Bruce Wayne (ME-6)

 

Here Comes Metal Man!
Bruce Solomon Wayne is the son of renowned medical doctor Thomas Wayne, and prodigy inventor Martha Kane. When Bruce was eight years old, his parents were assassinated in front of him. He was raised by the family butler and military veteran, Alfred Jarvis Pennyworth. Bruce went on to display both his father biological scientific gifts, his mother's inventive genius, as well as his own incredibly deductive mind. He also learned martial arts from Alfred as well as other tutors. As Bruce matured he began to look into his parents' deaths, and it didn't take him long to find out why his parents were murdered; his mother was making prototype armor for government, but refused to after learning something terrible, something she never got tell anyone, however Bruce was convinced his mother would have left some kind of clues to find. He went through her notes as he tested and perfected her armor, and eventually figured out that the Department of Defense had been infiltrated by a nefarious organization, but she did not know what that organization was; Bruce narrowed it down to Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.), which is headed his old friend Thomas Aldrich Elliot. He reached the conclusion based on the evidence of Elliot's obsession with him since they were children, Thomas' father's unhealthy competetion with WayneTech years before, as well as A.I.M.'s documented legal troubles, yet it maintains government sponsorship. Bruce figured the best way to get the truth from Thomas Elliot was to bust their illegal operations and put pressure on their buisness until they had no choice acknowledge what they did to his family. During Bruce's one man war on A.I.M. he gained the attention of the military, as well as S.H.I.E.L.D.

Round 1: The Army
The Army used a prototype armor, Bruce's mother developed (which was later modified by A.I.M.) to incapacitate his Metal Man armor. Bruce was able to defeat the General without killing him, but it drained much of his energy and he was forced to retreat. After returning to his house, Bruce learned from the news that he saved thousands from A.I.M. supplied terrorist organization: Leviathan. Bruce realized his actions needed to be about something more important than vengeance, as he had the power to change the world for the better with more than just his money.

Round 2: Whiplash
A.I.M. hacked General Eiling's armor, and analyzed Bruce's armor. Thomas Elliot and Norman Osborn designed an armor with this information in mind, which Norman then piloted to put Bruce down for good. Osborns's armor was far above for Bruce's damaged suit and it almost seemed that Osborn would have the upper hand until Bruce's friend and buisness partner, Michael Holt remote hacked Osborn's and evened the playing field. Bruce was able to best Osborn and even salvage the data contained in the suit to datamine later, but Osborn was able to escape as the Army interferred again. Checkmate intervened and protected Bruce from persecution at least temporarily. They wanted to talk to Bruce about an initative they had to group remarkable individuals together in the even that a global threat should rise.

I Am Metal Man the Suit and I Are One
"Look, I'm a citizen of the United States of America, and the armor is my property, so you can't have it. Try to take it, and, well, you get to find out just how much firepower I have."

Personality


Trivia

 * Based on Batman, Iron Man, and Roger Smith from the series Big O.

Links

 * Character Gallery
 * Quotations
 * The initial inspiration for Bruce Wayne/Metal Man.