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| Real Name | Prometheus | ||||||||||
| Powers and Abilities | Nuclear Submarine | ||||||||||
| Team Affiliations | Russian Military | ||||||||||
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The Prometheus was a submarine deployed by the Russian military.
History[]
Little is known about the history of the Prometheus.
At some point, the Prometheus was traveling off the coast of Norway deep under the ocean. It was being tracked by a United States military post who just noticed strange readings.
Unbeknownst to the Prometheus Crew the super villain Hypnotia snuck aboard and planted a Bio-Conversion Device. Captain Gletkin noticed strange readings and found the hidden woman. She incapacitated them and covered the entire crew in a strange substance. She then used a laser to cut a hole in the hull and sank the sub.
The sub drifted towards the coast of Scotland where it sank and set on the bottom of the ocean. It sat there for a year while the crew were converted into radioactive zombies.
The United States found out that the readings they noticed were in fact a submarine and initiated Operation Prometheus. Admiral Harold Younger tasked Tony Stark and James Rhodes with finding the sub. They believed that the sub contained something that was possibly disastrous to mankind.
Iron Man found the submarine but Mandarin and MODOK were watching and he was attacked by Blacklash, Dreadknight, Whirlwind, and Grey Gargoyle. Luckily Rhodes and Force Works were watching and Century transported them to the sub to help Iron Man. However, Mandarin sent Fin Fang Foom and the heroes were defeated.
After the battle the zombie crew woke up, left the sub, and attacked the Hammer Channel Tunnel Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Force Works defeated the zombies and Century turned them back to normal.
The final fate of the Prometheus is unknown, whether it was salvaged or left on the ocean bottom.
Background[]
The Prometheus is original to the series.
The ship is not based on any actual design used by the Russian or Soviet Navy.
The submarine was named after the ancient Greek myth of Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. Prometheus was credited, and blamed for, playing a pivotal role in the early history of humankind, similar to the sub's pivotal role in Iron Man's and Mandarin's history.
External Links[]
- Russian Navy at Wikipedia