Source: dccomics.com

5. Steel (John Henry Irons)

In the nineties, every DC character was dying or getting his spine snapped like a twig in a hydraulic press or some other form of crisis that left him or her unable to function.

The biggest one of those was the Death of Superman, in which Doomsday showed up, and he and Superman punched each other until they both died. And after all of the funeral stuff, four new Supermen stepped in to take his place. One of them, starring in Superman: The Man of Steel, was John Henry Irons, aka Steel.

Steel was a weapons designer who was horrified by how his products were being used in black market deals. So he built a big armored suit and started fighting crime. The dude also made himself a big friggin’ hammer, which is a pretty smart move, to be honest. No one’s gonna mess with a big metal guy with a hammer.

A quality replacement for Superman, Steel has gone on to become his own man in full.