Cord Manufacturing

Cord Manufacturing, also known as Cord Industries, is a fictional business featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is part of the Iron Man family of comic book titles. The business was referenced as early as Iron Man #2, but did not make it's first actual appearance until Iron Man #7.

Description
Cord Manufacturing was a business firm founded by Drexel Cord and based out of New York. Drexel used some of the funding from Cord Manufacturing to finance the reconstruction of a castle laboratory located some miles away. Cord believed himself to be the superior intellect, however his ego could not allow Stark's success to flourish, so he demonstrated his skill by creating the Demolisher robot, which he believed was strong enough to destroy even Iron Man. This too was created using funds (presumably) from Cord Manufacturing. Iron Man succeeded in defeating the robot, but Drexel Cord died during this encounter, leaving his estate and affairs to his daughter, Janice.

Initially, Janice was going to sell off all of her inherited assets, but Tony convinced her to keep her father's company going strong. She coordinated her business affairs through her lawyer, Vincent Sandhurst.

Janice Cord had a connection to Alex Nevsky, whom she later discovered was a Russian armored figure known as the Crimson Dynamo. Another Soviet agent, Boris Bullski, aka, the Titanium Man, arrived in New York and attacked Cord Manufacutring in an effort to apprehend Nevsky. Iron Man arrived as well and Janice tried to help Nevsky escape. During the battle, Janice was caught in the crossfire and fatally wounded by a blast from the Titanium Man.

Notes & Trivia

 * The concept of Cord Manufacturing was developed by writer Archie Goodwin, artist George Tuska and inker Johnny Craig.


 * In most stories, the company is referred to as Cord Manufacturing, not Cord Industries.


 * Not to be confused with Kord Industries, which is owned by Ted Kord, aka the Blue Beetle, in DC Comics titles.