Iron Monger

Even since childhood Obadiah Stane was a methodical and ruthless man. Once, during a chess match, as a child he killed the dog of an opponent whose skill was equal to his own so that his opponent's mind would not be focused on the game, and Stane won. Obadiah's father had been a gambler who shot himself playing Russian Roulette while on a winning streak: namely with his own son. This experience would lead Stane into a lifelong obsession with "winning" in everything he invested in.

With help from a team of scientists, Stane created the Iron Monger armor which was more powerful than even Stark's own, as well as far larger. Using the Iron Monger as a corporate mascot, Stane planned to sell the armor to the highest bidder, or produce an entire army of armors which could be used to conquer whole countries.

Power Armor Suit The capabilities of Obadiah Stane's Iron Monger armor are very similar to that of the Iron Man armor, since Stane based his design on Stark's own and used his designs when creating the suit Obadiah himself had no super powers, but gained remarkable strength, invulnerability, and offensive weaponry while operating the Iron Monger suit. All of the suit's functions were similar yet stronger than Iron Man's original armor. The suit also had boot jets for flight, repulsion cannons, almost impenetrable body armor, and a chest-mounted laser cannon. Stane was not nearly as experienced in the manual use of his battle suit as Stark was, and was forced to use an external computer to control his armor's functions. When the computer was destroyed, Stane lost control of the Iron Monger.

Intellect Even without the Iron Monger, Stane was a formidable adversary. He had a genius-level intellect and unparalleled business acumen. He was also well known, and feared, for his ruthlessness, using his under-handed tactics to strike at Tony Stark both emotionally and financially at one of his lowest points, and successfully taking over Stark's business. Through Stane was a genius, he was considerably less intelligent in comparison to Stark when it came to inventing and other scientific practises, as shown when he required a whole team of scientists to build his Iron Monger armor, despite already having Stark's designs.