Anthony Woodward

Anthony Woodward is a Flash villain and one of the first ever Metahumans to reveal themselves to the world. After his unfortunate transformation, he turned to crime and called himself The Girder.

Biography

Origin
Anthony Woodward was a worker in a S.T.A.R. Labs Steel Plant. One day during his shift, The Top broke in to the plant after running from The Flash but he managed to catch up. In an effort to defeat him, Barry threw lightning at the Meta but The Top just spun and deflected the bolt back at Barry. The Flash dodged the attack resulting in the bolt hitting an electric panel. This caused the platform Anthony was on to collapse, dropping him into a vat of molten steel. The liquid steel included recycled scraps from experiments by S.T.A.R. Labs. These scraps somehow turned Tony's body into living metal, which has incredible resistance to harm and grants him superhuman strength. The major drawback was that the steel body began to rust when exposed to oxygen.

Battle against Flash
Anthony emerged a metal monster and tried running back home to his grandmother in fear of himself but was found by the Top. The Top then managed to convince him that he became this because of The Flash. This caused him to become angry and easily manipulated. The Top convinced him to team up with him so they could become an unstoppable crime duo. Girder reluctantly agrees as his life was most definitely going to be ruined. The 2 are caught by the Flash robbing a bank and a fight ensues. He introduces himself as Girder and ends up throwing a car at the Flash. Barry easily dodges this but the car explodes, killing Iris West. Barry in anger runs back in time and stops her from dying, and then attacks Girder to the point of nearly killing him. By this point, Girder's body had become covered in rust and begged for mercy as he just wanted revenge for making him a monster. Barry holds himself back and then surrenders Girder and The Top to the police, where he was put in Iron Heights.

Powers and abilities

Powers

 * Unique Physiology: Girder's body is made out of a living metal that became rusted once exposed to oxygen.
 * Superhuman Strength
 * Superhuman Durability
 * Superhuman Stamina