Question Ferrous bovines

I don't know if anybody else has noticed it, but it seems that there are two heroes named Iron Ox active around early-to-mid 2007.

The first one is said to be a mutant based in the San Francisco Bay area, and a member of the Golden Gate Guardians. He wasn't actually seen, but he was mentioned once in Loose Cannons, which takes place around March 2007.

The second one is a member of the Magnificent Five and derives his superstrength from a power harness. He was seen in "The Final Trump", which takes place sometime before the Fall 2007 school term. I don't think the exact place where the story happens was spelled out, but I seem to recall that the consensus of the readers was that it was somewhere in the Northeast of the U.S..

Both are Bek stories.

My No-Prize application goes as this: the G3 member has a codename vaguely similar to "Iron Ox" (Steel Bull or something), but he's not nearly as famous as his Magnificent Five counterpart, so Roxie ended up confusing then.

or this?

"He is an oxymoron!"

"Oxymoron?"

"Yep he is an OX and a moron!"

I don't recall his real name, but what ever it was it's just as stupid!

Maybe someone could just set him on fire? At least then, he'd be an oxidized moron.

Or maybe there is just two of them. One he's positive about but one he just doesn't know about...
Ok, I was trying to go for a joke about magnetic polarity but I couldn't get it to come out right.

Anyway they could be actually named something like Iron Ox + and Iron Ox - and be brothers. If the mutant population keeps increasing having these little details would be useful. Though they will probably have to add random numbers to there names like internet handals.

The one in San Francisco is really named "Rusty," but got the nickname Iron Oxide, or Iron Ox for short.

BTW, there sure are a lot of "Iron ______" supers.

The two Iron Oxen.
Iron Butterfly
Iron
Iron Dragon
Iron Mike
Iron Monger
Iron Queen
Iron Star
Iron Warlord
Ironjack
Ironhawk
Iron Bunny
Iron Rose
Cast Iron

Or it could be the same guy wjo hops from coast to coast for some reason.

The GGG is his holidays team perhaps

Bova in no way ends up here XD

Rose Bunny wrote: Bova in no way ends up here XD

Only if she changes her name to Iron Bova.

Valentine wrote:

Rose Bunny wrote: Bova in no way ends up here XD

Only if she changes her name to Iron Bova.

She could get some power Armor...

Bova is a drow or jobe dark elf! as I say!

but if she is Sidhe? Then Iron armor is out of the question!

lighttech wrote: Bova is a drow or jobe dark elf! as I say!

but if she is Sidhe? Then Iron armor is out of the question!

Maybe she picks up the name out of iron-y.

Ow, quit it stop hitting me someone had to say it.

Don't forget the red headed wizard.
iRon Weasel. (Too big a stretch?)

annachie wrote: Don't forget the red headed wizard.
iRon Weasel. (Too big a stretch?)

No, Ron is an Avatar with a goldfish.

lighttech wrote: Bova is a drow or jobe dark elf! as I say!

but if she is Sidhe? Then Iron armor is out of the question!

IIRC, they did inherit the synthetics allergy, although I don't recall if they also were hit with the cold iron one, otherwise, I'd recommend carbon nanofibre-reinforced epoxy resin. (There are natural polymeric resins, so YMMV)

Meh. There are all sorts of ways to make an armor. Iron/steel and bronze are pretty much the only ones that a modern designer wouldn't use, because they are heavy relative to the protection offered.
But, even if you leave synthetic fibers out, there are ceramics, aluminium alloys, titanium alloys... not to mention that you can simply put your kevlar pads inside a natural fiber (cotton/linen/wool) sleeve, and wear a cotton t-shirt underneath.

Sir Lee wrote: Meh. There are all sorts of ways to make an armor. Iron/steel and bronze are pretty much the only ones that a modern designer wouldn't use, because they are heavy relative to the protection offered.
But, even if you leave synthetic fibers out, there are ceramics, aluminium alloys, titanium alloys... not to mention that you can simply put your kevlar pads inside a natural fiber (cotton/linen/wool) sleeve, and wear a cotton t-shirt underneath.

