Tony Woodward

Tony Woodward, was a metahuman known as Girder, and a classmate of Iris West and Barry Allen in elementary school. He was killed by Blackout at S.T.A.R. Labs in 2014.

Early life
Tony attended elementary school alongside Barry Allen and Iris West. As a student there, he relentlessly bullied Barry, making fun of his father's conviction. He secretly harbored a crush on Iris West.

Particle accelerator accident
In late 2014, Tony was working at an Iron Works facility in Keystone City. He was laid off and got into an altercation with his boss. He was knocked over a railing in to a vat of molten steel. Coincidentally at the same time, the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator exploded, causing him to transform in to a metahuman with the ability to transform any part of his body into girded steel at will.

10 months later, Tony stole a Hummer and robbed several ATM machines along with several beer rigs. After escaping the Central City Police Department, he was caught by the Flash, though he defeated him with ease. The next day he went to Jitters looking for Iris, questioning her reasons for blogging about the Flash, explaining that he'd defeated him in a fight the night previous, a far more interesting event for her to blog about. After a co-worker of Iris notified her of a news segment revealing Tony as an armed robber, Iris attempted to call Eddie Thawne under the guise of contacting him about a policeman's ball for the evening. Tony crushed her phone using his powers, telling her that they would pickup their conversation later, before fleeing. After using the information given to Iris by Tony, Barry tracked him down at the old Keystone Iron works where Tony was staying. After discovering The Flash there, Tony defeated him once more by pushing a full shelf on top of him and leaving him for dead.

He later abducted Iris from her house, taking her to their old elementary school. Tony expressed that he wanted Iris to blog about him, as he had defeated the Flash and he had always liked her. After pretending to flirt with him, Iris pulled the fire alarm alerting the police of their location. As the Flash arrived and the two fought, Tony was misled into thinking he had won the fight after he gained the upper hand and the Flash fled and without Iris. The Flash returned at a speed in excess of Mach 1 to land a punch that could injure him. Although it hurt him momentarily, he seemed to recover from this, however an added jab from Iris finished the job. He later awakened imprisoned in the core chamber of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator. After being confronted by Barry, and learning his secret identity, he shouted for his release, though to no avail.

When Farooq Gibran broke into S.T.A.R. Labs, Wells released Tony, promising that if he killed Farooq, Wells would set him free. Woodward battled Farooq, at first taking the electricity without pain, but was soon defeated and killed.

Personality
Throughout his entire life, Tony enjoyed hurting others to prove his superiority. He was often boastful in order to impress people. He became obsessed with dominating and inspiring fear in others. He showed a complete disregard for the law. He was highly belligerent, taking pride in never backing down from a fight. Despite being a lifelong bully, Tony tried to protect Barry Allen in his last moments, even though the latter had defeated and incarcerated him earlier.

Powers

 * Metahuman physiology: Tony had fallen into a vat of molten steel just prior to the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator's explosion. Instead of dying, the unknown energies released during the accident caused Tony to gain superhuman powers. Tony could partially or completely transform his skin into a metallic substance, enhancing his strength and durability.
 * Superhuman strength: Tony was strong enough to lift and overturn a car as well as deliver punches that could smash concrete.
 * Superhuman durability: Tony's metallic skin could withstand extreme conditions. Bullets from handguns inflicted virtually no damage on him. The Flash had to impact him at Mach 1.1 (837 mph) before he could break through Tony's skin. Tony's skin also protected him from electricity, although Blackout eventually managed to defeat him.

Behind the scenes

 * In the DC comics, Girder is an inmate of Iron Heights and an enemy of the Flash. His origins are similar, but, rather than being accidentally pushed into a vat of molten steel, Woodward was deliberately thrown into one, which contained pieces from S.T.A.R. Labs experiments. Also, this act was precipitated when Woodward assaulted a female co-worker, rather than his boss.
 * Harrison Wells called Tony "a man of steel." In the comics, this is a nickname for Superman and was used as an alias by the hero John Henry Irons when Superman was temporarily killed in the Death of Superman storyline.
 * Iris told Barry that Tony had an "iron fist." Iron Fist is the name of a Marvel Comics superhero.