Step aside Toxie, we need to give STEEL some attention too! He’s got to be getting a little jealous since he’s another superhero who hails from New Jersey and rarely gets his due. Steel can turn his skin into stainless steel, which is not only badass, but also seriously blogworthy. Steel made his debut in June of 1993 in the pages of Adventures of Superman #500, and he’s also been played on the big screen by Shaquille O’Neal, who coincidentally, was also born in New Jersey. (It was just meant to be wasn’t it?) Let’s learn more about John Henry Irons from Jersey City, NJ:
From JLA Secret Files & Origins #2, August 1998
From Team Superman Secret Files & Origins #1, May 1998:
