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	*The Man of Iron and Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.		*The Man of Iron and Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.
	*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!		*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!
	* Thirty-four years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]~~. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''~~		* Thirty-four years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]].
	**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.
	**A less reconcilable change is that the signal is no longer something Navigator/Cloudraker had been broadcasting for millions of years, but rather is a distress call that the Man of Iron/Fastlane dictated apparently via ship radio in 1017. Also Navigator/Cloudraker's slumber is explained as the result of injuries from a battle in that year that also resulted in the ship crashing into the castle. So the original implication that the ship had been there for eons is right out the window.
	**That battle damage, however, does provide a hint toward accounting for the clones' different appearance from the Man of Iron and Navigator: Bits of Cloudraker's red armor are missing, revealing white plating beneath.

	[[Category:Comic-only Autobots]]		[[Category:Comic-only Autobots]]
	[[Category:European-original Transformers]]		[[Category:European-original Transformers]]
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	{{disambig2\|the Autobot\|the multi-part comic story in which he appears\|Man of Iron (issue)}}		{{disambig2\|the Autobot\|the multi-part comic story in which he appears\|Man of Iron (issue)}}
	~~{{disambig2\|the displaced Cybertronian\|the human superhero\|Iron Man}}~~
	:''The Man of Iron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''The Man of Iron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
	[[File:Man of iron and knights.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Not a man and probably not made of iron.]]		[[File:Man of iron and knights.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Not a man and probably not made of iron.]]
	Legend tells of a "'''man of iron'''" who has been appearing around [[Stansham Castle]] since at least the Middle Ages, to the terror and fascination of [[human]]s in the area. In truth, he's an Autobot searching for the lost ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'' while his partner [[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]] slumbers in their buried ship beneath the castle. He's a bit of a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later type, but if you ask him to go away nicely, he's been known to oblige.		Legend tells of a "'''man of iron'''" who has been appearing around [[Stansham Castle]] since at least the Middle Ages, to the terror and fascination of [[human]]s in the area. In truth, he's an Autobot searching for the lost ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'' while his partner [[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]] slumbers in their buried ship beneath the castle. He's a bit of a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later type, but if you ask him to go away nicely, he's been known to oblige.

			{{TOC}}
	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
			[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]
	An old [[United Kingdom\|English]] chronicle records that in [[1017\|the year 1017]], as [[Godwin the Strongarm]]'s forces had just battered down the main gate of Stansham Castle, the ground shook and a giant man of iron appeared amongst them. The soldiers were terrified, and their weapons did nothing against the apparition. The metal figure strode in the direction of a nearby abbey, firing warning shots at those who tried to follow him, until [[Aethelric\|a priest]] put himself in his path and urged him to go back from whence he came. The figure turned and went off into [[Stanewood]]. As time passed, he was seen three times in total before the modern day, each occurrence preceded by an earth tremor.		An old [[United Kingdom\|English]] chronicle records that in [[1017\|the year 1017]], as [[Godwin the Strongarm]]'s forces had just battered down the main gate of Stansham Castle, the ground shook and a giant man of iron appeared amongst them. The soldiers were terrified, and their weapons did nothing against the apparition. The metal figure strode in the direction of a nearby abbey, firing warning shots at those who tried to follow him, until [[Aethelric\|a priest]] put himself in his path and urged him to go back from whence he came. The figure turned and went off into [[Stanewood]]. As time passed, he was seen three times in total before the modern day, each occurrence preceded by an earth tremor.

	~~[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]~~
	The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the [[British Armed Forces\|regional human military]], spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.		The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the [[British Armed Forces\|regional human military]], spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.

	[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]		[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]
	Then a [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] suddenly appeared and barraged him with rockets, destroying him. This was followed by an all-out battle between numerous Autobots and Decepticons, ending with the Autobots victorious. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] immediately ordered the buried ship's destruction, and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]] dutifully vaporized it in a massive implosion, not realizing he was killing Navigator within. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}		Then a [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] suddenly appeared and barraged him with rockets, destroying him. This was followed by an all-out battle between numerous Autobots and Decepticons, ending with the Autobots victorious. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] immediately ordered the buried ship's destruction, and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]] dutifully vaporized it in a massive implosion, not realizing he was killing Navigator within. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	~~{{-}}~~

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]		[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]
	The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the regional human military, spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.		The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the [[British Armed Forces\|regional human military]], spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.

