- "Destroy them all, I just want the girl. When she regains consciousness, 'Brooklyn' will lament that her true love died with Broadway. I'm sure she'll be heartbroken at first, but these new bodies should help ease the pain."
- —"Iago"[1]
Coldsteel was a gargoyle member of the Wyvern Clan whose soul was placed in an android shell. He was dubbed Iago during production.
History[]
Iago led his rookery brother Coldstone to believe that Coldfire, his rookery brother's mate, was having an affair with the clan leader, Goliath. His brother attacked Goliath, throwing aside his mate, until she was able to make him see the truth behind Iago's lies. After Iago's manipulations had been discovered, he was temporarily banished from the Wyvern Clan. [2] He had been accepted back into the clan by 994 CE.
In 994 CE, Iago was shattered with his clan by Hakon and his Viking marauders. A millennium later, his shattered remains were pieced together by David Xanatos and Demona, along with the remains of his brother and his brother's mate, to form the cyborg, Coldstone. [3] Iago's spirit managed to take control over the Coldstone body when a computer virus invaded the cyborg. Iago became more powerful with the help of a Xanatos program inside Coldstone's mind and tried to force his brother's mate to merge with him. Goliath, using Virtual Reality to explore Colstone's mind, and the other two gargoyles within Coldstone managed to defeat Iago and reduce his power. [2]
Coldsteel, as a living gargoyle.
Iago remained with the other two gargoyles inside Coldstone's mind and when Macbeth and Demona stole Coldstone and reactivated him, Iago immediately took control and helped them battle Goliath and the Manhattan Clan, not knowing that the battle was merely intended as a distraction so that Demona and Macbeth could steal the Grimorum Arcanorum, the Eye of Odin and the Phoenix Gate without Goliath noticing. When Iago's two rookery siblings decided to help Goliath, they took control over the Coldstone body and kept Iago out of control. [4]
Later, Xanatos had two new robot bodies built and planned to transfer the souls of Iago and Desdemona into them as a way to express his gratitude to Goliath for helping rescue his son, Alexander Fox Xanatos, from Oberon. Xanatos' assistant Owen Burnett/Puck instructed Alexander (as a part of a deal with Oberon to teach Alexander magic) to first transfer the souls of Othello, Desdemona and Iago into Broadway, Angela and Brooklyn's bodies and then, after making the gargoyles think that the robot bodies were a Xanatos scheme to fight them, impressed Iago enough for him to willingly be transferred into the robot body called "Coldsteel". Coldsteel noted he was surrounded and blasted off, only to be followed by his rookery siblings, Coldstone and Coldfire.[1]
Xanatos summoned Coldsteel to the Scarab Corporation to acquire his services in stealing the Stone of Destiny. [5] Coldsteel agreed to work with Xanatos if he would turn off the homing beacon that summoned the android. As he agreed, Coldsteel attacked Hudson.[6] Coldfire damaged Coldsteel so significantly that he had to abandon his efforts and flee his sister in order to make repairs. As a reward for his troubles, Xanatos disabled the tracking chip installed in his systems.[7]
Apocrypha[]
Gargoyles Meets the Fantastic Four[]
In 1997, Coldsteel joined forces with Yuri Topolov and his son Kondrati Topolov in order enter the Negative Zone.[8]
Characteristics[]
Unlike other gargoyle villains, Coldsteel is wicked for no apparent reason. While Demona's actions are unjustifiable, her fury towards the human race is understandable, given the way gargoyles were mistreated by Princess Katherine and the other humans at Castle Wyvern at the time and Thailog's personality was programmed by Xanatos and Sevarius. Coldsteel, on the other hand, has never had any reason for his actions beyond petty jealousy. He is proof that gargoyles are as diverse a species as humans, equally capable of being bad or good.
Appearance[]
Iago had a slighter build than other gargoyles in his generation, such as Goliath or Othello. Behind his brow ridges, he had a sort of small crest sporting several horns, and two large spikes came off his chin. His wings were similar to Brooklyn and Demona's wings, but the three fingers were not arranged as a thumb and two claws, but rather as simply three claws.
Sometimes Iago has been shown without a tail, but this was probably an error. Similarly, sometimes he is shown having one earring and sometimes two. He wore a sort of light armor with his loincloth.
Coldsteel bears a striking resemblance to Iago's original body (thanks to Xanatos accessing Coldstone's memory banks when designing the robotic body), and is equipped with metal tentacles that can repair themselves when damaged through down-graded nanotechnology similar to that used by Matrix.[9][10] He also contains a built-in tracking device.
