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This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book retailer Paul Eaton to the program to discuss the 1997 Steel movie.
John Henry Irons is a weapons designer for the United States military. When his project to create weapons that harmlessly neutralize soldiers is eradicated, he resigns in disgust. When he sees criminal gangs are using the weapons that he helped manufacture on the street, he uses his resources and his Uncle Joe’s equipment in his junkyard to fight back against the man who’s been selling them to those gangs: Nathaniel Burke. In order to do so he uses the resources that are available to him to forge himself a suit of armor and the weaponry necessary to carry out his war on crime.
Steel was released in 1997 and is based on the DC Comics character of the same name which was co-created by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove. The film was written and directed by Kenneth Johnson and stars Shaquille O’Neal as John Henry Irons / Steel; Annabeth Gish as Susan Sparks; Judd Nelson as Nathaniel Burke; Richard Roundtree as Uncle Joe; Irma P. Hall as Grandma Odessa; Ray J as Martin Irons; Hill Harper as Slats; Kevin Grevioux as Singer; Charles Napier as Colonel David; Kerrie Keane as Senator Nolan; Thom Barry as Sergeant Marcus; and Rutanya Alda as Mrs. Hunt.
Steel can be streamed on Amazon.