	[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]		[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]

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	*The Man of Iron and Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.		*The Man of Iron and Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.
	*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!		*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!
	~~{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}~~
	* Thirty-four years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''		* Thirty-four years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''
	**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.		**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.

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	*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!		*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!
	{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}		{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}
	* Thirty-~~five~~ years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''		* Thirty-four years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''
	**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.		**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.
	**A less reconcilable change is that the signal is no longer something Navigator/Cloudraker had been broadcasting for millions of years, but rather is a distress call that the Man of Iron/Fastlane dictated apparently via ship radio in 1017. Also Navigator/Cloudraker's slumber is explained as the result of injuries from a battle in that year that also resulted in the ship crashing into the castle. So the original implication that the ship had been there for eons is right out the window.		**A less reconcilable change is that the signal is no longer something Navigator/Cloudraker had been broadcasting for millions of years, but rather is a distress call that the Man of Iron/Fastlane dictated apparently via ship radio in 1017. Also Navigator/Cloudraker's slumber is explained as the result of injuries from a battle in that year that also resulted in the ship crashing into the castle. So the original implication that the ship had been there for eons is right out the window.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*The Man of Iron and ~~his~~ Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.		*The Man of Iron and Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.
	*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!		*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!
	{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}		{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}

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	:''The Man of Iron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''The Man of Iron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
	[[File:Man of iron and knights.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Not a man and probably not made of iron.]]		[[File:Man of iron and knights.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Not a man and probably not made of iron.]]
	~~Not much is known about the~~ '''~~Man~~ of ~~Iron~~'''~~. He~~ has ~~a tendency~~ to ~~shoot first then ask no questions afterward~~, ~~but~~ he ~~is loyal and will carry out~~ his ~~mission even if it takes eons. He got his moniker from the~~ [[~~Human~~\|~~local inhabitants~~]] of the ~~planet he was on~~. He ~~is the stuff~~ of ~~legends. Literally~~.		Legend tells of a "'''man of iron'''" who has been appearing around [[Stansham Castle]] since at least the Middle Ages, to the terror and fascination of [[human]]s in the area. In truth, he's an Autobot searching for the lost ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'' while his partner [[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]] slumbers in their buried ship beneath the castle. He's a bit of a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later type, but if you ask him to go away nicely, he's been known to oblige.

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
			An old [[United Kingdom\|English]] chronicle records that in [[1017\|the year 1017]], as [[Godwin the Strongarm]]'s forces had just battered down the main gate of Stansham Castle, the ground shook and a giant man of iron appeared amongst them. The soldiers were terrified, and their weapons did nothing against the apparition. The metal figure strode in the direction of a nearby abbey, firing warning shots at those who tried to follow him, until [[Aethelric\|a priest]] put himself in his path and urged him to go back from whence he came. The figure turned and went off into [[Stanewood]]. As time passed, he was seen three times in total before the modern day, each occurrence preceded by an earth tremor.

	[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]		[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]
	The ~~Man of Iron and~~ [[~~Navigator~~ (~~Autobot~~)\|Navigator]] were ~~on a rescue mission from~~ [[~~Cybertron~~ (~~planet~~)\|~~Cybertron~~]]~~. They were sent to search for the~~ [[~~Ark~~ (G1)\|~~Ark~~]] and ~~her lost crew. They tracked the Ark to Earth but could not find them buried under~~ [[~~Mount St. Hilary~~]]. ~~Navigator lay dormant inside their rescue craft that was buried underground~~, in [[~~United Kingdom~~\|~~England]] but~~ the ~~Man~~ of ~~Iron would periodically go to~~ the ~~surface to have a look around~~. ~~These appearances~~ spooked the ~~humans living there~~, ~~spawning local legends~~ of the ~~"Man of Iron" that were passed down through~~ the ~~centuries. While roaming around~~, the ~~Man~~ of ~~Iron showed little interest~~ in ~~communicating with the men there~~, ~~and would not hesitate~~ to ~~open fire on them if he thought they were threatening~~.		The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the regional human military, spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.

