Norman Osborn donned the original Iron Patriot armor during the Dark Reign storyline to exert his authority as "commander" of H.A.M.M.E.R. and the Dark Avengers even in spite of the original Avengers. However, the Iron Patriot armor's star-shaped Uni Beam projector had a less powerful output. Unsurprisingly, Osborn's activities as Iron Patriot have been jeopardized by various superheroes: Osborn gets tricked into attacking Tony Stark, and when the New Avengers led by Captain America used the Iron Patriot armor's tracking device on Luke Cage as a trick to destroy his own house. During Osborn's invasion of Asgard on the grounds of a national security threat, the Iron Patriot armor is disabled during Osborn's fight with Steve Rogers, revealing Osborn's Green Goblin-like face paint. When Rogers, Stark and Thor transfer him to the Raft penitentiary, Osborn blames his Goblin alter-ego for ruining his chance to protect America as Iron Patriot.
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- In Ultimate SPider-Man, after Norman Osborn stopped being the Green Goblin, he decided to show that he has changed and is no longer the guy who wanted to create henchmen like Spider-Man. He retrieved the information that Doctor Ock stole from Iron Man. And he created the Iron Patriot armor, and indeed he proved that he had changed. Although Spider-Man was suspicious at first, he proved to be trustworthy, even being able to replace Spider-Man in charge of the team Spider-Man commands in the cartoon. Unfortunately, Doctor Octopus captured him and turned him into the Green Goblin again. In the fourth season, Ultimate Spider-Man vs. the Sinister Six, Norman inoculates himself with an anti-goblin serum, re-adopts his Iron Patriot alias, and becomes an ally to Spider-Man once more. As of the series finale, Norman recovered his memories of him, but chose to keep Spider-Man's identity secret out of respect.
- Norman Osborn's Iron Patriot armor appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, Marvel Contest of Champions and Marvel: Future Fight.