Toni Ho

Toni Ho first appeared in New Avengers vol. 4 #1 (December 2015), and was created by writer Al Ewing and artist Gerardo Sandoval.

Toni Ho is the daughter of Ho Yinsen, an engineer with three doctoral degrees who helped create Iron Man's armor.^[1]

Toni becomes a member of the Avengers Idea Mechanics after she is bought out by Roberto da Costa / Sunspot. She serves as part of a support team for the New Avengers.^[2] Toni also studies Aikku Jokinen, the sentient Pod suit's wearer. She took an interest in Aikku because of the Pod suit and also because she sympathizes with Aikku's personal reasons for not wanting to take Pod off. Toni falls in love with Aikku, who reciprocates her feelings. Consequently, when the two are attacked by the Maker, Toni defends Aikku and Pod—and when Pod ejects Aikku, Toni helps Aikku with the new under-suit, Enigma.^[3]

Toni is a member of the U.S. Avengers as the Iron Patriot.^[4] After Sunspot leaves American Intelligence Mechanics, Toni succeeds, and allows the rogue A.I.M. cells to regain the terrorist acronym, since Toni has now had her organization rebranded as R.E.S.C.U.E.^[5]

Toni also uses her computer expertise to help Ironheart rescue Tony Stark, and appears as a member of the Daughters of Liberty while using the alias of Hekate-4 to help Steve Rogers.^[6]

• An alternate version of the character, Antonia Yinsen, appears in the 2015 Secret Wars crossover event as someone in power in her father's place in Yinsen City.^[7]
• An alternate version of the character is shown having had a brief relationship with Rikki Barnes who had been reincarnated into her reality until they were both murdered by the Maker.^[8]