	In his first appearance in [[1017]], he accidentally saved [[Stansham Castle]] by scaring off [[Godwin the Strongarm]] and his hordes. The priest [[Aethelric]] [[God\|blessed]] the Man of Iron and asked him pretty please to go away now. The Man departed (but likely had no idea what the strange pink thing was saying).		[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]
			Then a [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] suddenly appeared and barraged him with rockets, destroying him. This was followed by an all-out battle between numerous Autobots and Decepticons, ending with the Autobots victorious. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] immediately ordered the buried ship's destruction, and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]] dutifully vaporized it in a massive implosion, not realizing he was killing Navigator within. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|~~For thousands of years~~, ~~he got used to~~ facing ~~fleshings with swords—then Thundercracker~~, ~~Skywarp, or Starscream shows up~~.]]
	~~The rescue craft sent out~~ a ~~beacon hoping to attract the attention of those lost on the Ark~~. It was ~~indeed successful in attracting the attention of both the~~ Autobots and Decepticons, ~~who were newly reactivated after Mt~~. ~~St. Hilary erupted. The Man of Iron appeared once again only to lose a firefight with~~ [[~~Thundercracker~~ (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|~~Thundercracker~~]]. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	{{-}}		{{-}}

	~~===''Transformers '84''===~~
	~~{{charstubfiction\|{{storylink\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|'84 #0}} }}~~

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*The Man of Iron and his Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of [[Jazz ~~(G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]]~~'s head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate ~~mode\|vehicle~~ mode]] is, if any.		*The Man of Iron and his Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.
	*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be [[Skywarp ~~(G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]]~~. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when ~~the US reprint of~~ the story was recoloured, the killer was depicted as [[~~Starscream~~ (G1)/~~Marvel Comics continuity~~\|~~Starscream~~]]!		*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!
			{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}
			* Thirty-five years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''
			**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.
			**A less reconcilable change is that the signal is no longer something Navigator/Cloudraker had been broadcasting for millions of years, but rather is a distress call that the Man of Iron/Fastlane dictated apparently via ship radio in 1017. Also Navigator/Cloudraker's slumber is explained as the result of injuries from a battle in that year that also resulted in the ship crashing into the castle. So the original implication that the ship had been there for eons is right out the window.
			**That battle damage, however, does provide a hint toward accounting for the clones' different appearance from the Man of Iron and Navigator: Bits of Cloudraker's red armor are missing, revealing white plating beneath.

	[[Category:Comic-only Autobots]]		[[Category:Comic-only Autobots]]
	[[Category:European-original Transformers]]		[[Category:European-original Transformers]]
	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]]

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	The rescue craft sent out a beacon hoping to attract the attention of those lost on the Ark. It was indeed successful in attracting the attention of both the Autobots and Decepticons, who were newly reactivated after Mt. St. Hilary erupted. The Man of Iron appeared once again only to lose a firefight with [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]]. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}		The rescue craft sent out a beacon hoping to attract the attention of those lost on the Ark. It was indeed successful in attracting the attention of both the Autobots and Decepticons, who were newly reactivated after Mt. St. Hilary erupted. The Man of Iron appeared once again only to lose a firefight with [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]]. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	{{-}}		{{-}}

			===''Transformers '84''===
			{{charstubfiction\|{{storylink\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|'84 #0}} }}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|For thousands of years, he got used to facing fleshings with swords—then Thundercracker, Skywarp, or Starscream shows up.]]		[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|For thousands of years, he got used to facing fleshings with swords—then Thundercracker, Skywarp, or Starscream shows up.]]
	The rescue craft sent out a beacon hoping to attract the attention of those lost on the Ark. It was indeed successful in attracting the attention of both the Autobots and Decepticons, who were newly reactivated after Mt. St. Hilary erupted. The Man of Iron appeared once again only to lose a firefight with [[Thundercracker (G1)\|Thundercracker]]. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}		The rescue craft sent out a beacon hoping to attract the attention of those lost on the Ark. It was indeed successful in attracting the attention of both the Autobots and Decepticons, who were newly reactivated after Mt. St. Hilary erupted. The Man of Iron appeared once again only to lose a firefight with [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]]. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	{{-}}		{{-}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*The Man of Iron and his Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of [[Jazz (G1)\|Jazz]]'s head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode\|vehicle mode]] is, if any.		*The Man of Iron and his Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]]'s head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode\|vehicle mode]] is, if any.
	*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]]. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the US reprint of the story was recoloured, the killer was depicted as [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]]!		*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]]. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the US reprint of the story was recoloured, the killer was depicted as [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]]!

