The damping field of the hammer increases its inertia relative to the distance it is thrown meaning the farther it goes, the harder it hits. Steel's hammer is magnetized as well as remote-controlled, enabling him to throw it and have it act as a guided projectile weapon before returning to his grasp.Steels armour has built-in systems to protect him from computer viruses.Aspects of Steel's character are inspired by the African American folk hero John Henry.Steel first appeared in Adventures of Superman #500 (June 1993).Steel is a bounty for villains in Doomed Metropolis ( Weekly Bounty: Reign of Heroes).Steel appears randomly as an opponent in the Police Station Tier 3 Duo.Steel is one of the random iconic encounters for villains in Alternate Metropolis during the Brothers in Arms operation.Villain players fight against Steel in Breaking Steel.Meta Villains fight Steel again when following Lex Luthor into the JLA Watchtower.Labs and at the end, you will battle him with Lex Luthor Lex Luthor will call you to take over S.T.A.R.
Steel is a playable character for Legends PvP and Legends PvE.If a hero encounters him, he will make a comment and then disappear, if a villain encounters him he will knock them back and then leave. Steel is an iconic hero who appears at various locations in Metropolis as part of the More Than You Can Chew and Fanboy feats.New players can select a pre-made character template inspired by Steel.A former weapons engineer, Irons longed to atone for the deaths his designs caused and chose the way of the hero as the armored champion "Steel", who stood in for Superman following his death at the hands of Doomsday.Įventually, John opened Steelworks an industrial design business in Metropolis Shipyards. and becoming a physics prodigy, John Henry Irons was saved by Superman from a fatal fall off of a Metropolis skyscraper, who challenged the construction worker to make his life count for something. Growing up in a poor section of Washington D.C.