Iron Man is a Canadian fictional character, created by cartoonist Vernon Miller for Maple Leaf Publishing.

[2] He predates the better-known Marvel Comics character by 22 years and bears no likeness to that Iron Man.

[4] Iron Man was the last member of a mutated human subspecies that lived in the South Seas, having survived a devastating earthquake which eradicated his people.

After being summoned by two children and an adult named the Major, he threw in his lot with the Allies, viewing the Nazis as no better than pirates, whom he also hated.

[4][5] Iron Man was amphibious and indestructible, and had superhuman strength with which he could make great leaps and punch through steel.