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	{{disambig2\|the Autobot\|the multi-part comic story in which he appears\|Man of Iron (issue)}}		{{disambig2\|the Autobot\|the multi-part comic story in which he appears\|Man of Iron (issue)}}
	~~{{disambig2\|the displaced Cybertronian\|the human superhero\|Iron Man}}~~
	:''The Man of Iron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''The Man of Iron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
	[[File:Man of iron and knights.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Not a man and probably not made of iron.]]		[[File:Man of iron and knights.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Not a man and probably not made of iron.]]
	Legend tells of a "'''man of iron'''" who has been appearing around [[Stansham Castle]] since at least the Middle Ages, to the terror and fascination of [[human]]s in the area. In truth, he's an Autobot searching for the lost ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'' while his partner [[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]] slumbers in their buried ship beneath the castle. He's a bit of a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later type, but if you ask him to go away nicely, he's been known to oblige.		Legend tells of a "'''man of iron'''" who has been appearing around [[Stansham Castle]] since at least the Middle Ages, to the terror and fascination of [[human]]s in the area. In truth, he's an Autobot searching for the lost ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'' while his partner [[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]] slumbers in their buried ship beneath the castle. He's a bit of a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later type, but if you ask him to go away nicely, he's been known to oblige.

			{{TOC}}
	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
			[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]
	An old [[United Kingdom\|English]] chronicle records that in [[1017\|the year 1017]], as [[Godwin the Strongarm]]'s forces had just battered down the main gate of Stansham Castle, the ground shook and a giant man of iron appeared amongst them. The soldiers were terrified, and their weapons did nothing against the apparition. The metal figure strode in the direction of a nearby abbey, firing warning shots at those who tried to follow him, until [[Aethelric\|a priest]] put himself in his path and urged him to go back from whence he came. The figure turned and went off into [[Stanewood]]. As time passed, he was seen three times in total before the modern day, each occurrence preceded by an earth tremor.		An old [[United Kingdom\|English]] chronicle records that in [[1017\|the year 1017]], as [[Godwin the Strongarm]]'s forces had just battered down the main gate of Stansham Castle, the ground shook and a giant man of iron appeared amongst them. The soldiers were terrified, and their weapons did nothing against the apparition. The metal figure strode in the direction of a nearby abbey, firing warning shots at those who tried to follow him, until [[Aethelric\|a priest]] put himself in his path and urged him to go back from whence he came. The figure turned and went off into [[Stanewood]]. As time passed, he was seen three times in total before the modern day, each occurrence preceded by an earth tremor.

	~~[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]~~
	The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the [[British Armed Forces\|regional human military]], spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.		The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the [[British Armed Forces\|regional human military]], spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.

	[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]		[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]
	Then a [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] suddenly appeared and barraged him with rockets, destroying him. This was followed by an all-out battle between numerous Autobots and Decepticons, ending with the Autobots victorious. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] immediately ordered the buried ship's destruction, and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]] dutifully vaporized it in a massive implosion, not realizing he was killing Navigator within. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}		Then a [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] suddenly appeared and barraged him with rockets, destroying him. This was followed by an all-out battle between numerous Autobots and Decepticons, ending with the Autobots victorious. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] immediately ordered the buried ship's destruction, and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]] dutifully vaporized it in a massive implosion, not realizing he was killing Navigator within. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	~~{{-}}~~

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]		[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]
	The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the regional human military, spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.		The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the [[British Armed Forces\|regional human military]], spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.

	[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]		[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]

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	*The Man of Iron and Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.		*The Man of Iron and Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.
	*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!		*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!
	~~{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}~~
	* Thirty-four years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''		* Thirty-four years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''
	**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.		**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.

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	*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!		*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!
	{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}		{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}
	* Thirty-~~five~~ years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''		* Thirty-four years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''
	**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.		**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.
	**A less reconcilable change is that the signal is no longer something Navigator/Cloudraker had been broadcasting for millions of years, but rather is a distress call that the Man of Iron/Fastlane dictated apparently via ship radio in 1017. Also Navigator/Cloudraker's slumber is explained as the result of injuries from a battle in that year that also resulted in the ship crashing into the castle. So the original implication that the ship had been there for eons is right out the window.		**A less reconcilable change is that the signal is no longer something Navigator/Cloudraker had been broadcasting for millions of years, but rather is a distress call that the Man of Iron/Fastlane dictated apparently via ship radio in 1017. Also Navigator/Cloudraker's slumber is explained as the result of injuries from a battle in that year that also resulted in the ship crashing into the castle. So the original implication that the ship had been there for eons is right out the window.

