Iron Munro
Iron Munro (Arn Munro) is a superhero character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Roy Thomas created the character in 1987 for ''Young All-Stars''. He largely served to replace Superman in stories set during World War II after the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' storyline eliminated continuities in which Superman was active in this period. Following the cancellation of Thomas' World War II-set comic ''All-Star Squadron'', a follow-up series was created following a new team, the ''Young All-Stars''. Iron Munro was one of several new characters Thomas created as analogues for popular superheroes written out of the continuity, with comparable powers and appearance to Superman's. He was inspired by two 1930s pulp fiction characters who in turn prefigured Superman: John W. Campbell's science fiction hero Aarn Munro, who appeared in comics as "Iron Munro", and Hugo Danner, the protagonist of Philip Wylie's 1930 novel ''Gladiator'', who had powers similar to Superm ...
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