Zebediah Stane

Zebediah Stane is a fictional character featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is associated with the Iron Man line of comic titles and made a single appearance in flashback in Iron Man, Volume 1 #198 in September, 1985. An alternate version of Zebediah Stane took on a larger and significantly different role in the Ultimate Marvel continuity, and was a primary antagonist featured in the five-issue limited series Ultimate Iron Man in 2005.

Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe version of Zebediah Stane was a degenerate gambler who had a son named Obadiah. When Obadiah was seven-years-old, Zebediah played Russian Roulette in front of him and fatally shot himself in the head. Ironically, his son would perform a similar feat many years later after losing in a battle against Iron Man.

Notes & Trivia

 * {{Createdby|writer Denny O'Neil and artists Sal Buscema and Ian Akin.

Marvel Universe

 * Iron Man 198

Ultimate Marvel

 * Ultimate Iron Man 1
 * Ultimate Iron Man 2
 * Ultimate Iron Man 3
 * Ultimate Iron Man 5