Who Is Michael O'Brien? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Michael O'Brien is a Marvel comic book character, with over 161 comic issue appearances. Michael o'Brien was a police sergeant who believed Iron Man was responsible for his brother's death. After fighting Iron Man as the Guardsman, he discovered his mistake and became an ally to Iron Man and the Avengers. He acted as Iron Man briefly and fought Sunfire and the Mandarin.

Who is Michael O'Brien?

Brief History O' Brien, New York City police sargeant, didn't believe that his brother, Kevin, died accidentally in battle with Iron Man. He re-opened the case without authorization believing that there was a cover up of Iron Man's actions. O' Brien managed to get access to the Guardsman armor and put it on hoping to go after Iron Man. O' Brien was affected by the faulty cybernetic circuitry and as the Guardsman, insane with rage, attempted to kill Iron Man. During the battle, Guardsman was convinced by Iron Man that the armor had a malfunction that caused irrational behavior. Iron Man removed the Guardsman armor from O' Brien and took O' Brien into his custody rather than turn him over to the police. After two separate battles with Sunfire and the Mandarin , Iron Man revealed that he was Stark to O' Brien. Stark repaired the malfunction in the Guardsman's cybernetic circuirty and the Guardsman hoped to make up for past mistakes.

Key facts

Michael O'Brien is of human origin and first appeared in "Plunder Of The Apes!". The character is published by Marvel. With 161 recorded issue appearances, Michael O'Brien ranks among the most featured characters in comics.