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 his own personal Avengers.[1]
Iron Patriot's activities have been increasingly jeopardized by various superheroes such as when he was tricked into attacking Tony Stark in an early Iron Man suit while suffering from brain damage and when the New Avengers led by the new Captain America (Bucky Barnes) used Iron Patriot's tracking device on Luke Cage as a trick to destroy his own house.[2]
During his invasion of Thor's Asgard on the "claim" of a national security threat, Iron Patriot fights with Steve Rogers. But in the middle of Iron Patriot's fight with Rogers, Stark dismantles the Iron Patriot armor remotely, revealing Osborn's green facepaint with yellow eyes to create a goblin-like look as he tells them they are all dead as the Void is released.[3] When Rogers, Stark and Thor transfer him to the Raft penitentiary, Osborn blames his Green Goblin alter-ego for ruining his chance to protect the world as Iron Patriot.[4]