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	:''The Man of Iron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''The Man of Iron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
	[[File:Man of iron and knights.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Not a man and probably not made of iron.]]		[[File:Man of iron and knights.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Not a man and probably not made of iron.]]
	~~Not much is known about the~~ '''~~Man~~ of ~~Iron~~'''~~. He~~ has ~~a tendency~~ to ~~shoot first then ask no questions afterward~~, ~~but~~ he ~~is loyal and will carry out~~ his ~~mission even if it takes eons. He got his moniker from the~~ [[~~Human~~\|~~local inhabitants~~]] of the ~~planet he was on~~. He ~~is the stuff~~ of ~~legends. Literally~~.		Legend tells of a "'''man of iron'''" who has been appearing around [[Stansham Castle]] since at least the Middle Ages, to the terror and fascination of [[human]]s in the area. In truth, he's an Autobot searching for the lost ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'' while his partner [[Navigator (Autobot)\|Navigator]] slumbers in their buried ship beneath the castle. He's a bit of a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later type, but if you ask him to go away nicely, he's been known to oblige.

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
			An old [[United Kingdom\|English]] chronicle records that in [[1017\|the year 1017]], as [[Godwin the Strongarm]]'s forces had just battered down the main gate of Stansham Castle, the ground shook and a giant man of iron appeared amongst them. The soldiers were terrified, and their weapons did nothing against the apparition. The metal figure strode in the direction of a nearby abbey, firing warning shots at those who tried to follow him, until [[Aethelric\|a priest]] put himself in his path and urged him to go back from whence he came. The figure turned and went off into [[Stanewood]]. As time passed, he was seen three times in total before the modern day, each occurrence preceded by an earth tremor.

	[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]		[[File:Man of Iron front.JPG\|left\|thumb\|The Teddy Bear of Iron]]
	The ~~Man of Iron and~~ [[~~Navigator~~ (~~Autobot~~)\|Navigator]] were ~~on a rescue mission from~~ [[~~Cybertron~~ (~~planet~~)\|~~Cybertron~~]]~~. They were sent to search for the~~ [[~~Ark~~ (G1)\|~~Ark~~]] and ~~her lost crew. They tracked the Ark to Earth but could not find them buried under~~ [[~~Mount St. Hilary~~]]. ~~Navigator lay dormant inside their rescue craft that was buried underground~~, in [[~~United Kingdom~~\|~~England]] but~~ the ~~Man~~ of ~~Iron would periodically go to~~ the ~~surface to have a look around~~. ~~These appearances~~ spooked the ~~humans living there~~, ~~spawning local legends~~ of the ~~"Man of Iron" that were passed down through~~ the ~~centuries. While roaming around~~, the ~~Man~~ of ~~Iron showed little interest~~ in ~~communicating with the men there~~, ~~and would not hesitate~~ to ~~open fire on them if he thought they were threatening~~.		The humans had no idea that he was an Autobot from [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], and that within his ship beneath the castle, his partner Navigator was beaming out a signal meant to contact the missing ''Ark''. For millions of years the signal had been broadcast, but it wasn't until [[1984\|the year 1984]] that any of its intended recipients were awake to hear it. The [[Decepticon]]s were the first to take action, with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]] flying over Stansham Castle and dropping a bomb-like probe. The Autobots, meanwhile, made clandestine contact with [[Sammy Harker\|the son of the castle's curator]]. And the regional human military, spooked by mysterious jets having strafed the castle, led an investigation that ended up unearthing part of the buried ship. At first the ship's occupants stayed hidden, but then one afternoon a telltale earth tremor struck, and the humans saw their legendary man of iron arise from a hillside in an elevator mechanism. He fired at a military truck that happened to be driving right toward him, blowing it up as its occupants ran to safety.

