Ivan Vanko (Earth 1) - Smallville Extended Universe

**Ivan Vanko** was a Russian Physicist and terrorist that had immediately following his father Anton's passing had plotted vengeance against the Stark family for the actions against the Vanko family. Ivan then designed his own Armorset similar to the Iron Man Design in order to combat Tony Stark then destroy the reputation of the Starks. Though his initial attempt failed and he was arrested by authorities, Ivan then eventually formed his alliance with Justin Hammer, who recruited Ivan to design and improve the Armor-Designs. Vanko later turned on Justin Hammer by stealing control of the Hammer drones and creating a Upgraded-version of Ivan Vanko's original Armor to combat Iron Man. He is a member of The Foot Clan.

## Personality

Anton Vanko was deported from United States of America in the late 1960s for selling weapons to Pakistan. After being sent back to the Soviet Union, he was sent to Siberia as punishment for failing to deliver weapons, where Ivan Vanko was born. He was often at the receiving end of his father's alcoholic rages in this stupor but most of all, Vanko was raised to hate the Starks for what they did to his father whom he evidently loved dearly despite this abuse. Using his intelligence and patience, Vanko vowed revenge against Howard Stark's son, Tony by destroying his legacy and reputation the same way his family did to Vanko's, even spending his life imprisoned solely to destroy Tony's name by showcasing his own Arc Reactor in Monaco to counteract Stark's previous statement a few days earlier; that no one was in possession of his technology.

## Powers and Abilities

### Armored Suit Capibilities

Although Vanko possessed no innate superhuman attributes, he utilized his genius to construct a battle suit which granted him several superhuman abilities.

* **Superhuman Strength**: The Whiplash Armor: Mark II granted Vanko superhuman strength, allowing him to contend with Iron Man and War Machine simultaneously.
* **Superhuman Durability**: The Whiplash Armor: Mark II provided Vanko with superhuman durability, being able to withstand repulsor beams, lasers, and missiles from Iron Man.
* **Whip Extension**: The suit housed two large whips that could be deployed through the suit's arms. The whips were charged with electricity and were capable of slicing through most objects.

### Abilities

* **Expert Combatant**: As a result of his upbringing and prison sentence, Ivan Vanko is a hardened individual who is well-versed in combat. Because of his brute strength, he was able to easily subdue his cellmate during his prison escape, as well as snap the neck of a guard with apparent ease. Vanko also managed to kill two trained armed guards tasked to him by Justin Hammer, and was able to challenge Tony Stark in his Mark VI armor for a short period of time.
* **Whip Mastery**: Vanko is highly proficient in the use of his two electrified whips, that are powered by an Arc Reactor. Vanko relies on his whip for long-range combat, and in using them is versed enough to capture both Iron Man and War Machine at the same time.

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: Ivan possesses a strong intellectual mind as a result of his scientific background and his father's tutelage. From his efforts to duplicate the Arc Reactor, Vanko was able to deduce that Tony Stark was dying of palladium poisoning. Additionally upon escaping prison, Vanko was able to manipulate Justin Hammer into allowing him to make more Iron Man suits. Although Hammer wanted more man-operated suits, Vanko turned the suits into drones which were secretly under his control, and was able to deceive Hammer about their functionality until he was ready to activate them.
* **Master Engineer**: Though he did not invent  the Arc Reactor, Vanko was resourceful enough to duplicate them with limited materials. Upon receiving access to more resources at Hammer Industries, Vanko was able to secretly design a Mark II armor for himself, as well as create several Hammer Drones that took the combined efforts of Iron Man and War Machine to stop.

* **Master Hacker**: Upon being shown Hammer's Iron Man prototype-suits, Vanko easily hacked into Hammer Tech's software to which Hammer believed was highly encrypted. Also whilst Tony Stark had J.A.R.V.I.S. to operate the Iron Legion, Vanko instead possessed the knowledge to slave the 'Hammer Tech drones' to operate by themselves, as well as operate War Machine's suit against his will. It took the efforts of Black Widow, an accomplished hacker, to eventually overthrow Vanko's influence over War Machine and the Hammer drones.
* **Tactician**: Upon creating his first Arc Reactor, Vanko entered the United States of America to make an attempt on Tony Stark's life at the time when he believed him most vulnerable. Vanko determined that even if he lost the fight, that the aftereffects of Iron Man being challenged by his similar technology and Stark's deteriorating health would mean his effort wasn't in vain and that Iron Man would lose his reputation.
* **Bilingualism**: Vanko is fluent in Russian and speaks English with a heavy accent, using the latter language to communicate while in the United States. He frequently used Russian to insult Justin Hammer.

## Equipment

* **Whiplash Armor: Mark I**: The first Whiplash Armor is designed as a harness powered by an arc reactor with two electrified whips.