STONEHEART

Real Name: Irving Finkle

Identity/Class: Extradimensional (Earth-93060/Ultraverse) mystically empowered human

Occupation: Business tycoon

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Unrevealed

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Skybox Ultraverse trading card #72 (1993)

Powers/Abilities: Elderly and frail in human form, Irving Finkle can use black magic to turn into a stone golem that has incredible strength. Its exact composition is unrevealed. Finkle's heart has apparently since become actual stone. Finkle has sharp business and financial acumen, but is ruthless and selfish is business decisions.

Height: possibly around 5'6" (as human); 7' (as golem)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Dark brown (as human); yellow (as golem)
Hair: Bald

History:

(Skybox Ultraverse trading card #72 (fb) - BTS) - Irving Finkle was a business executive and as he grew older, he became more ruthless in building his empire. But his body became frail, so he turned to black magic from unrevealed means; from that, he could turn his body into 7' stone golem to crush those in his way. The only side effect is that Finkle's heart has since become actual stone, but this has apparently made no change in his behavior.

Comments: Uncredited creators.

If memory serves me correct, one of the "Ultraverse Founders" Tom Mason stated that every character in the Ultraverse trading card set was meant to appear in the comics (altho I think Requiem was never intended to make it, see my comments there). There are several unique characters that only appeared in the 1st series (1993). The 2nd Ultraverse trading card series provided additional background info on some of the characters while the 3rd set had beautiful painted art. The Ultraverse had a few gimmicks, so I consider the trading cards as adding to the Ultraverse experience. With patience and hunting, you can score yourself a cheap base set.

So I wonder whose foe he was intended to be? Prime or Mantra maybe? Perhaps even Prototype?

Profile by Grendel Prime.

CLARIFICATIONS :
Stoneheart has no known connections to:

• GOLEM - made @ 16th C from purple stone, protected Jews in Prague, later reanimated by Prof. Adamson's life force; 8' tall, superhuman strength--Incredible Hulk II#134
• golem of Yancy Street (Joseph) - golem, mimicked defensive actions of Yancy Street Gang against outsiders, confronted by Thing--Marvel Knights 4#22
• GOLEM (Jacob Goldstein) - WWII, gained ability to transform into form of golem, freed Invaders, stayed in Poland to battle Nazis--Invaders I#12
• GOLEM - briefly possessed Leona MacBride and then Mr. Grant--Warheads#2 (2/2, 4-7
• GOLEM (Dennis Golembuski) - mobster, employed Constrictor, Jack O'Lantern, Madame Rapier, Shocker, tried & failed to topple the Hood--Hood I#2
• GOLEM, Inspector JUDIAH - occult investigator, possible Vampire Hunter, investigated deaths of the Belonging--Tomb of Dracula III#4
  
• HEART ATTACK (Tyler Meagher) - sole survivor of H.E.A.R.T., blamed Ghost Rider/Ketch for death of friends and sought vengeance on him--Ghost Rider III#8
• HEART DEVOURER - vampire, devoured heart of boisterous woodsman and replaced it with rabbit's heart, making the woodsman timid and fearful--Vampire Tales I#8
• IRONHEART (Riri Williams) - teen-aged genius, reverse engineered Iron Man armor, became superhero--Invincible Iron Man IV#3
  
• NO-HEART - evil wizard, seeks to upend Care Bears' lives--Care Bears#11
  
• STONE - Chaste, apparently sacrificed life to resurrect Elektra, impervious to harm when aware of attack--Daredevil I#188
• STONE - servant of the Purple Man, employed by Maxwell Glenn--Daredevil I#134
  
• Stone (Gerald Stone) - partner of Styx, uses armor with powerful weaponry--Amazing Spider-Man I#309
• STONE CLONES - rock from ring of Jupiter, animated and turned into duplicates of himself by Spragg--She-Hulk II#39
• STONECOLD - efforts to create a perpetual motion machine summoned demons, transformed by into stone-like gargoyle-like body--Nightstalkers I#7
• STONE COLD (Derek Smalls) - former SHIELD agent, prepared for contingency plan of taking down rogue government agency--Punisher War Journal I#76
• STONECUTTER - Celtic sorceress, battled Dr. Druid, led slaughter of a number of innocents--Solo Avengers#10/2
• STONECUTTER - Exemplars, Thai artist empowered by Ringed Ruby of Raggadorr, constructed God-Machine to control humankind--Peter Parker: Spider-Man I#11
• STONEFACE - former leader of Harlem gangs--Captain America I#134
• STONE-HAND (of Earth-78411) - Hill Folk member, helped by Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy to escape from Prime Computer--Devil Dinosaur I#1
  
• STONE MEN - extraterrestrial race, crashed on Earth, captain placed them into suspended animation--Tales of Suspense I#28/2
• STONE MEN - blind subterranean stone giants, explored Times Square, sank down again when left alone--Tales to Astonish#6/1
• STONE PERFs - LA gang under Lotus, many executed by Terminizer for attacking his family, later all but Prince killed by agents of Lotus--Avengers Spotlight#30
  
• STONESTEINS - cartoon, altered by Bongvision, visited by She-Hulk--Sensational She-Hulk#5
• STONEWALL (Louis Hamilton) - WWII superhero into modern era, Freedom Force member, killed by Reavers--Uncanny X-Men I#215
• STONIAN race - extraterrestrials, invaded Earth centuries past, posed as decorations on buildings and learned peace--Strange Tales I#74
  
• or any other "Stone-" or "heart" or golem characters

images: (without ads)
Skybox Ultraverse trading card #72 (main image & headshot)

Other appearances: None

First posted: 06/06/2023 - happy 30th Anniversary of the Ultraverse!
Last updated: 06/06/2023

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

Non-Marvel Copyright info
All other characters mentioned or pictured are ™  and © 1941-2099 Marvel Characters, Inc. All Rights Reserved. If you like this stuff, you should check out the real thing!
Please visit The Marvel Official Site at: http://www.marvel.com.

Special Thanks to www.g-mart.com for hosting the Appendix!

Back to Characters