Cotton/linen/wool????!!!

Spider-silk!

Please! This is Jobe's harem we are talking about...

Mister D wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Meh. There are all sorts of ways to make an armor. Iron/steel and bronze are pretty much the only ones that a modern designer wouldn't use, because they are heavy relative to the protection offered.
But, even if you leave synthetic fibers out, there are ceramics, aluminium alloys, titanium alloys... not to mention that you can simply put your kevlar pads inside a natural fiber (cotton/linen/wool) sleeve, and wear a cotton t-shirt underneath.

Cotton/linen/wool????!!!

Spider-silk!

Please! This is Jobe's harem we are talking about...

Yeah, 'cause if anyone can perfect spiders from which you can harvest more than a strand of silk, it will be Jobe, if that is what he sets his mind to!

Anne wrote:

Mister D wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Meh. There are all sorts of ways to make an armor. Iron/steel and bronze are pretty much the only ones that a modern designer wouldn't use, because they are heavy relative to the protection offered.
But, even if you leave synthetic fibers out, there are ceramics, aluminium alloys, titanium alloys... not to mention that you can simply put your kevlar pads inside a natural fiber (cotton/linen/wool) sleeve, and wear a cotton t-shirt underneath.

Cotton/linen/wool????!!!

Spider-silk!

Please! This is Jobe's harem we are talking about...

Yeah, 'cause if anyone can perfect spiders from which you can harvest more than a strand of silk, it will be Jobe, if that is what he sets his mind to!

When I read that harvesting spider silk I mentally saw this scene from get smart 2008

Lloyd: Not just pocket knife. Swiss Army knife. It comes with tweezers, pliers, tiny magnifying glass...
Bruce: Fish scaler, a saw, a flamethrower, chisel, a wire-crimping tool.
Lloyd: We also added a crossbow that fires harpoons connected to 60 ft of spider silk nanothread. It has the strength of steel cable.
Bruce: It's a time-consuming, labor-intensive technology.
Lloyd: Spiders have to be individually milked.
Bruce: And they do not like it.
Lloyd: No, they don't.

lighttech wrote: Bova is a drow or jobe dark elf! as I say!

but if she is Sidhe? Then Iron armor is out of the question!

Everyone seems to have skipped what I was referencing here, the fact she used to be bovine...

Rose Bunny wrote:

lighttech wrote: Bova is a drow or jobe dark elf! as I say!

but if she is Sidhe? Then Iron armor is out of the question!

Everyone seems to have skipped what I was referencing here, the fact she used to be bovine...

We did not skip it--poor Bova got caught on the 'cow catcher' on this train of thought and is now along for the ride into the twilight zone as the final destination

enjoy the trip!

lighttech wrote:

Rose Bunny wrote:

lighttech wrote: Bova is a drow or jobe dark elf! as I say!

but if she is Sidhe? Then Iron armor is out of the question!

Everyone seems to have skipped what I was referencing here, the fact she used to be bovine...

Bovine-ish. Not quite Elsie, but getting there.

lighttech wrote: We did not skip it--poor Bova got caught on the 'cow catcher' on this train of thought and is now along for the ride into the twilight zone as the final destination

... carefully hogtied to it with nothing but the best sheep-spider nanosilk rope.

Now that you mention it... the Drow family includes Freight Train and Bova. And, due to the peculiarities of their reproductive biology designed by Jobe, they would avoid sexual activities with males.
So... did Freigh Train pick up Bova in her cow-catcher?

I started this thread, an I guess I'm going to suggest the solution myself...

I have just noticed that, in The Final Trump, the ferrous bovine hero has been called "Iron Bull" a couple times. Granted, it's just 2 occurrences of "Bull" against 41 occurrences of "Ox"... but it gives us a way to weasel out of it. We can assume that "Iron Ox" is a somewhat-disparaging nickname the Harrows use for Iron Bull (an ox is castrated, a bull is "whole").

Bek? Are you OK with that explanation? Do I get a No-Prize?

You win the no-ball prize!