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Edward March (Earth-616)

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Real Name
Current Alias

Aliases
Iron Man, Eddie

Identity

Alignment

Affiliation
Stark Industries

Relatives
Martin "Marty" March (brother)

Universe

Base Of Operations

Characteristics
Gender

Height


Eyes

Hair

Unusual Features
As the Freak, Eddie had purple skin, and a bald head.

Status
Citizenship

Marital Status

Occupation
Former boxer, Bodyguard

Origin
Origin
A sparring partner of Happy Hogan's who briefly acted as Iron Man.

First appearance

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History

Eddie March was a successful boxer. As his career wore down he became a sparring partner and friend to Happy Hogan. A serious blood clot forced Eddie to retire. With medical expenses mounting, the money he had saved from boxing was quickly running out. He wasn't sure if he was going to die or go broke first.

Happy Hogan was able to get him a job with Stark Industries, and Eddie eventually became trusted enough to where Stark revealed he was Iron Man. However, the strain on his heart was causing Tony to consider finding someone to replace him, and Eddie volunteered. Eddie felt that if he was going to die, he might as well be a hero. He trained with Stark for weeks, and a hotline was set up so Tony could call him whenever he was needed.

Like Happy, Eddie was also briefly turned into the Freak, an unintentional side-effect of Stark's 'Enervator Intensifier Ray', intended to accelerate healing and vitality.

Eddie fought Crimson Dynamo as Iron Man, but was severely wounded. Stark paid for his medical expenses, and gave him a spare armor as thanks.

While Iron Man was battling the evil Doctor Spectrum, Eddie donned his spare armor to help. However, Iron Man had left to make a repair and Eddie was overtaken by Obatu. Thor arrived to help and Iron Man also returned in time to smash the Power Prism and free Eddie's armor.

Eddie also asked Stark for help in finding his brother Marty in Vietnam. Marty had been injured and later mysteriously disappeared. Marty was found in a hidden city and reunited with his brother.

Years later, Eddie was one of a number of others with experience in using the Iron Man armors asked by James Rhodes to help battle Ultimo. Once again, he was injured although he put up a valiant effort.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

  • Dense Flesh: The Freak possessed superhuman durability. Bullets fired from a short distance inflicted pain but no serious injury.

    Abilities

Eddie March is a former professional boxer.

Strength level

The Freak had superhuman Class 10 strength.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Eddie was given a version of the Iron Man armor, presumably a Mark IV. It is unknown if he still has it, and it would be considered outdated by current standards.

Transportation

Conventional automobiles, flight using Iron Man armor.

Weapons

Internal weapons of Iron Man armor.

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