Steel (John Henry Irons)

Cosplayer playing the character.

Steel is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove, first appearing during the Reign of the Supermen! storyline in Adventures of Superman #500 (1993). There is also a hero previously named Steel named Hank Heywood who first appeared in Steel #1 (1978).

In other media

The character was portrayed by Shaquille O'Neal in the 1997 movie adaptation of the same name. Wolé Parks portrays the character in the Arrowverse television series Superman & Lois.