Who Is Iron Lad? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Iron Lad is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Nathaniel Richards, with over 110 comic issue appearances. He is an adolescent version of Kang the Conqueror, armed with a bio-metal suit that responds to mental commands. He is responsible for assembling the Young Avengers. Even though being a human, his aging is slowed down, significantly.

Who is Iron Lad?

Origin In the year 3016, Nathaniel Richards is rescued by his future self before a lethal attack by bullies, a key event in his path toward villainy. Nathan is given new armor and a glimpse of his life as Kang the Conqueror . As a result he turns against his future self and uses the armor to travel to modern day Earth (616 reality) to change his destiny. Mayor Story Arcs Joining the Young Avengers After finding a destroyed Avengers Mansion (caused by an insane Scarlet Witch ) and failing to travel further back in time, he finds the remains of Vision . Linking with the Visions systems he downloads all of his programs including a failsafe plan to assemble a new team of Avengers pending the destruction or disbanding of the original team. Young Kang assembles the Young Avengers and models his armor after Iron Man calling himself Iron Lad. Eventually Kang returns to the present in search of Iron Lad with the intent on putting him back in his own time to prevent further disruption in the "time stream". He battles the Young Avengers and quickly gains the advantage until Iron Lad stabs him through the back with a sword.

Key facts

Iron Lad is of human origin and first appeared in "Sidekicks Part One". The character is published by Marvel. With 110 recorded issue appearances, Iron Lad ranks among the most featured characters in comics.