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Natasha Irons

Natasha Irons is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Louise Simonson and Chris Bastista, first appearing in Steel (vol. 2) #1 (February 1994). Since the character's creation, Natasha has since become a reoccurring supporting character of both Superman and the original version of Steel within their respective comic book series.

The character is recurringly portrayed as a super-genius and the niece of John Henry Irons, a fellow genius within the Irons family. Although both mainstream continuities feature different backgrounds, both includes her as the daughter of the criminal Crash (John Henry's brother), whom is depicted as either a crime boss or criminal weapons dealer in advance technology. She works as an assistant alongside her uncle for Steelworks, a technology company based in Metropolis, and operates as the second Steel. She is often also depicted as a public superhero and a member of Team Superman while having served in several superhero-based teams. At times, Natasha has also adopted different codenames; following her transition into an artificial metahuman from Lex Luthor's Everyman Project, she originally used the Starlight codename but following a change in power set, she instead assumed the name Vaporlock.

The character has made several appearance in media, including Superman: The Animated Series where she is voiced by Cree Summer and is portrayed by Tayler Buck in the television series Superman & Lois, where she is renamed Natalie Lane Irons and is made the daughter of John and Lois Lane from an alternate universe.

Natasha Irons debuted in Steel (Vol. 2) #1 (January 1994).

The daughter of Clay Irons and Blondel as well as the sister to Jemahl, she is a member of the Irons family and initially has a vested interest in both dancing and medicine.

In her earlier appearances in the second Steel series written by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove, she is aware of her uncle's identity as Steel and supports him and becomes involved in numerous conflicts in relation to gang and drug-related conflict surrounding the Irons family as well as the re-emergence of John's former employers, Amertek Industries, who is revealed to manipulate both Jemahl and having sold John's past inventions to the gangs.

During Christopher Priest's tenure as writer of the second Steel series, Natasha is portrayed more stereotypical modern teenager with a flippant attitude. During this time, she meets and befriends a teen named Paul Tomlinson, her father becomes the villain Crash, and a series of tragedies follow the Irons family when John's identity as Steel becomes public, wherein rivals and past adversaries targets the family and leads to the death of Natasha's grandmother and the family faces harassment despite several attempts to relocate. While her relationship with John is tested in wake of their grandmother's death, they reconcile.

Nat later travels with Steel to Metropolis when he establishes Steelworks. She becomes his assistant and succeeds him as the superhero Steel after he is injured in battle. Although reluctant, he allows her to operate under the codename and gifts her with an even more advanced set of armor. One of her earlier adventures as Steel includes a team-up with Cir-El and Traci 13 to battle Japanese vigilante Byakko and protect Superman from her mystical-based abilities when he is injured.

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