home. The retconned Ultimate universe has the mastermind of Ultimate Comics: Armor Wars as Howard Stark Sr. in a human/machine armor that resembles Iron Monger with some elements of Titanium Man. In other media Television Obadiah Stane appears in Iron Man: Armored Adventures, voiced by Mackenzie Gray. This version was Howard Stark's VP at Stark International. After the latter is presumed dead in a plane crash, Obadiah inherits the title of CEO as Tony was not old enough to do so at the time. Throughout the series, Obadiah serves as an outspoken critic of Iron Man who wishes to possess his armor for himself while supplying criminals with technology from Howard's vault of abandoned projects. Despite his negative traits, Obadiah has at times showed compassion, which he directs primarily towards his daughter Whitney. In season two, Obadiah creates the Iron Monger mecha, but loses his position at Stark International after Tony discovers evidence that he hired the Ghost to steal Iron Man's armor specs, among other crimes. Seeking revenge, Obadiah uses the Iron Monger to go on a rampage until Whitney talks him down. However, Justin Hammer hijacks the mech's controls to attack the city, causing Obadiah to fall from a great height and put him into a coma. Whitney, as Madame Masque, later temporarily uses the Iron Monger mech to seek revenge against Iron Man, but he is able to defeat her. Obadiah Stane appears in flashbacks in the Marvel Future Avengers episode "Secret Past of Iron Man", voiced by Yohei Azakami in Japanese and Benjamin Diskin in English. This version was defeated and imprisoned by Iron Man years before the events of the series, leading his son Ezekiel Stane to seek revenge. Film Obadiah Stane appears in a flashback in Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, voiced by Takaya Hashi in the Japanese version, and JB Blanc in the English dub. Marvel Cinematic Universe Jeff Bridges portrays Obadiah Stane in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Stane first appears in the live-action film Iron Man (2008). This version is a business partner to Howard Stark and mentor to Howard's son Tony Stark. However, Stane also plans to gain full control of Stark Industries from Tony, and hires the Ten Rings, whom he secretly and illegally sells Stark Industries weapons to, in an unsuccessful attempt to kill him. After subsequent events result in Tony ceasing the manufacturing of weapons,