Superior Iron Man is a major antagonist from Marvel Comics. He is a villainous version of the heroic character who would debut following the events of Axis to become the titular villainous protagonist of the comic book miniseries of the same name. Unlike the original Iron Man, this version has probably the darkest possible qualities of Tony Stark merged into a single being, with this Stark being designed to be a fully-fledged "bad guy" rather than morally dubious. Superior Iron Man would be opposed by several heroes, the most notable being Pepper Potts, Daredevil, and (for a short while) the original Tony Stark's memory, which had lived on as an artificial intelligence.