
Holographic Disguise Mask
The Holographic Disguise Mask is an invention designed by Howard Stark, but was locked in his vault because it was too dangerous to use.
History[]
After Obadiah Stane cleaned out the vault, the mask was stolen by Whitney Stane, his daughter, and she used it to become the criminal known as Madame Masque. After a neglect-propelled crime spree that she framed Iron Man for, she renounced her criminal ways and used the mask as an anti-hero in favor of Tony and Iron Man.
Over time, the design flaws of the mask finally began to take their toll on Whitney. The energy that powers the mask and the metal used as its stabilizer compound made it unstable, and Whitney fell gravely ill as a result, displaying symptoms of heavy metal poisoning, delirium, migraines, unconsciousness, and hallucinations everyone as Obadiah Stane as seen in the episode Best Served Cold.
In Iron Monger Lives, Whitney donned the mask again when her father was put into a coma and she started to recover from her memory loss from Best Served Cold. When Tony unraveled the deception and discovered Whitney as the culprit, he explained that he tracked her down by pinpointing the mask’s unique energy signature. It’s that energy that makes the mask dangerous because it warped her mind and sent her over the edge again, transforming her into a single-minded tool of destruction with a blood grudge against Tony Stark.
Capabilities[]
- The mask can scan a person and create a hard-lined holographic image of that person around the wearer (including the Iron Man Armor, but not the person inside it). This likeness is so real, even Iron Man's computer couldn't tell the difference.
- Can duplicate the target's voice.
- Has camouflage abilities that make the user invisible.
- It seems to alter the height of the person who is wearing it, as in "Iron Monger Lives" Madame Masque is changing sizes when she is changing into different people to spite Tony.
- The mask allows the wearer to see through Ghost's invisibility camouflage.
List of Disguises and Users[]
This is a list of people the mask has copied and these are the people that used the mask:
Users[]
Disguises[]
- Obadiah Stane
- Tony Stark/Iron Man
- Gene Khan
- Ghost
- O'Brian
- Blizzard
- Dr. Yinsen
- Pepper Potts/Rescue
- Maria Stark
- Howard Stark
- A police captain
- A policeman
- A female S.H.I.E.L.D. agent
Trivia[]
- It appears that the mask's poisoning effects doesn't work on people who have used it only once, because Rhodey used it once in the episode Chasing Ghosts to imitate Tony Stark. In other words, prolonged exposure is what makes the mask dangerous.
- In the original Iron Man Comics, the mask was made out of Gold, and was used to cover Whitney Frost's scars from an earlier accident. The mask had no special abilities however, though because it was made of Gold it could deflect bullets.