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| “ | I AM IRON MAN! | „ |
| ~ The robotic opening line of the song. |
| “ | ♫Now, the time is here, For Iron Man to spread fear! Vengeance from the grave, Kills the people he once saved!♫ |
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| ~ Iron Man about its protagonist's descent into villainy. |
The Iron Man is the main protagonist and antagonist of the Black Sabbath song of the same name. He was once a brave scientist who traveled through time and witnessed the end of humanity. Only when he traveled back and gained a metallic body, he was ignored, leading to him causing the apocalypse himself.
His only line in the song is portrayed by Black Sabbath's lead singer, the late Ozzy Osbourne.
Biography[]
Originally, he was an unnamed man of good intent who built a time machine and traveled to the future, only to glimpse an apocalypse in progress through a robotic threat.
Immediately, he began to make the trip back to save the world from this terror. But somehow, the return trip through the "magnetic field" warped his body into a hulking metal form, where he was unable to communicate his dire warning, and was ignored, attacked and humiliated instead. Enraged, he began tearing civilization apart, leading to himself being the cause of the apocalypse he tried to warn people of.
Personality[]
At first, the man that would become the Iron Man seemed like a decently nice person, given his desire to save his race. After his transformation which the combination of both being turned into the "Iron Man" and being humiliated for his attempted warning, he seemingly went insane and became the mute, brutal, robotic and wrathful monster the song is named after.
Powers and Abilities[]
Originally, he was an incredibly intelligent individual, capable of building a time machine. He likely kept his intelligence after his transformation into a robot, which increased his strength and power to the point where he devastated humanity.
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Trivia[]
- The story is a simple but savage time loop, driven home by the band's primal driving chords and beats.
- This version is obviously not the heroic Marvel Comics character, but has become associated with him, especially since the song's use in the Iron Man feature films, to which Robert Downey, Jr. paid homage by wearing a Black Sabbath T-Shirt during the 2012 Avengers feature film. The song was also featured during the end credits of the first Iron Man film. Regardless, Geezer Butler has gone on record stating that the song was not inspired by the character and that he hadn't read any American comics as a kid.