COBALT MAN

Real Name:

Ralph Roberts

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Other

Additional Status Info:

Category:

Other

Additional Category Info:

Science-Based Mutate / Exotic Technology User

Nationality:

American

First Appearance:

X-Men (1st series) #31

Powers & Abilities:

armored suit contains and regulates massive amounts of bio-nuclear energy, giving him superhuman strength, stamina, near-invulnerability, flight, and high-explosive recoil blasts

Affiliation:

Emissaries of Evil

Notes:

Cobalt Man was believed dead for years after being caught in a nuclear implosion in Defenders (1st series) #43. Iron Man once posed as Cobalt Man to infiltrate the Thunderbolts. The Cobalt Man who was killed in Civil War #1 may have been a resurrected Ralph, or more likely his brother Ted Roberts or another man using the armor. However, Ralph Roberts has resurfaced as Cobalt Man again as of Deadpool & the Mercs for Money (2nd series) #3.

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COBALT MAN

Last Updated:

22nd January 2024 by Monolith