See Also[]
| Wyvern Clan |
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| Known Members |
Manhattan Clan • Demona's Clan • Avalon Clan • London Clan |
Appearances[]
| Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | ||||
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2. Awakening, Part Two 3. Awakening, Part Three 4. Awakening, Part Four 5. Awakening, Part Five 6. The Thrill of the Hunt 7. Temptation 8. Deadly Force 9. Enter MacBeth 10. The Edge 11. Long Way to Morning 12. Her Brother's Keeper 13. Reawakening |
2. Metamorphosis 3. Legion 4. A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time 5. The Mirror 6. The Silver Falcon 7. Eye of the Beholder 8. Vows 9. City of Stone, Part One 10. City of Stone, Part Two 11. City of Stone, Part Three 12. City of Stone, Part Four 13. High Noon |
15. The Price 16. Revelations 17. Double Jeopardy 18. Upgrade 19. Protection 20. The Cage 21. Avalon, Part One 22. Avalon, Part Two 23. Avalon, Part Three 24. Shadows of the Past 25. Heritage 26. Monsters |
28. Sanctuary 29. M.I.A. 30. Grief 31. Kingdom 32. The Hound of Ulster 33. Walkabout 34. Mark of the Panther 35. Pendragon 36. Eye of the Storm 37. The New Olympians 38. The Green 39. Sentinel |
41. Cloud Fathers 42. Ill Met By Moonlight 43. Future Tense 44. The Gathering, Part One 45. The Gathering, Part Two 46. Vendettas 47. Turf 48. The Reckoning 49. Possession 50. Hunter's Moon, Part One 51. Hunter's Moon, Part Two 52. Hunter's Moon, Part Three |
2. Ransom 3. Runaways 4. Broadway Goes Hollywood 5. A Bronx Tail 6. The Dying Of The Light 7. And Justice For All 8. Genesis Undone 9. Generations 10. ...For It May Come True 11. To Serve Mankind 12. Seeing Isn't Believing 13. Angels In The Night | |
| SLG comics | ||||||
| Clan Building | Bad Guys: Redemption | |||||
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Gargoyles #1. Clan Building Chapter One: Nightwatch Gargoyles #2. Clan Building Chapter Two: The Journey Gargoyles #3. Clan Building Chapter Three: Invitation Only Gargoyles #4. Clan Building Chapter Four: Masque Gargoyles #5. Clan Building Chapter Five: Bash Gargoyles #6. Clan Building Chapter Six: Reunion |
Gargoyles #7. Clan Building Chapter Seven: The Rock Gargoyles #8. Clan Building Chapter Eight: Rock & Roll Gargoyles #9. Clan Building Chapter Nine: Rock of Ages Gargoyles #10. Clan Building Chapter Ten: The Gate Gargoyles #11. Clan Building Chapter Eleven: Tyrants Gargoyles #12. Clan Building Chapter Twelve: Phoenix |
Bad Guys #2. The Lost Bad Guys #3. Estranged Bad Guys #4. Louse Bad Guys #5. Strangled Bad Guys #6. Losers | ||||
| Dynamite Entertainment | ||||||
| Here In Manhattan | Quest | Dark Ages - Alliance | Demona | Crossovers | ||
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Gargoyles (2022) #1. Chapter One: A Little Crazy Gargoyles (2022) #2. Chapter Two: Idyll or Nightmare Gargoyles (2023) #3. Chapter Three: Miracle Child Gargoyles (2023) #4. Chapter Four: Tale Old As Time Gargoyles (2023) #5. Chapter Five: Render Unto Caesar Gargyoles (2023) #6. Chapter Six: Underwater |
Gargyoles (2023) #7. Chapter Seven: Everywhere Gargoyles (2023) #8. Chapter Eight: Mayday * Gargoyles (2023) #9. Chapter Nine: Your Witness Gargoyles (2023) Special. Trick-Or-Treat Gargoyles (2023) #10. Chapter Ten: New Rules Gargyoles (2023) #11. Chapter Eleven: Young At Heart Gargyoles (2023) #12. Chapter Twelve: Cold Comfort |
Gargoyles (2024) #2. Chapter Two: Quo Vadis Cum Hoc? Gargoyles (2024) #3. Chapter Three: Acquisitions Gargoyles (2024) #4. Chapter Four: Unequivocal Success Gargoyles (2024) #5. Chapter Five: Queen of All She Surveys Gargoyles (2024) Winter Special. Bronx's Silent Night! |
Dark Ages #2. Chapter Two: The Draw Dark Ages #3. Chapter Three: The Oath * Dark Ages #4. Chapter Four: The Promise * Dark Ages #5. Chapter Five: The Dream Dark Ages #6. Chapter Six: The Pledge |
Demona #1. Fools Rush Inn... Demona #2. Fortune Favors the Brave... Demona #3. For Not Everything With Wings... Demona #4. Fallen From the Ranks... |
Gargoyles Meets the Fantastic Four #0. Send Up a Flare! Gargoyles Meets the Fantastic Four #1. Both Alike In Dignity... Gargoyles Meets the Fantastic Four #2. Clan & Family... |
Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #1. Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #2. |
Notes & References[]
Notes[]
- In-Universe, Coldsteel has never actually been called Iago; it was a production name only.
- Coldsteel was intended to be a member of the Redemption Squad, in the proposed spin-off Gargoyles: Bad Guys, though he has yet to appear in the comic version.
