Ivan Vanko AKA Whiplash is the son of Anton Vanko AKA The Crimson Dynamo. Ivan lost his mother during a terrorists attack when he was young. He learned that the weapons they were using were Stark tech back when Tony Stark was in the weapons making business. Believing his father to be a coward and yes man to the Russian government, Ivan decided to take matter into his own hands by gathering whatever left over Stark tech in Russia he could find and building his own armor comprised with two electric whips. As Whiplash, Ivan plans to kill Tony Stark and finally have revenge for his mother.