)

[girl-in-c-major]

Crash: Clay Irons

So, hey. Here's a villain you might not remember.

Clay Irons is John Henry Irons' brother, and the biological father of Natasha Irons. He kinda had a knack for getting involved in gang activity.

But, his boss dies and he fakes his death and goes into witness protection, leaving his Wife, Nat and her brother and starting a new life with new kids. Unfortunately, things go sour and his own handler gives him up to the people trying to kill him to further his own career. His new family is gunned down.

But, it turns out threatening his family is kinda his berserk button and everyone involved in the hit on his family is the victim of an "accident".

Which brings us to his involvement in Steel. While checking on his family, he finds Steel has moved to New Jersey with his daughter.

He follows him and does such things as assault Jersey Cops who unlawfully seize parts of Steel's armor due to his ethnicity.

And, proceeds to wear said boots while acting in the shadows of the book, neutralizing threats to his daughter who is under Steel's care and finishing off villains who Steel believes due process with work with. All the while maintaining a morose code of ethics. He even conspires to manipulate gangs into keeping drugs off the streets. Eventually, when Natasha is attacked by one of Steel's villains and hospitalized, he provides a blood transfusion.

Guy may be on the wrong end of the law, but he cares about his family and cares about justice. He only had a 9 issue run, but he's one of my favorite antagonists. And, he was pretty much never heard from in comics again after his run in the Steel series.