Natasha Irons (PG)

Natasha Irons is the niece of Steel, an extremely intelligent engineer who's begun her own super-hero career. Using an advanced exo-skeleton like her uncle, she becomes the second Steel for a time, but she gained powers during 52 and has also used the names Starlight and Vapor-lock. She has been a member of Team Superman and Infinity, Inc.. Natasha Irons was created by Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, and Chris Batista, first appearing in Steel (Volume 2) #1 (1994).

History:

Natasha Irons is the daughter of John Henry Irons's brother, Clay, and Clay's wife Blondel. She is initially portrayed as being 13. Like the rest of her family, she knew about Steel's secret identity all along. Contrasting sharply with her brother Jemahl, Natasha is shown to be very level headed and practical. By issue #14, she is shown to be working (presumably as an intern) for a U.S. Senator. She appears to have aged forward to be about 16 and nobody is questioning that. Natasha is a supporting character throughout Louise Simonson's run on the series. She is kidnapped by Hazard and Steel has to rescue her. She also uses the drug Tar to help fight at the side of her uncle briefly. She is later kidnapped by the villain Plasmus and she apparently kills him by shattering him once Steel froze the villain (although he later turns up alive). Natasha was devastated at the loss of her beloved great-grandmother, Bess Irons, but is the only one of her family who stays with Steel when he moves to Jersey City (see the Steel entry for more details of the Irons family).

With Christopher Priest at the helm of Steel starting with #34, Natasha was radically altered. She was transformed into a "modern," stereotypical, obnoxious teenager who was obviously completely bored with life in general. She is also shown to be very flippant and sardonic. Also, all trace of her previous work for a U.S. Senator was apparently exercised from the canon. During this time she also meets a teen named Paul (who she dubs "Boris") whom she befriends. Her father also makes a return as the villain Crash. When an assassin named Skorpio poisons Nat, Crash has to turn himself in so that he can give a blood transfusion and save his daughter. He is never seen nor heard from again. As a final thought, I have to add that her's is a most convoluted story but this highly interesting.

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