Ralph Roberts was a scientist who had been studying the effects of nuclear radiation involving cobalt. He sought to use this as a weapon and began designing a suit, which he planned to give to the military as opposed to Iron Man. Upon completion, he called himself the Cobalt Man. When he first put on the suit, he was suffering from a concussion, because he had injured himself in a pole jump competition with his brother Ted. Because of his head injury, he became obsessed with defeating Iron Man. He was defeated by the X-Men before his unstable suit could explode.
Abilities: --Genius Intelligence: Cobalt man designed his own high tech armor, as well as its cobalt based power source.
Equipment: --Cobalt Man Armor: The Cobalt man operated a powered armor similar to that of Iron Man. It used cobalt to power a nuclear reactor, although it was notoriously unstable. The armored suit gave him a number of abilities including superhuman strength and stamina, near-invulnerability, concussive force blasts, the ability to survive in vacuum and flight.
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Key Issues & Appearances
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Significant comic book appearances featuring Cobalt Man
