with John's DNA without John's consent. Steel's strength and durability were now on a superhuman level. In addition, he could generate enough heat to turn metal fluid (including his own body, which he can then drip off of himself in small amounts). In 52 Week 29, the metal skin peeled off completely, leaving him, again, a normal human. He has since returned to using powered armor of a design similar to his original "Man of Steel" armor. Enemies Steel had his own enemies that he fought in his comic series: Alter - A detective that developed the ability to turn into a hulking monster with super-strength, claws, and invulnerability. The side-effect left him with a multiple personality disorder. Amalgam - A criminal with a cybernetic arm. Amertek Industries - An industrial military firm that John Henry Irons used to work for. Thomas Weston - A colonel and weapons developer who runs Amertek Industries. Arthur Villain - A surgeon and administrator at Garden Valley Medical Center. Ba'ad - A cyborg mercenary from the planet Kreno. Black Ops - A criminal organization. Hazard - Manuel Cabral is the cybernetic-enhanced head of Rainforest Technologies who is the leader of Black Ops. Hardsell - A member of Black Ops with invulnerability and super-strength. Hotspot - A pyrokinetic member of Black Ops who also possesses flight and intangibility. Mainline - A member of Black Ops with energy projection, flight, and super-speed. Quake - A member of Black Ops who can perform shock waves. Shellshock - A female member of Black Ops with super-strength. Split - A member of Black Ops with teleportation. Blockbuster II - A super-strong crime boss. Central Avenue Skulls - A street gang that operated on Central Avenue and wield Toastmaster weapons. Cowboy - The leader of the Central Avenue Skulls. Chindi - Russell Wolf is a man whose suit enables him to possess super-strength, enhanced durability, flight, and force field projection. Crash - Clay Irons is the brother of John Henry Irons. Doctor Polaris - A magnetic supervillain. East Street Skulls - A street gang that operated on Central Avenue who are rivals of the Central Avenue Skulls and rely on the drug Tar to enhance their strengths. Parasite - An energy-draining supervillain. Plasmus - A protoplasmic supervillain. Queen Tech'tra - The ruler of the Krenon Empire. Skorpio - A physician who became the bodyguard of Arthur Villain and wears a