	In his first appearance in [[1017]], he accidentally saved [[Stansham Castle]] by scaring off [[Godwin the Strongarm]] and his hordes. The priest [[Aethelric]] [[God\|blessed]] the Man of Iron and asked him pretty please to go away now. The Man departed (but likely had no idea what the strange pink thing was saying).		[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|You got soft, facing nothing but arrows and swords for a thousand years, son.]]
			Then a [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] suddenly appeared and barraged him with rockets, destroying him. This was followed by an all-out battle between numerous Autobots and Decepticons, ending with the Autobots victorious. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] immediately ordered the buried ship's destruction, and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]] dutifully vaporized it in a massive implosion, not realizing he was killing Navigator within. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	[[File:Man of iron death.jpg\|thumb\|~~For thousands of years~~, ~~he got used to~~ facing ~~fleshings with swords—then Thundercracker~~, ~~Skywarp, or Starscream shows up~~.]]
	~~The rescue craft sent out~~ a ~~beacon hoping to attract the attention of those lost on the Ark~~. It was ~~indeed successful in attracting the attention of both the~~ Autobots and Decepticons, ~~who were newly reactivated after Mt~~. ~~St. Hilary erupted. The Man of Iron appeared once again only to lose a firefight with~~ [[~~Thundercracker~~ (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|~~Thundercracker~~]]. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	{{-}}		{{-}}

	~~===''Transformers '84''===~~
	~~{{charstubfiction\|{{storylink\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|'84 #0}} }}~~

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*The Man of Iron and his Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of [[Jazz ~~(G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]]~~'s head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate ~~mode\|vehicle~~ mode]] is, if any.		*The Man of Iron and his Navigator both share nearly identical [[character model]]s, differentiated only by their heads. (The Man of Iron's head seems to be a simplified version of Jazz's head) Their robot forms are highly [[generic]]ized, lacking any distinguishing features that would hint at what their [[alternate mode]]s are, if any.
	*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be [[Skywarp ~~(G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Skywarp]]~~. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when ~~the US reprint of~~ the story was recoloured, the killer was depicted as [[~~Starscream~~ (G1)/~~Marvel Comics continuity~~\|~~Starscream~~]]!		*The staggered colouring history makes the Man of Iron's killer difficult to identify. While the original art is black-and-white, the issue's cover is in colour, and it shows the Seeker in question to be Skywarp. This is supported by the in-story dialogue ('There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!'), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in Collected Comics, however, the killer was coloured as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by [[Bluestreak (G1)\|Bluestreak]] in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the story was recoloured again for the US reprint, the killer was depicted as Starscream!
			{{spoiler\|Transformers '84 issue 0\|September 21}}
			* Thirty-five years after the Man of Iron's appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|the Marvel comic]], [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] published [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|a one-shot]] that [[retcon]]ned him into being [[Fastlane]] and Navigator into being his [[Clone (subgroup)\|clone brother]] [[Cloudraker (G1)\|Cloudraker]]. It's... not the smoothest of retcons, but it works if you squint. ''[See [[Transformers '84 issue 0#Continuity notes\|''Transformers '84'' issue 0]] for a full rundown.]''
			**On the face of it, it seems incongruous that the reckless, talkative, and good-natured Fastlane is also the methodical, wordless, and very different-looking Man of Iron whose first act in his modern-day appearance is to shoot a truck and nearly kill its occupants. But the "Man of Iron" story as a whole is very different in look and tone from the rest of the Marvel series. [[Transformer]]s tend to be drawn like their toys, not their animation models, and they behave more "robotically". Where otherwise they're usually portrayed as bantering and emotional, in this story they tend to be eerily silent and singlemindedly goal-driven. So similar incongruities are also present in, for example, Jazz, who looks like [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|his original toy]] come to life and makes first contact with [[Sammy Harker]] by silently emerging from the woods and scaring him off, then later having a seemingly friendly conversation with the boy with the actual purpose of luring him into his car mode, wheedling information out of him, and then kidnapping him as he cries out for help to his terrified mother.
			**A less reconcilable change is that the signal is no longer something Navigator/Cloudraker had been broadcasting for millions of years, but rather is a distress call that the Man of Iron/Fastlane dictated apparently via ship radio in 1017. Also Navigator/Cloudraker's slumber is explained as the result of injuries from a battle in that year that also resulted in the ship crashing into the castle. So the original implication that the ship had been there for eons is right out the window.
			**That battle damage, however, does provide a hint toward accounting for the clones' different appearance from the Man of Iron and Navigator: Bits of Cloudraker's red armor are missing, revealing white plating beneath.

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