ARA TANZERIAN
Real Name: Ara Tanzerian
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Terrorist, deputy security chief
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Andrei Gorlovich, Zakim Karzai, Dennis Kellard, Aftaab Lemar, Karim Mahwash Najeeb
Enemies: Iron Man (Tony Stark), Ho Yinsen, Mrs. Yinsen, Yinsen's son
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Cali, Colombia;
formerly Afghanistan
First Appearance: Iron Man IV#8 (July, 2006)
Powers/Abilities: Tanzerian was a trained terrorist and security chief with access to artillery and military forces.
History:
(Iron Man IV#11 (fb) - BTS) - The famous scientist Ho Yinsen took on a military contract to develop his weapons. He was eventually imprisoned in an Afghani prison camp, where he ended up implanting a control device in the brain of inventor Anthony Stark, who would eventually become Iron Man. Eventually, the men who had had this control device implanted, Dennis Kellard, Ara Tanzerian, Zakim Karzai, Aftaab Lemar, and Karim Mahwash Najeeb, ordered Yinsen to be killed. They then hired Andrei Gorlovich to find the sending unit that would allow them to control Stark, which Yinsen had hid in his home. Gorlovich snuck into the house and murdered Mrs. Yinsen, not knowing that her young son was watching from the shadows. Years later, Yinsen's son obtained the sending unit and planned to force Iron Man to murder each of the men who had caused Ho's death.
(Iron Man IV#9 (fb) - BTS) - Tanzerian acted for years as the Afghani deputy security chief.
(Iron Man IV#8 (fb) - BTS) - Tanzerian was prosecuted in a war-crimes trial by the United Nations, at which Dennis Kellard was the star witness. Eventually, under the alias Senor Sanchez, he established a base in Cali, Colombia.
(Iron Man IV#8) - While drinking and hot-tubbing with two women, Tanzerian became aware that his guards weren't responding. He investigated, finding one of them dead, just before he was murdered and crucified by Iron Man (Tony Stark), who was being controlled by the son of Ho Yinsen.
Comments: Created by Daniel & Charles Knauf, Patrick Zircher, and Scott Hanna.
Profile by Chadman.
Ara Tanzerian has no known connections to
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Iron Man IV#8, p19, pan6 (main)
Appearances:
Iron Man IV#8-9 (July-August, 2006) - Daniel & Charles Knauf (writers), Patrick Zircher (penciler), Scott Hanna (inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Iron Man IV#11 (October, 2006) - Daniel & Charles Knauf (writers), Patrick Zircher (penciler), Scott Hanna (inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Last updated: 03/07/08
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